[filmscanners] Re: How to label CD backups

["Robert Michael" <opopanax@xs4all.nl>]

I used to do that on (audio) disks, but stopped with that. The labels were
rpinted with a picture and sometimes they seemed to become saturated with
the ink (HP 930 printer) and started to come off. In most cases you could
remove the label and still use the cd, but in one case the disk became
unplaybable.
Now I use pens from Nashuatec (from the computer supply shop) and I hope
they won't cause trouble during the life of the CD (which anyway is not
unlimited, or at least untill I move to the next system (DVD in whatever
format will have won next year).

Robert

PS: just to make sure = a sharpie is NOT a sharp object?
----- Original Message -----
From: Kip Babington <cbabing3@swbell.net>
To: <opopanax@xs4all.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 4:19 PM
Subject: [filmscanners] Re: How to label CD backups


> May I ask a background question in this thread?  Specifically, what's the
> source of the underlying assumption that you shouldn't use labels on CDs?
>
> I've just begun to archive images (onto Kodak Gold CDRs) and have been
> using a very thin, full size label that I got from one of the online
> vendors.  I print some generic stuff on it with my printer (Photo Backup,
> Contact Sheets, etc.) and then write on the label (using a fine Sharpie)
> the unique info for the particular disc.  I know that all the info I put
on
> the label wouldn't fit on the clear hub of the disc, no matter how small I
> could write, and I'd rather not have to maintain a separate index of
what's
> on "disc 23."
>
> Are the things that can go wrong with labels worse than what people are
> worrying about with using inks directly on CDs?
>
> Cheers,
> Kip
>
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