[AJD] (Off Topic) DVD Burners w/Labels

[Troy Bogdan]

(OT)  I've heard of these things, what they supposedly do are burn a design
into the CD itself, making a sort of label.  I think they are for real.

on 1/13/05 11:35 AM, David Bruce at davidbruce at yadtel.net wrote:

> Just to add some confusion to the cd story ...
> 
> The other day I saw an advertisement on TV for an HP computer with a dvd
> burner.  That wasn't so special but the thing that caught my eye was the
> description of the burner - it could "silk screen" a cd or dvd after
> burning the files on it.  Sounds like another good opportunity for not
> so up and up dealings on ebay.
> 
> David
> 
> NCloyd1 at aol.com wrote:
>> Just stopped in and got the skinny on cd s---silk screen vrs lable. the
>> easiest way to tell is by the texture of the surface. The silk screen is done
>> by 
>> placing a piece of silk over the surface and forcing the paint through as was
>> done on the early JD tractors.Of course the process has been up graded in the
>> last 50--100 years but  the tell tale textured surface remains.Silk screening
>> will not have the sharp definition of print. One must be careful IDing the
>> cds 
>> which have silk screened back grounds with  printed grafics and vice versa.My
>> 96 JD cd is labled. As both processes are machine done another tell tale
>> feature is evident. The silk screened cds grafics  will always be concentric
>> with 
>> the disc and the lables will often times be 'off center' . Both processes
>> have 
>> very similar thickness of applied material so that the 'finger nail on the
>> edge 
>> test' is not accurate.After studying the cds I have here at home it became
>> easy to tell. Hope this helps.    Neale
>> 
>> Neale A Cloyd
>> 26198 Sand Hill Trail
>> Ames, Iowa 50010
>> Too many 2cyls & too little time
>> _______________________________________________
>> Antique-johndeere mailing list
>> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/antique-johndeere
>> 
> _______________________________________________
> Antique-johndeere mailing list
> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/antique-johndeere