We use an Epson R800 for printing Charley's CDs - it costs a bit more (around $400) and uses ink that's supposed to be more water and fade resistant - not that I'd expect a problem with normal ink in normal circumstances. If all we were doing was printing CDs, I'd have gone for something less fancy. It's hooked up to Charley's Mac, so Windows compatibility isn't an issue.

I just bought an R320 to use with my office computer (only $110 with the rebate and few extra features I thought would be useful for how we'll use it); that one is installed on my WinXP computer with no problems. Haven't tried printing CDs with it.

We've had primarily Epson printers over the years and have generally been happy with them. Several reviewers have recommended always printing in highest quality mode on the photo printers like the R series - and we'd agree; the extra ink we use doing that is minimal compared to what we'd use to clean the printheads - and once they start clogging, it's really hard to ever print as well.

Also, as I've mentioned elsewhere, we had bad luck with Memorex printable CDs - the printing part worked fine, but the quality of the music burned onto them was not always good. Unfortunately they seem to be the easiest to find in the shops, at least around here. We buy our CDs over the internet, and currently use Maxell printable CDs.

Charley and I have been very happy with the control we have over the process at every step along the way, and Charley likes the ability to print his CDs 10 at a time - so if he improves a song, or realizes it works better with concertina than banjo or whatever, he can put the newer version on subsequent CDs.

Good luck with the process, and we'll be happy to answer any questions we can.

JudyB