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Posted by urmyuk123 on Aug-31-2005 13:36:

txt on cdlabels

im looking for a simple program to put cd txt on Printable CDRs or sticky labels..

what are you guys using?

Posted by Connector on Aug-31-2005 13:47:

Dymo Labelwriter

Posted by DJ_Hailstone on Aug-31-2005 14:36:

cd-r label

Posted by punjabi on Aug-31-2005 18:46:

Posted by CosmoKid on Aug-31-2005 20:08:

or you can buy a printer that prints directly onto the cd. you can get an epson for about $100.

Posted by willcurran on Sep-01-2005 00:08:

Keep it simple, even though it doesnt seem as professional

Posted by urmyuk123 on Sep-01-2005 00:14:

i was thinking of putting 10 tracks on a cd..

a marker just wont do.......

Posted by Orbital32 on Sep-01-2005 01:15:

quote:
Originally posted by willcurran

Keep it simple, even though it doesnt seem as professional

wanna make a bet? Here's a copy of Darren Emmerson cd's that i took a pic of a while back,

sharpie is professional

Posted by Palladium on Sep-01-2005 01:40:

i use cd-r with vinyl surface...by verbatim...they're cool

only i write a number on it...and then i make a tracklist with the tracks and the number and place them together in the cd wallet

Posted by Ghostface on Sep-01-2005 12:11:

quote:
Originally posted by CosmoKid
or you can buy a printer that prints directly onto the cd. you can get an epson for about $100.

These are great. Just make sure you buy printable cdrs.

Posted by Ryan0751 on Sep-01-2005 15:00:

I agree and do this myself.

Although I just discovered that a full set of ink cartridges for my $89 Epson printer costs..... $83. Those mofo's.

quote:
Originally posted by Ghostface
These are great. Just make sure you buy printable cdrs.

Posted by Allied Nations on Sep-01-2005 15:02:

im pretty sure almost all of use sharpies for our case logic cds..

but for handing out demos, id prefer something a lil more pro....

Posted by Stu Cox on Sep-01-2005 16:20:

I use TDK CD-R pens (which are very good, but have a tendancy to leak after excessive use for over a year) for stuff to go in my CD wallet and I just print text onto floppy disk labels (now redundant from their intended use) which I then slice in half to go on CDs for demos etc... if I really want to do something posh I've got some CD labels I can print onto.

In answer to the original question, the software I use for printing stuff for CDs is just MS Publisher (2003). I find it's a lot better than most of these specialist (special needs, more like) CD label printing programs - just measure your labels and make yourself a template with some suitable guidelines and do whatever you like.

If you really want to be posh then knock something up in Photoshop then import it, but it's really easy to get the image to line up with the label accurately etc with Publisher.

Posted by Ryan0751 on Sep-01-2005 17:19:

Def. don't just stick random stickers on CD's! They make the CD's unbalanced, and can come off in your CD players. If this happened in your CDJ you would be very very unhappy.

quote:
Originally posted by Stu Cox
I use TDK CD-R pens (which are very good, but have a tendancy to leak after excessive use for over a year) for stuff to go in my CD wallet and I just print text onto floppy disk labels (now redundant from their intended use) which I then slice in half to go on CDs for demos etc... if I really want to do something posh I've got some CD labels I can print onto.

In answer to the original question, the software I use for printing stuff for CDs is just MS Publisher (2003). I find it's a lot better than most of these specialist (special needs, more like) CD label printing programs - just measure your labels and make yourself a template with some suitable guidelines and do whatever you like.

If you really want to be posh then knock something up in Photoshop then import it, but it's really easy to get the image to line up with the label accurately etc with Publisher.

Posted by Stu Cox on Sep-02-2005 12:41:

I don't know anyone who's ever had that happen. Coincidentally I actually put one on either side which would make it balanced, although that's nothing I'd ever considered before. But if you use decent labels and stick them down properly I don't think you're really gonna have a problem.

I think it'd actually be more likely for a proper CD label to come off as you've got such a big label perimeter that can lift up, which is right at the edge of the CD so therefore more vunerable

Posted by Ryan0751 on Sep-02-2005 13:06:

It can and has happened in CD-ROM drives, and also in CDJ's. The reason being that they spin MUCH faster than a regular CD player. I hate those stick on labels made for CD's as well, printable CD's are the way to go... or sharpies

quote:
Originally posted by Stu Cox
I don't know anyone who's ever had that happen. Coincidentally I actually put one on either side which would make it balanced, although that's nothing I'd ever considered before. But if you use decent labels and stick them down properly I don't think you're really gonna have a problem.

I think it'd actually be more likely for a proper CD label to come off as you've got such a big label perimeter that can lift up, which is right at the edge of the CD so therefore more vunerable

Posted by Stu Cox on Sep-03-2005 12:14:

Well I totally agree that printed CDs are better, although currently I don't have access to such technology.

Posted by sw1 on Sep-05-2005 18:37:

quote:
Originally posted by Ryan0751
Def. don't just stick random stickers on CD's! They make the CD's unbalanced, and can come off in your CD players. If this happened in your CDJ you would be very very unhappy.

+1

Even the round CD labels will be unbalanced unless they are perfectly aligned. Use printable CD-Rs.