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Ed Bennett wrote:
One area that springs to mind where optical discs are still important is for sending large files to others. The internet is still not really reliable enough for this, and flash drives and portable hard drives have a high initial investment. Optical discs you can simply burn onto and send off with minimal investment. And I'm sending one of those to a friend in the hinterlands who recently retired to that place and had to pay $150 to get a land line installed. He has only has dialup for Internet access. Still, labels are hardly a concern even in those cases. I don't even bother to label those. I use a fine Sharpie. |
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My desktop has LightScribe but I haven't used it yet. I have some disks that
I need to burn soon and plan on getting some of the disks and try it. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Uncle Grumpy" wrote in message ... "Mary Sauer" wrote: There are printers that print directly on a CD. Perhaps the poster has one of those. How are we to know? And there are CD/DVD burners that also print directly on a disc. google "lightscribe" |
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Gals, Guys,
My wife just got a '07 Toyota Corolla (doggone! that woman has a generous husband) with a six disk CD Player/Radio. It's the kind with one slot; you just keep stuffing the CDs in until it won't take anymore. Anyway, because paper labels do add to the thickness of the CD, I think, why tempt the CD demons? (Annie is using extra precaution, she inserts a single CD at a time). Epilogue: The car is a used car with 7800+/- miles at the time of purchase (last month) and the CD unit was jammed not allowing either loading nor unloading any CDs. Toyota replaced the unit at no cost. We don't know the cause of the CD player malfunction. Wouldn't it be great if the CD/DVD burner could burn a label on the disk?! -- Don Vancouver, USA "Mary Sauer" wrote in message ... I think labels on CD's is relative to one's experience. I have old CDs that I have labeled and have never had any problems with them nor my CD-DVD players. Folks generally don't need a lecture when they come here for help. -- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message ... I am basing my assumption on the phrase "CD label" in the subject line and body of the original post. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Mary Sauer" wrote in message ... There are printers that print directly on a CD. Perhaps the poster has one of those. How are we to know? http://www.hp.com/oeminkjet/industry..._dvd_printing/ -- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message ... You really shouldn't use labels on CDs/DVDs. Labels can cause the CD/DVD to be out of balance, and can damage the drive. If the label should warp, the disk could get stuck in the device. Air bubbles under the label could cause an unequal distribution of forces on the disc as it spins in the drive, which in turn could cause the disc to shatter while spinning at high speeds such as 52X for CDs and 16X for DVDs. Other issues have also been attributed to the use of paper labels on disks. Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs-A Guide for Librarians and Archivists http://www.itl.nist.gov/iad/894.05/d...dlingGuide.pdf Page 23 (31 of 50) (You may not care about the possible long term effects but it's still good information to have on hand.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "TidyGirl" wrote in message ... How do I insert round or curved text that will follow the curve of the inside or outside circumference of the CD label without using Word Art? |
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"Ed Bennett" wrote in message
... Technically that's not printing, that's burning. Not on my printer it isn't! I have an HP C5280 colour inkjet which is capable of printing in full colour onto a special white coated CD. It's called printing, not burning :-) I wish you MVPs would stop arguing :-) I am of course aware of lightscribe disks, but there are other kinds! Good fun this innit ! I love reading all of these posts. Momo (Maureen) |
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Maureen wrote:
Technically that's not printing, that's burning. Not on my printer it isn't! I have an HP C5280 colour inkjet which is capable of printing in full colour onto a special white coated CD. It's called printing, not burning :-) Yes, I am aware of on-disc printing (and my Canon MP600 can do it too), but Lightscribe (to which I was referring) is definitely burning! -- Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher http://ed.mvps.org |
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"Ed Bennett" wrote in message
... Yes, I am aware of on-disc printing (and my Canon MP600 can do it too), but Lightscribe (to which I was referring) is definitely burning! Oops. So sorry. I hadn't noticed the reference to lightscribe. I thought you were referring to writing to disk surfaces in general. Still early morning here and I hadn't had my cup of tea or my bacon butty ;-) MoMo (Maureen) |
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It's not arguing. MVPs don't argue - we, ummmm, debate (yeah, that's the
word!). We are like everyone else in that we have our own opinions and different life experiences. -- JoAnn Paules ;-) MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Maureen" wrote in message ... "Ed Bennett" wrote in message ... Technically that's not printing, that's burning. Not on my printer it isn't! I have an HP C5280 colour inkjet which is capable of printing in full colour onto a special white coated CD. It's called printing, not burning :-) I wish you MVPs would stop arguing :-) I am of course aware of lightscribe disks, but there are other kinds! Good fun this innit ! I love reading all of these posts. Momo (Maureen) |
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I've heard bad things about using Sharpies and the ink being absorbed into
the layers of the disk. I know they make special markers for disks. Once again tho, there are going to be people who say "I've used Sharpies for years and haven't had any problems." -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Uncle Grumpy" wrote in message ... Ed Bennett wrote: One area that springs to mind where optical discs are still important is for sending large files to others. The internet is still not really reliable enough for this, and flash drives and portable hard drives have a high initial investment. Optical discs you can simply burn onto and send off with minimal investment. And I'm sending one of those to a friend in the hinterlands who recently retired to that place and had to pay $150 to get a land line installed. He has only has dialup for Internet access. Still, labels are hardly a concern even in those cases. I don't even bother to label those. I use a fine Sharpie. |
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"JoAnn Paules" wrote:
I've heard bad things about using Sharpies and the ink being absorbed into the layers of the disk. I know they make special markers for disks. Once again tho, there are going to be people who say "I've used Sharpies for years and haven't had any problems." I'm one of them. Been burnin' since the first burner became available and nary a problem. I rarely burn anything other than backup discs of software any more. |
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I used to use the labels and about the same time I started hearing about
potential problems, I had a disk with a label that just fell off. Fortunately it was not in a drive when it happened. Now I have a big stack of those labels collecting dust. The few disks that I do burn these days have the contents written on a paper sleeve. I do have to make some backup disks soon and I'm going to try the LightScribe feature. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies" "Uncle Grumpy" wrote in message ... "JoAnn Paules" wrote: I've heard bad things about using Sharpies and the ink being absorbed into the layers of the disk. I know they make special markers for disks. Once again tho, there are going to be people who say "I've used Sharpies for years and haven't had any problems." I'm one of them. Been burnin' since the first burner became available and nary a problem. I rarely burn anything other than backup discs of software any more. |
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