>>
>>>>> Anyone have recommendations/observations about printers that print
>>> _directly_ onto CD's or DVD's?
>>>
>>> I have stick-on labels I can easily print, but the rumor mill says
>>> these don't work on DVD's... they are an open invitation to jamming.
>>>
>>> ...Jim Thompson
>[snip]
>>
>>In any sort of reasonable volume, I would opt for silkscreened.
>>I wonder if you can do silkscreen yourself??
>>
>>We silkscreen a lot of stuff around here...., though not CD's (yet).
>>
>>But if one-off sort of stuff, I just use a small Brother P-touch type
>>label.
>>Never had a problem.
>>
>>For CD's, I'll print paper lables on the Minolta color laser, and then
>>hand-stick using one of those plunger things. Note thereto: Not all
>>plunger things are created equal. The one I have came in a Kit
>>(probably Neato?). I've seen others that make you want to reach for
>>the aspirin bottle...
>>
>>Good luck.
>>-mpm
>>
>>
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is an obvious resource for volume.
>>We used them only occasionally on big projects, but were always
>>satisfied.
>
>I use Nero/Neato for the CD's, with the self-aligning plunger, peel
>and stick... no sweat.
>
>But stick-on's are not recommended for DVD's.
>
>Mostly this will be family photo album stuff, but some back-ups (who
>cares about labels), but project hand-offs to customers need to be
>classy ;-)
>
>Anyone using the thermal printers? Inkjet looks like an invitation to
>smearing when handled, although someone mentioned coating??
>
> ...Jim Thompson
Discs with printable coatings are inexpensive, and the appropriate printers are not all that bad either. Give the disc a 10 minute dry and you cannot easily smear it even adding water, alcohol, or both.
Lightscribe, while not too expensive is very slow. YMMV