CD labels

Leon Grizzard · Post by **Leon Grizzard** » 19 Apr 2006 11:23 am

Anyone have a suggestion for a program to print stick-on CD labels for a few demos at a time?

Paul Norman (RIP) · Post by **Paul Norman (RIP)** » 19 Apr 2006 12:30 pm

Memorex CD & DVD label refills has software and blanks. The software has some good label
suggestions. If you buy any and need help
E-mail me. paulmn2@yahoo.com
I am not selling anything.

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 19 Apr 2006 2:01 pm

You should consider an Epson printer that prints directly on (ink jet printable) CD-R blanks.

Many CD players, especially car in-dash CD players warn against using "paper" labels. Most car manufacturers will not honor the warranty if a car in-dash CD player is damaged because the paper label flaked off.

Dickie Whitley · Post by **Dickie Whitley** » 19 Apr 2006 2:26 pm

Wiz Feinberg · Post by **Wiz Feinberg** » 19 Apr 2006 5:30 pm

The adhesive used in most stick on CD labels will eat through the top coating chemicals of your CDs, shortening their lifespan drastically. Sticky labels should not be used for backup CDs or any that you want to keep a long time.

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Wade Romonosky · Post by **Wade Romonosky** » 19 Apr 2006 5:58 pm

Do the labels also shorten the life span of a dvd-r

Wade

Leon Grizzard · Post by **Leon Grizzard** » 19 Apr 2006 6:48 pm

Thanks dudes; I'll look into getting an appropriate printer. With my usual good timing, I just got a new printer for one of the computers a month ago. Oh, well.

David Kurrasch · Post by **David Kurrasch** » 19 Apr 2006 8:54 pm

I can speak from experience; I lost a car CD player to a cd with a stick-on label. I'll never use them again.

Wiz Feinberg · Post by **Wiz Feinberg** » 19 Apr 2006 9:16 pm

Do the labels also shorten the life span of a dvd-r

Yes, same problem.

I use a felt tip fine point CD marker to write on my CDs. The ink will not harm the coating on the disk. It is amazing that the makers of the stick-on labels haven't changed the adhesive to prevent damaging the surface of the media.

Sometimes when you apply a label to a CD you may install it slightly off-center. When the disk spins up to a high speed that thin label that is only a millimeter off of dead-center may acquire enough rotational enertia to cause the CD to fly apart inside the CD player. Some CD trays have opened on computers and sprayed fragments of the CDs all over the room.

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Jeff Strouse · Post by **Jeff Strouse** » 20 Apr 2006 12:28 pm

My advice is to stay away from label art/sticker labels. What's more important, the music, or a pretty CD?

About a month ago I started organizing my music collection, and so many CDs I have are bad now. All of them, have an adhesive label on them. Conincidence? I've also found that those CDs have a hard time fitting in car CD players because it makes the disc too thick.

Like Wiz says, the adhesive seeps down into the foil of the CD and ruins it. A friend of mine who works out at a local university took one of my discs into the computer lab to see if the music (data) could be salvaged with high-tech equipment. But, sadly, it was toast. Some of this stuff I can't get anymore.

My advice is to just make your discs and write lightly with a felt tip pen or something.

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 20 Apr 2006 2:18 pm

Try my online program: http://enu.print.avery.com

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