CD labels with curved text

[Uncle Grumpy]

One area that springs to mind where optical discs are still important is
for sending large files to others. The internet is still not really
reliable enough for this, and flash drives and portable hard drives have
a high initial investment. Optical discs you can simply burn onto and
send off with minimal investment.

And I'm sending one of those to a friend in the hinterlands who
recently retired to that place and had to pay $150 to get a land line
installed. He has only has dialup for Internet access.

Still, labels are hardly a concern even in those cases.

I don't even bother to label those. I use a fine Sharpie.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

My desktop has LightScribe but I haven't used it yet. I have some disks that
I need to burn soon and plan on getting some of the disks and try it.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

 

[Maureen]

Technically that's not printing, that's burning.

Not on my printer it isn't! I have an HP C5280 colour inkjet which is
capable of printing in full colour onto a special white coated CD. It's
called printing, not burning I wish you MVPs would stop arguing I am
of course aware of lightscribe disks, but there are other kinds!

Good fun this innit ! I love reading all of these posts.

Momo (Maureen)

 

[Ed Bennett]

Not on my printer it isn't! I have an HP C5280 colour inkjet which is
capable of printing in full colour onto a special white coated CD. It's
called printing, not burning

Yes, I am aware of on-disc printing (and my Canon MP600 can do it too),
but Lightscribe (to which I was referring) is definitely burning!

 

[Maureen]

Yes, I am aware of on-disc printing (and my Canon
MP600 can do it too), but Lightscribe (to which I was
referring) is definitely burning!

Oops. So sorry. I hadn't noticed the reference to lightscribe. I thought you
were referring to writing to disk surfaces in general. Still early morning
here and I hadn't had my cup of tea or my bacon butty ;-)

MoMo (Maureen)

 

[JoAnn Paules]

It's not arguing. MVPs don't argue - we, ummmm, debate (yeah, that's the
word!). We are like everyone else in that we have our own opinions and
different life experiences.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

I've heard bad things about using Sharpies and the ink being absorbed into
the layers of the disk. I know they make special markers for disks. Once
again tho, there are going to be people who say "I've used Sharpies for
years and haven't had any problems."

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

I've heard bad things about using Sharpies and the ink being absorbed into
the layers of the disk. I know they make special markers for disks. Once
again tho, there are going to be people who say "I've used Sharpies for
years and haven't had any problems."

I'm one of them.

Been burnin' since the first burner became available and nary a
problem.

I rarely burn anything other than backup discs of software any more.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

I used to use the labels and about the same time I started hearing about
potential problems, I had a disk with a label that just fell off.
Fortunately it was not in a drive when it happened. Now I have a big stack
of those labels collecting dust. The few disks that I do burn these days
have the contents written on a paper sleeve. I do have to make some backup
disks soon and I'm going to try the LightScribe feature.

 

[TidyGirl]

You really shouldn't use labels on CDs/DVDs. Labels can cause the CD/DVD to
be out of balance, and can damage the drive. If the label should warp, the
disk could get stuck in the device. Air bubbles under the label could cause
an unequal distribution of forces on the disc as it spins in the drive,
which in turn could cause the disc to shatter while spinning at high speeds
such as 52X for CDs and 16X for DVDs. Other issues have also been attributed
to the use of paper labels on disks.

Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs—A Guide for Librarians and Archivists
http://www.itl.nist.gov/iad/894.05/docs/CDandDVDCareandHandlingGuide.pdf
Page 23 (31 of 50)

(You may not care about the possible long term effects but it's still good
information to have on hand.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

How do I insert round or curved text that will follow the curve of the
inside
or outside circumference of the CD label without using Word Art?

 

[TidyGirl]

Thank you taking the time to tell me this. i didn't know that! I was just
trying to create an attractive copy of an audio CD.

You really shouldn't use labels on CDs/DVDs. Labels can cause the CD/DVD to
be out of balance, and can damage the drive. If the label should warp, the
disk could get stuck in the device. Air bubbles under the label could cause
an unequal distribution of forces on the disc as it spins in the drive,
which in turn could cause the disc to shatter while spinning at high speeds
such as 52X for CDs and 16X for DVDs. Other issues have also been attributed
to the use of paper labels on disks.

Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs—A Guide for Librarians and Archivists
http://www.itl.nist.gov/iad/894.05/docs/CDandDVDCareandHandlingGuide.pdf
Page 23 (31 of 50)

(You may not care about the possible long term effects but it's still good
information to have on hand.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

How do I insert round or curved text that will follow the curve of the
inside
or outside circumference of the CD label without using Word Art?

 

[TidyGirl]

Thank you for taking the time to show me all of this! I wanted to create
text that would follow the curve of the inside or outside circumference of
the CD. It seems like it would be a simple thing to do, but apparently Word
Art is the only way.

 

[TidyGirl]

That's what I thought. Do you know another program to use aside from Avery
Design Pro or Print Shop?

 

[TidyGirl]

I also have LightScribe, but haven't used it yet. Time to branch out and
learn something new. Thanks.

My desktop has LightScribe but I haven't used it yet. I have some disks that
I need to burn soon and plan on getting some of the disks and try it.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

And there are CD/DVD burners that also print directly on a disc.

google "lightscribe"

 

[Ed Bennett]

That's what I thought. Do you know another program to use aside from Avery
Design Pro or Print Shop?

A piece of Free Software that does this is Inkscape from
www.inkscape.org, although there is somewhat of a learning curve.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Same here. ;-)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

I also have LightScribe, but haven't used it yet. Time to branch out and
learn something new. Thanks.

My desktop has LightScribe but I haven't used it yet. I have some disks
that
I need to burn soon and plan on getting some of the disks and try it.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

There are printers that print directly on a CD. Perhaps the poster has
one
of
those. How are we to know?

And there are CD/DVD burners that also print directly on a disc.

google "lightscribe"

 

[JoAnn Paules]

It's one of those things that's becoming more widely known. Obviously the
label makers aren't saying squat but I've heard that some CDs now have
warnings about using labels. I have some disks with labels that are fine but
the equipment I had was older and slower. I prefer not to pick pieces of
labels or disks out of my computer - or my car's CD player. I have enough
stuff to deal with without adding to it, ya know?

Instead of making a pretty label, why not make some really cool CD case
liners?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

Thank you taking the time to tell me this. i didn't know that! I was
just
trying to create an attractive copy of an audio CD.

You really shouldn't use labels on CDs/DVDs. Labels can cause the CD/DVD
to
be out of balance, and can damage the drive. If the label should warp,
the
disk could get stuck in the device. Air bubbles under the label could
cause
an unequal distribution of forces on the disc as it spins in the drive,
which in turn could cause the disc to shatter while spinning at high
speeds
such as 52X for CDs and 16X for DVDs. Other issues have also been
attributed
to the use of paper labels on disks.

Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs—A Guide for Librarians and Archivists
http://www.itl.nist.gov/iad/894.05/docs/CDandDVDCareandHandlingGuide.pdf
Page 23 (31 of 50)

(You may not care about the possible long term effects but it's still
good
information to have on hand.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

How do I insert round or curved text that will follow the curve of the
inside
or outside circumference of the CD label without using Word Art?

 

[JoAnn Paules]

I have a 2001 Corolla with a 6-disk player. When I got the car (new) it had
some CD player issues as well. They fixed it and it's been fine since. And I
often have all 6 disks loaded. ;-)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

Gals, Guys,

My wife just got a '07 Toyota Corolla (doggone! that woman has a generous
husband) with a six disk CD Player/Radio. It's the kind with one slot;
you just keep stuffing the CDs in until it won't take anymore. Anyway,
because paper labels do add to the thickness of the CD, I think, why tempt
the CD demons? (Annie is using extra precaution, she inserts a single CD
at a time).

Epilogue: The car is a used car with 7800+/- miles at the time of purchase
(last month) and the CD unit was jammed not allowing either loading nor
unloading any CDs. Toyota replaced the unit at no cost. We don't know
the cause of the CD player malfunction.

Wouldn't it be great if the CD/DVD burner could burn a label on the disk?!


--
Don
Vancouver, USA

I think labels on CD's is relative to one's experience. I have old CDs
that I have labeled and have never had any problems with them nor my
CD-DVD players. Folks generally don't need a lecture when they come here
for help.

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

I am basing my assumption on the phrase "CD label" in the subject line
and body of the original post.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



There are printers that print directly on a CD. Perhaps the poster has
one of those. How are we to know?
http://www.hp.com/oeminkjet/industry_solutions/cd_dvd_printing/

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

You really shouldn't use labels on CDs/DVDs. Labels can cause the
CD/DVD to be out of balance, and can damage the drive. If the label
should warp, the disk could get stuck in the device. Air bubbles under
the label could cause an unequal distribution of forces on the disc as
it spins in the drive, which in turn could cause the disc to shatter
while spinning at high speeds such as 52X for CDs and 16X for DVDs.
Other issues have also been attributed to the use of paper labels on
disks.

Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs-A Guide for Librarians and
Archivists
http://www.itl.nist.gov/iad/894.05/docs/CDandDVDCareandHandlingGuide.pdf
Page 23 (31 of 50)

(You may not care about the possible long term effects but it's still
good information to have on hand.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



How do I insert round or curved text that will follow the curve of
the inside
or outside circumference of the CD label without using Word Art?

 

[TidyGirl]

Now that would be a great option if i'm really ony interested in the
presentation of the disk. Wow, i learned so much from this post and am
impressed that so many were willing to take the time to answer it. No more
sticky CD labels for me!!! this Neanderthal is moving forward.

It's one of those things that's becoming more widely known. Obviously the
label makers aren't saying squat but I've heard that some CDs now have
warnings about using labels. I have some disks with labels that are fine but
the equipment I had was older and slower. I prefer not to pick pieces of
labels or disks out of my computer - or my car's CD player. I have enough
stuff to deal with without adding to it, ya know?

Instead of making a pretty label, why not make some really cool CD case
liners?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

Thank you taking the time to tell me this. i didn't know that! I was
just
trying to create an attractive copy of an audio CD.

You really shouldn't use labels on CDs/DVDs. Labels can cause the CD/DVD
to
be out of balance, and can damage the drive. If the label should warp,
the
disk could get stuck in the device. Air bubbles under the label could
cause
an unequal distribution of forces on the disc as it spins in the drive,
which in turn could cause the disc to shatter while spinning at high
speeds
such as 52X for CDs and 16X for DVDs. Other issues have also been
attributed
to the use of paper labels on disks.

Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs—A Guide for Librarians and Archivists
http://www.itl.nist.gov/iad/894.05/docs/CDandDVDCareandHandlingGuide.pdf
Page 23 (31 of 50)

(You may not care about the possible long term effects but it's still
good
information to have on hand.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



How do I insert round or curved text that will follow the curve of the
inside
or outside circumference of the CD label without using Word Art?

 

[JoAnn Paules]

We all move forward. Sometimes we take big steps and sometimes we crawl. The
important thing is that we are moving ahead and that we are comfortable with
our own pace. ;-)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

Now that would be a great option if i'm really ony interested in the
presentation of the disk. Wow, i learned so much from this post and am
impressed that so many were willing to take the time to answer it. No
more
sticky CD labels for me!!! this Neanderthal is moving forward.

It's one of those things that's becoming more widely known. Obviously the
label makers aren't saying squat but I've heard that some CDs now have
warnings about using labels. I have some disks with labels that are fine
but
the equipment I had was older and slower. I prefer not to pick pieces of
labels or disks out of my computer - or my car's CD player. I have enough
stuff to deal with without adding to it, ya know?

Instead of making a pretty label, why not make some really cool CD case
liners?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

Thank you taking the time to tell me this. i didn't know that! I was
just
trying to create an attractive copy of an audio CD.

:

You really shouldn't use labels on CDs/DVDs. Labels can cause the
CD/DVD
to
be out of balance, and can damage the drive. If the label should warp,
the
disk could get stuck in the device. Air bubbles under the label could
cause
an unequal distribution of forces on the disc as it spins in the
drive,
which in turn could cause the disc to shatter while spinning at high
speeds
such as 52X for CDs and 16X for DVDs. Other issues have also been
attributed
to the use of paper labels on disks.

Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs-A Guide for Librarians and
Archivists
http://www.itl.nist.gov/iad/894.05/docs/CDandDVDCareandHandlingGuide.pdf
Page 23 (31 of 50)

(You may not care about the possible long term effects but it's still
good
information to have on hand.)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



How do I insert round or curved text that will follow the curve of
the
inside
or outside circumference of the CD label without using Word Art?