Disc Printing Is More Convenient and Economical with a Continuous Ink System

Using an inkjet printer or inkjet disc printer to label CD, DVD or Blu-ray discs can be a convenient and economical way to produce full-color, photo-quality disc labels.  There are manual inkjet printers capable of printing on discs currently available for as little as 100 dollars.  Usually, they come with a full ink cartridge, so consumers can start turning out high-quality color prints for a fairly small initial investment.

However, a rude awakening may take place when that first ink cartridge runs out. This can happen pretty quickly as these cartridges usually hold a very small amount of ink, usually less than 10 milliliters of each color.  Consumer models of inkjet printers generally yield between 300 and 600 pages before one color in their ink cartridge runs out and the whole cartridge must be replaced.  This will happen more quickly if you tend to use a lot of one color on a regular basis, or if you do a large project where you print several versions of the same image—like a disc label—which tends to draw down specific colors faster than others. Read more »

Getting the Most Value from Your Hard Disk Drive Duplicator

The Aleratec 1:11 HDD Copy Cruiser

If you are an IT manager or hardware enthusiast, you can think of many ways a hard disk drive duplicator could make your life easier.  The ability to quickly duplicate hard drives can be valuable when you want to backup or restore a system, provision a new system or upgrade a hard drive.

Hard drive duplicators vary greatly in capacity and in price. Read more »

The Impact of USB 3.0 on USB Duplicators

In previous Aleratec blog posts we’ve talked about the new USB 3.0 standard and reasons to seek out products featuring “SuperSpeed” technology.

In this post we’ll take a look at the impact of the USB 3.0 standard on computer-connected USB duplicators.  A USB duplicator featuring USB 3.0 technology offers many advantages over versions featuring earlier standards. Read more »

New Aleratec Site Search

It’s now easier than ever to find exactly what you want at the Aleratec site.

In our quest for continuous improvement of the Aleratec shopping experience we have implemented a new, enhanced search engine within the www.aleratec.com web site. This highly efficient, easy-to-use search box now features:

• Add items directly to your shopping cart from the search results page.  (Gets you to check out quicker for a frustration free shopping experience.)

• View your results as a grid or a list.

• Filter results by category or select a price range.

• Search for items site-wide or within a specific category, such as “Hard Disk Drive” or “LightScribe Publisher.”

• You can even sort search results by relevance or price.

Let’s walk through a typical search scenario: Read more »