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

[Louis]

I went to the horses mouth.  Here it is
http://www.shopping.hp.com/cgi-bin/hpdirect/shopping/scripts/product_det
ail/product_detail_view.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1559888071.1105643975@@@@&B
V_EngineID=ccfeadddijdmehkcfngcfkmdfondfgf.0&landing=entertainment&categ
ory=dvd_writers&subcat1=dvd_writers&product_code=Q6766A%23ABA&catLevel=3

Lou

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


(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 
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