What to use (paper) for multi dics case covers?

[Denvers Dawgs]

I already have the multi disc case cover temps, but my question is what do I use for paper? Currently for single dvd cases I use cannon matte photo paper and print with coverXP. Now how would I go about printing the longer multi disc case covers? Will the normal matte paper be long enough to work? Also, in coverXP, under cover templates there are only 2 dvd templates to choose from (single and splitted) how would I use coverXP to print the longer covers?

Thanks for any help you can provide....

[lordsmurf]

I use something that was suggested to me long ago by somebody I've long ago forgotten. Been using this paper for about 2-3-4 years now. Feels like forever because I don't use anything else.

Hammermill 28lb. weight bright white copy paper

It's a nice thick weight paper that won't curl or wringle, and works great both in inkjets and lasers. The color is vibrant.

Merely use scissors or an cutboard with a knife to cut it down from normal paper size to DVD case size. I use 8½x14 paper in my color laser. I had to buy mine at a paper store here in town. Sometimes the mainstream office stores like Staples and Office Depot have it, but not always.

[Denvers Dawgs]

So would I just use coverXP to print it like a normal single dvd case? All I will need is 8½x14 instead of the normal 8½x11 paper?

And thanks for the quick reply lordsmurf...I was just about to PM you after I posted this....


Would this be the paper that you mention?
http://www.staples.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StaplesSearch?keyword=hammermill+28lb...s&fromUrl=home
Wish they had smaller packs. There is no way I'd use 500 pages. Have you ever seen smaller packs (25/50?)

[lordsmurf]

I've been using Photoshop since the early 1990s. I use that.

The very first time I made a DVD cover, I pulled out a ruler, measured height x width, and made a new 300dpi Photoshop PSD template.

Then I measured the spine and location of spine. I drug out guides to mark where the spine was.

That's the file I use to this day.

Because widths of cases can change due to the way they are glued, and because some cases are wider or narrower by a mm or two, I still verify the measurement, and save the template, or make new templates. Some cases even have a different height, or a different window height. The ruler is my friend. Nothing pisses you off more than having to cut off more paper from your design because it doesn't fit, or having it fit loosely and not fill the window.

Some of the larger cases I've printed in the past would not fit on 8½11 paper. And my printer can only print 0.2" inside the paper, it doesn't go to the very edge (most don't). So I found 8½x14 to be the only one I ever needed. In fact, when I need a 8½x11 document, I just use a paper cutter to shrink it down after being printed.

I also use laser only, as ink is messy, runs out fast, is more expensive in the long-run in supplies costs, and doesn't look as good.

[Xylob the Destroyer]

I just use ordinary legal sized copy paper in an ink printer with PhotoShop and a pair of scissors.
Once the print is behind the shiny clear plastic sleeve, it looks as good as the stuff on commercial movies.