Re: AUGD: CD labels
Re: AUGD: CD labels
- Subject: Re: AUGD: CD labels
- From: Jerome King <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 15:50:55 -0400
Let me add 3 more comments against the use of the gummed labels on
CDs or DVDs
First, If you go to (hold the option key to download the pdf document)
<http://homepage.mac.com/naplesmac/.Public/JWKing/CDandDVDCare.pdf>
you will have an extensive document from the National Institute of
Science & Technology titled "Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs", "A
Guide for Librarians and Archivists". This document recommends
AGAINST the use of labels on CDs and DVDs. Part of the reason is
that the glue on the labels can cause de-lamination of the CD or DVD
In addition, the glue chemical can migrate through the surface AND
cause problems in reading the written data
Second, along the same line, you need to be very careful with the use
of pens and other marking devices to write on the disc. Two
problems: i) solvent in the pen ink bleeds into the written data
area; ii) pressure from the pen can distort the recorded layer. The
above report makes recommendations about the characteristics of the
marking pen. I have found some Sharpie pens that are defined for
marking CDs / DVDs.
Third, and from a different direction. It is very difficult to get
the label to be perfectly placed on the CD / DVD blank so that the
center of gravity of the result is in the center. (I won't even
address the smoothness problem)
Our disc readers spin at higher and higher rates. There have been
problems of the reader / disc "exploded" from high spin rates. Think
about your wash machine when the towels are on one side during the
spin cycle
Use an appropriate marker on your CD / DVD blanks
If you want "artistic" CD / DVDs then get one of the many printers
that print upon the blank
Jerry
Naples, FL MUG
On Oct 2, 2006, at 3:23 PM, Russ Conte wrote:
I am a musician (by avocation) and made a CD of my music once time,
and used it as a raffle prize for our MUG. The CD had a printed
label on it. One person who won the CD had problems, and had to
take her Powerbook in for repairs, because of all the issues caused
by the label. Apple was able to repair her PowerBook, but it was
quite an ordeal (at no charge to her), from what she explained to me.
I would agree with the recommendation to not use labels on CDs,
from personal experience.
Russ
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