CD/DVD labels

[lifesajrny]

If anyone was going to use CD/DVD labels, which brand would you use?

[888888]

If anyone was going to use CD/DVD labels, which brand would you use?

WrongForum® brand I believe.

Check this out before settling on labels:

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=138166

[Capmaster]

Moving to media forum ....

[overloaded_ide]

I would not use any, but thin light wieght foil type would be best if you did.

For the cost of labels and the problems many people have had, why bother when a printer is not all that high and printable disks are not that much more expensive.

I like my printed disks better than labels! I don't even label CDs anymore, I print those too!

[Weapon]

In my experience, labels have made the disk unreadable in a standalone player, just use a sharpie, not quite studio quality, but effective.

[overloaded_ide]

While scanning disks to upload for samples of the R200 printing I found one of my CDs with a Fellows/Neato paper type label has 3 bad wrinkles.
What caused it I don't know, it's a seldom used disk and the label was perfectly applied. This happened while stored in the leather type disk carry case.

Another reason I like printing instead of labels! I don't know if this disk will even work now, but at least I do have the original if I have to make another.

As for the sharpie, I used those too before I got started printing and I will never go back
I just like the nice looking disks so much more, and it makes them much easier to find also like when in a carry case for traveling. I have lot of cd backups that were sharpie written and when you have several dozen or more in a case it gets to be a pain to find one certian disk when they all look the same. Nice to just glance at a picture or page of disks and know rahter the disk you want is there or not. If I ever filled my case it holds 256 disks! Thanks alot of reading since everyone knows no matter what you are looking for it's always the last one you look at!

My scans aren't that great but the images I uploaded are in the post at
https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=245175
And in person the printed disks actaully look better than the labels I used to use for cds.

[Mawdryn]

I have tried a lot of different labels and I like the glossy ones from Meritline best. I've used a few hundred of these and never had a problem with a disk playing back.

[lifesajrny]

Thanks Overloaded....I'm really considering the R200 printer. I have used many different labels, and I have found Avery to be about the best, BUT, they are the most expensive.
Hum.........maybe Santa wil place a R200 under my tree...

[classfour]

R200's rock: I was using a Stylus Photo 900, but did not like the rear tray loading. The ink on the R200 is available at a reasonable cost per cartridge - but it uses 6. The print quality and alignment are great when using hub printable discs; I apply (carefully) a thin spray of clear laquer to the surface after drying to produce a gloss finish and retain color.

[CHARM]

I have a r300 printer.

just recently i got an order from a friend to print and case 150 copies of a film he made.

I insisted on using labels instead of my printer because it would be less work, and uppon the advice of a friend on the net, who releases his own work on cdr, advised me that labels looked better thank printale disks. I should have done my research, but i guess now i have learned that yes
Labels are a bad idea, especially if someone is paying you for them

my friend expected at least ten today, I have them burned and the cases are ready, but I dont want to label them, Im gonna return the labels and the neato kit. I will probably give him a 50 cent drop on these unlabeled disks, and start printing them on the r300