Tiny Printer Prints Directly Onto CD And DVD August 29, 2004 -- Printing CD and DVD labels and then sticking them onto the disc is time consuming and messy. Peeling the sticky label off from the slick backing usually causes the label to curl up making it difficult to handle. And if you're not careful handling it, the label can touch and stick to itself thus rendering it totally useless. Using one of those label presses adds to the messiness since the label usually never lays flat enough on the press so that you can apply the disc's surface onto the curled label. Too many times you'll find yourself with a label that's either off center or creased. You wind up with a disc that looks home-brewed and amateurish. And once the label has been applied, it's almost impossible to remove it so that you can try sticking another label onto the same disc again. Basically you have to toss the disc and burn another one. But there is a better way. Optical discs are now available with printable surfaces. These discs amazingly cost no more than their non-printable counterparts and you can find them most anyplace that sells computer media. Until recently, printers that print directly onto printable discs were a bit pricey. But now there's a brand new disc printer that sells for $139.95 and it's from Primera, the same people that make the Bravo II optical media burner and printer. |
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