I remember when i960 came out a few years ago, the model sold in Europe (i965 IIRC) came with a CD Tray. I wonder if there is any way to get the i960 to print on CD, I am happy with it and I am not looking to replace it just for this function. I think newer Canon's cannot use generics, which i960 takes quite happily.

I searched a little bit, and I am still looking, but if you know something, please share.

Thanks

I have an ip8500, which does not do CD printing ordinarily.

A while back there were a number of threads on our forum about adding the capability to Canon printers. You should find it by STF.

Also, there was info on a camera forum, Steve's Forum, where you should find more about what you need, as well.

It seems that Canon, either doesn't want to pay Philips for the use of their patent or Philips doesn't want to license Canon to use it. I'm not really sure, but that seems to be the basis of why Canon doesn't do CD printing in the US/Canada.

The hardest part was getting the refit parts. There was a gentleman on Steve's Forum that managed to get the parts and sold them reasonably, but I don't know what the situation is now.

Good luck!

BTW, thinking about it for a second, I want to suggest that you forget about the retrofit solution which is fairly expensive for the parts and complicated to do. Instead, just buy a cheapo Epson which has CD printing built-in and just use it for that purpose.

As I always say, "that's just my opinion, I could be wrong."

GeneL



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/13/2007 06:01PM by GeneL.

This may help: [pixma-faq.periastron.com]
Canon first released a consumer inkjet supporting CD-printing in October, 2003. The i series, specifically the i865 and i965 employed the use of a separate CD printing tray guide (QM2-0626-000) that distinguished it from the i860 and i960 (PIXUS 990i in japan) models. See Druckerchannel.de (auf Deutch) for details. The Pixma iP series did away with a separate CD tray guide and incorporated it on all models but put a piece of blocking plastic for units that don't support CD/DVD printing.

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Thanks guys!