Burn first or print?

[simonhunter]

Should I print my DVD-R before buring or vice-versa?

 

[serjer]

burn first then print
else cd won't burn

 

[LTR12101B]

Burn, verify, print or label, burn a new one if you screwed up labelling.

Minimum handling before burning!

 

[Seb]

ditto

 

[simonhunter]

I've printed a couple of blanks

Is it worth trying to burn?

 

[celtic_druid]

Sure I mean why not? What else are you going to do with the discs?

 

[simonhunter]

Why not?

I'll give it a go and post the results...

 

[scarecrow]

J guess you mean if you must first burn the media, and then print on the (printable) CD/DVD surface...
Normally it would not make any difference on good quality printable media, but on crapolas any part of the two could fail.

 

[simonhunter]

Burn after print

If anybody is interested, for info:

I burned onto a DVD which had been printed on. Whilst it might not be recommended, it works.

The DVDs say they are PioData(?) which I was told by the shop are Ritek dye (anybody confirm), burner is Pioneer 107, printer is Epson Photo R200, s/w is InterVideo DVD Copy 2 after ripping with DVD Decrypter (using the easiest tutorial I could find on this site).

Anyway, thanks for the input chaps.

 

[celtic_druid]

You can check the discs (to see what dye they use) yourself using something like DVD Identifer.

 

[simonhunter]

Which dye

Thanks. Will give it a go.

Whatever the dye turns out to be, they seem spot on - no coasters, all play in all players tested.