Re: [Slight OT] - CD Lables

2005-04-25 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Apr 24 at 7:38pm, Dan Jenkins wrote: ATIP apparently stands for Absolute Time in Pre-Groove. (Perhaps someone else knows what that has to do with the media manufacturer. :-) CD-Rs have a pre-recorded groove or pre-groove which guides the laser during the recording process. The groove is

Re: [Slight OT] - CD Lables

2005-04-24 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Apr 22, 2005, at 15:44, Randy Edwards wrote: Being ignorant about DVDs, I'm curious: what is Taiyo Yuden and why? It's a manufacturer of CD/DVD recordables. They're in Japan and they use the highest quality materials. Different vendors use different dyes in the recordable layer and some

Re: [Slight OT] - CD Lables

2005-04-24 Thread Randy Edwards
Thanks for the details Bill. I'm definitely going to try some of those the next time I purchase blank DVDs. Recently I went through an ordeal of buying some Staples store brand DVD-Rs and I had about a 1 in 4 failure rate burning on two different DVDs. I felt like a fool (not my first

Re: [Slight OT] - CD Lables

2005-04-24 Thread Dan Jenkins
Bill McGonigle wrote: On Apr 22, 2005, at 15:44, Randy Edwards wrote: Being ignorant about DVDs, I'm curious: what is Taiyo Yuden and why? It's a manufacturer of CD/DVD recordables. They're in Japan and they use the highest quality materials. Different vendors use different dyes in the

[Slight OT] - CD Lables

2005-04-22 Thread Travis Roy
I was thinking about picking up one of those CD Label kit things.. Does anybody have any recommendations.. any work out better for you then others? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org

Re: [Slight OT] - CD Lables

2005-04-22 Thread Jeffrey Creem
Travis Roy wrote: I was thinking about picking up one of those CD Label kit things.. Does anybody have any recommendations.. any work out better for you then others? ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org

Re: [Slight OT] - CD Lables

2005-04-22 Thread Cole Tuininga
On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 09:20 -0400, Jeffrey Creem wrote: I decided to abandon labels and go with an inkjet printer that can print directly onto printable CD's/DVD's. What printer was it? And more importantly, does it work with linux? -- Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired

Re: [Slight OT] - CD Lables

2005-04-22 Thread Dan Jenkins
Jeffrey Creem wrote: Travis Roy wrote: I was thinking about picking up one of those CD Label kit things.. Does anybody have any recommendations.. any work out better for you then others? I would recommend that you don't. There are a pile of people who will swear they never have problems with

Re: [Slight OT] - CD Lables

2005-04-22 Thread Jeffrey Creem
Cole Tuininga wrote: On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 09:20 -0400, Jeffrey Creem wrote: I decided to abandon labels and go with an inkjet printer that can print directly onto printable CD's/DVD's. What printer was it? And more importantly, does it work with linux? I have an *EPSON Stylus Photo

Re: [Slight OT] - CD Lables

2005-04-22 Thread Ed Lawson
Travis Roy wrote: I was thinking about picking up one of those CD Label kit things.. Does anybody have any recommendations.. any work out better for you then others? I have found the glabel application very easy to use and flexible for creating CD labels as well as business cards.

Re: [Slight OT] - CD Lables

2005-04-22 Thread Ed Lawson
On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 09:55:42 -0400 Jeffrey Creem [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an *EPSON Stylus Photo 960 and it is supported by GIMP-Print. Hmmm. So just about any inkjet printer will do the job if it can be adjusted for the thickness of the disks? Are the disks attached to something

Re: [Slight OT] - CD Lables

2005-04-22 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Apr 22, 2005, at 11:27, David Ecklein wrote: I have a recent Epson Stylus Photo R200 that I bought retail (at CompUSA) for $99. It does a beautiful job on inkjet printable CDRs - which can be had at Sam's - 50 700 Mb Verbatim for about $14. I'll second that. I got the R300 at Staples for

Re: [Slight OT] - CD Lables

2005-04-22 Thread Randy Edwards
I got my last batch of DVD's for about $0.60@, mostly because I insist on Taiyo Yeuden. Being ignorant about DVDs, I'm curious: what is Taiyo Yeuden and why? Regards, . Randy -- While we sit comfortably using our computers, soldiers paid for with our taxes are killing and torturing

Re: [Slight OT] - CD Lables

2005-04-22 Thread Jeff Kinz
On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 11:34:13AM -0400, Larry Cook wrote: I mostly use a sharpee Me too! With 24 colors to choose from, what more do you need! ;-) Neat handwriting... :) (My sharpees are so old they're now dullee's..) Larry ___

Re: [Slight OT] - CD Lables

2005-04-22 Thread Larry Cook
I mostly use a sharpee Me too! With 24 colors to choose from, what more do you need! ;-) Larry ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss

Re: [Slight OT] - CD Lables

2005-04-22 Thread David Ecklein
- Original Message - From: Ed Lawson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jeffrey Creem [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 10:25 AM Subject: Re: [Slight OT] - CD Lables On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 09:55:42 -0400 Jeffrey Creem [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I

Re: [Slight OT] - CD Lables

2005-04-22 Thread greg
I've researched this but haven't bought a printer yet. I don't like the labels because there have been numerous articles suggesting that the glue from the labels can decrease the life of the media, particularly CD's due to their writable layer being fairly close to the surface where a label