Printing onto a cd/dvd

veryrandom

Where do people go to print images/words/design onto a CD/DVD? Is there anywhere in or around the Dublin city center area that will do it for a few quid or anywhere online?

stcstc

i have a canon inkjet that does it

a lot of the cheap a4 printers do it

i assume someone offers it as a service in town, not sure who though so not much help

but wonder if one of ya mates or something might have one of the printers i am talking about?

Gregor Samsa

I had a printer that did this too. You needed to use special printable disks. I was never blown away by the quality or durability, but it was OK for informal stuff. The template software that came with my printer (an Epson, as I recall) was a nightmare to use (on a Mac), but it was a long time ago, so things may have improved.

Another home-made option is printing labels for the disks. A kit like this includes software to design the label, and an applicator to get them centered on the disk (this is important, as an unbalanced disk will be very noisy when played).

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Avery-Applicator-Software-Disc-Labels/dp/B001PO5UGE/ref=pd_bxgy_office_text_b

Again, this is fine for informal stuff, but may not look good enough for a professional job. I notice that Avery do glossy, photo quality labels now, which might improve things. Last time I used anything like this, the labels were basically matt cartridge paper.

Any of the commercial CD/DVD duplication places will do proper printing, along with copying the disks. cdduplication.ie have a configuration (http://www.cdduplication.ie/cdrecord.php?action=refresh) to show you the options, and their minimum order seems to be 10 disks. I've never used these, so I don't know what the quality or service is like - I'm just sharing it here as it was the first result that came up in a Google search for "Dublin CD printing".

I actually requested the free sample from CDDuplication.ie about two weeks ago and still no word from them. Seems like a long time to have to wait to get a single printed CD (no burning involved, just printing).

Not so much as a confirmation email.

Would like to find somewhere a bit speedier myself, but they seem to be the only ones offering their kind of service.

stcstc

If your putting video on a DVD, NEVER put labels on them

even a fraction of a mm is enough to make the disc run slightly off axis. when playing back dvd video its enough to stop the disc working properly


when i first started authoring DVD's (there were only 6 peopl in the uk doing it then) black discs cost £60 and things like labels screwed them up lots of times till we figured out what the problem was