LGR - Casio CW-50 Thermal CD Printer (Patreon)

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2023-08-05 05:10:44

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Right, so! Got back in town Tuesday and got right to work on a few video projects, none of which are complete yet because they either: need far more time to be completed still, or fell apart entirely due to old tech being... old. Such is life.

So I slapped this together real quick since I'm prepping to leave soon for New York! I will be attending Long Island Retro Gaming Expo on August 11-12, as well spending several days hanging around the area before that since I've never been there before.

Oh and uh, as for the video topic? Yeah it's just a printer, ha. Albeit a pretty nifty thermal deal from 2002 that I've always been curious about. It prints directly onto blank CDs and DVDs! Among other things if you put your mind to it!

For the next couple days though I'm pretty much just laying groundwork for those unfinished projects, hopefully getting to a point where I can complete them once I fly back home without too much unforeseen hassle. We'll see how it goes. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this bit of Casio silliness – and if you're attending LI Retro next weekend then definitely say hi! If not, you'll have another opportunity at VCFMW next month :)

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The Oddly Enjoyable Casio CW-50 Thermal CD Printer

A brief and simple look at the Casio CW-50 Disc Title Printer from 2002. Print directly onto CDs and DVDs! Or any number of random other things if you put your mind to it. ● LGR links: https://www.patreon.com/LazyGameReviews https://www.twitter.com/LazyGameReviews https://www.facebook.com/LazyGameReviews ● Archive of the Casio software CD-ROM: https://archive.org/details/casio-disc-title-printer-3.01-2002 00:00 CD & DVD printing options 03:58 Unboxing the CW-50 07:12 Testing the Casio software 09:30 Printing on a Verbatim CD-R 11:11 Image printing test 12:13 Printing on a Memorex disc 13:38 Printing on blank lacquer disc 14:26 Printing on Cool Color CD-Rs 15:05 Printing on white inkjet disc 16:16 Printing on clear spindle protector 17:15 Printing on the Casio driver CD 18:23 Printing onto a disc sleeve 19:03 Attempting to read the data 19:35 This thing is pretty great! #LGR #retro #computer #printing #CDs