As per thread title really. I have to burn discs of images for people and would like to have a more professional looking way of labelling them than writing on them with a black Sharpy. Other than buying a specialist burner (I burn in my iMac at the moment) is there a good reliable method of labelling professionally? I've seen those home-labelling kits but they look a bit ropey.
What's the best method to do my own CD/DVD labelling?
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Jeepers 12,584 posts
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Registered 7 years agoPrintable CDs and an inkjet? The quality is ok, but the convenience is a bonus. -
Jeepers: how do printable CDs work? You put them through a printer?!
Fluffy: so is that an external CD burner, or is purely for the label? -
Is this something you'd be wanting to do a lot of and If so how much would you want to spend?
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heyyo 14,313 posts
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Registered 7 years agoYou have to use Lightscribe Medium though -
Jeepers 12,584 posts
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Registered 7 years agoYup, the inkjet I have (a Canon) has a little plastic insert that you put the CD into, and then print directly. There's an app you can use to help alignment and what-not. -
disussedgenius wrote:
Not that much compared to businesses that use it. Probably 5 or 6 discs a month.
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Jeepers wrote:
I'm assuming I either don't have an inkjet or whatever I do have wouldn't be able to do this as the paper needs curves as it goes through. CDs don't curve...
Yup, the inkjet I have (a Canon) has a little plastic insert that you put the CD into, and then print directly. There's an app you can use to help alignment and what-not.
Its a Canon Pixma MP170. -
Jeepers 12,584 posts
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Registered 7 years agoI don't know that model, but recent-ish Canons allow a pass-thro' print, where the paper (or CD) enters the printer from the front, passing thro' in a straight line under the printhead and out the back.
My printer is an IP4500 - cheap as chips now and the print quality is amazing compared to what you could get only a couple of years ago. -
Ah right, I'd go with Jeeper's idea then for just that. I was going to suggest this, which might be considered overkill!
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Jeepers wrote:
Yeah I reckon mine's from before that time. Not THAT old but old enough given the speed with which printer technology obsoletes itself. I'm not really that keen to chuck out a perfectly good printer just to get one that can print discs, though. Doesn't sit well with my attitude to environmental wastage etc, plus I barely really use the printer anyway and my one has a scanner on it while the ip4500 doesn't.
I don't know that model, but recent-ish Canons allow a pass-thro' print, where the paper (or CD) enters the printer from the front, passing thro' in a straight line under the printhead and out the back.
My printer is an IP4500 - cheap as chips now and the print quality is amazing compared to what you could get only a couple of years ago.
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Jeepers 12,584 posts
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Registered 7 years agoAgreed on not chucking out a perfectly decent printer.
Hmmmm... convince a relative that they need a new printer, get them to buy the IP4500 (or similar) and then give them your old one? This may require slightly doddery relatives. -
None of my relatives live in this country. I mean, they live in Scotland and I'm in London. I could sell it for about a fiver on Gumtree or something, but frankly it's too much hassle. I'd be up for getting a decent Lightscribe external burner if it's reasonably small but that's yet another plug and yet another cable to run out of my computer and I'm already at capacity. I hate swapping cables in and out round the back, and don't like any of the hubs I've seen.
Can you get the good quality brand discs with Lightscribe compatability? I use Verbatim pretty much exclusively. -
Aurifex. 1,030 posts
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Registered 10 years agoLightscribe's ok but takes ages and some times a double burn to get it to look good. Also don't let the sun shine on it after wards. It will fade. -
http://www.microboards.co.uk/product.asp?id=3&product=23
Bought this for a project I worked on once - Amazing results, but costs £2000. -
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