CD/DVD Labels

[Debbie25]

I'm not sure this is where I would post this or not.
Please let me know if it's not.

I have been using "Nero" labels for sometime now but I'm starting to have problems with them and didn't know if there was a better label out there.

On music CD's: Sometimes the songs on the CD will skip and then the label seems to be to thick to eject from the car CD player.

On burned DVD CD's: The picture will be pixeled.

Not sure if this all related to the label but that's what I heard could be the problem.

Is there a better reliable label out there I could use?
One that might be thinner and reflect the laser better?

[The-poacher]

not used labels for sometime <>
i never used to put em on DVD's anyway my advice is invest in a printer like the Epson 300 & print directly onto disc.

[Debbie25]

That would be great.
Do you have to have a special printer to do this?
I have a Canon i860. Am I able to do it this printer or maybe get a addon feature that enables this.

[ipdave]

Deb, unfortunately your printer only prints on paper products:

Paper HandlingBuilt-in sheet feeder - 150 sheets @ paper weight 17 lb.Envelopes - 10Glossy Photo Paper (4" x 6") - 20 sheetsGlossy Photo Paper (8.5" x 11") - 10 sheetsHigh Resolution Paper (8.5" x 11") - 80 sheetsMatte Photo Paper (8.5" x 11") - 10 sheetsPhoto Paper Plus Glossy For Borderless Printing (4" x 6") - 20 sheetsPhoto Paper Plus Glossy (5" x 7") - 10 sheetsPhoto Paper Plus Glossy (8.5" x 11") - 10 sheetsPhoto Paper Pro (4" x 6") - 20 sheetsPhoto Paper Pro For Borderless Printing (4" x 6") - 20 sheetsPhoto Paper Pro (8.5" x 11") - 10 sheetsTransparencies (8.5" x 11") - 30 sheets




You would need a CD capable printer such as the Poacher recommended. Epson 300 would be good; I have the high end Epson Photo 960 and it has a CD tray to put CDs in to print on in the same way as the cheaper 300.

As for Canon, The i865 Bubble Jet printer allows users to easily create professional looking CD-R's without the hassle of separately printing, aligning and attaching labels to CDs. By simply placing a CD-R with a printable surface into the i865 Bubble Jet printer CD-R tray, and using Canon's CD-LabelPrint software included with the printer, a colourful and professional looking CD-R is printed in around a minute*.

[The-poacher]

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/c...s&oid=37368458

but u can probably get it cheaper

[LTR12101B]

The Epson R200 is probably the cheapest CD-Printer
http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/c...s&oid=49631773 (That's EPSON Refurbished, but you could probably find a better deal).

Labels and slot loaders are a very poor combination, though labels will generally have some adverse effect on performance in any drive.

[Debbie25]

What about thinner or clear labels, since buying another printer is out of the question for now.

I have been using the labels that have the small hole in the middle. Wondering if this could be the problem if you don't get the label on real straight.

[scarecrow]

The best label brand, if you can't afford printable CD's/DVD's and the assorted printer is NO LABELS. You risk damaging your player devices for no good reason. Just use a Lumocolor pen, and that's enough.

[VIPER_1069]

Originally Posted by scarecrow

The best label brand, if you can't afford printable CD's/DVD's and the assorted printer is NO LABELS. You risk damaging your player devices for no good reason. Just use a Lumocolor pen, and that's enough.

this is my preferred choice of marking disks NO MESS no/ only minor expense

sure would love to own a disk printer but i cant see myself getting one at the minute too costly


I had issues a long time back with an audio cd jammed in a kenwood multi disk changer in a friends house and wasted about 10 hours trying to get the darn thing out without breaking it and learning how complex these are to dismantle/assemble

vowed never to use them from that point onwards

sure 1000's use them with no bother at all but not for me im afraid

[zver]

I have a bad experience with labels...had a few cds which didnt play well,it took me few days to rip them again with eac...so no labels anymore

[PC-GUY]

Try some Sharpies they work great for me.

[scarecrow]

You can also try a Canon Pixma printer- all the range can print directly to CD/DVD, the accompanying software is far from perfect (only jpeg and bmp accepted, and image resising is not an option!), but all the Pixma range can print to CDR (I have the i5000 model). Why not Epson or HP? Simply enough because Canon uses separate ink cartridges in ALL Pixma printers, which reduces the printing cost a hell of a lot...

[Debbie25]

Well thanks for all the replies. Very helpful

Just one more question about the CD/DVD printers.
What disks do you use. Most of them have a light silkscreening on them so I would think that would show through after you print on them.
As for the disks that are blank. It's very hard to tell which side of the disk gets burned and which gets printed on.
If your pulling them straight out of the container and into the burner that's fine. But even after there burned it's hard to tell.

[The-poacher]

u need

"printable media"

http://www.svp.co.uk/acatalog/dvdr.html

[scarecrow]

I use only genuine Taiyo Yuden printable CD's (26 euro for 100 currently), and Taiyo Yuden printable DVD's (22 euro per 25). The DVD's aren't always available, in that case I use Ritek printables (lesser, quality-wise, but acceptable).