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Mindpro Eternal Order 10585 Posts |
I'm tired of using printed DVD labels and am wanting to look into ordering blank DVD-R's with my artwork and type printed right on the DVD. Does anyone have any experience and resources the can sugguest based on your own experiences? I am only looking for an initial small run order of 300 or so, which I know may limit ordering from certain companies that may have a larger minimum quanity. Any help information or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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Donald Dunphy Inner circle Victoria, BC, Canada 7563 Posts |
You can also buy white-faced DVDs, and also a computer printer that prints directly onto the DVD faces.
For my promo DVDs, because I was doing them in small batches, I have outsourced them to one friend to burn them (copy them), and to another person to print the faces using his computer printer (this second person is also my graphic designer, who designed the label / face artwork for me). It saved me a lot of time, and was relatively inexpensive. - Donald
Donald Dunphy is a Victoria Magician, British Columbia, Canada.
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chrisweeks New user Toronto, Canada 80 Posts |
If your computer has lightscribe it can burn an image on the top of a blank DVD. This link will explain the step of doing it - http://www.lightscribe.com/gettingstarted/index.aspx?id=276
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Donald Dunphy Inner circle Victoria, BC, Canada 7563 Posts |
Hi Chris -
Lightscribe takes up to 20 minutes to etch on a single disk. Just so you are aware, for the time factor. - Donald
Donald Dunphy is a Victoria Magician, British Columbia, Canada.
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tacrowl Inner circle Maryland 1633 Posts |
http://www.mediaxpress.net/dvd-silkscreen.php
Ordered and was very happy with the results/turn around. Tom |
ScottRSullivan Special user 874 Posts |
The Epson R200 and R300 also prints directly on blank, ink-jet printable DVD-Rs. I do this all the time for DVDs that go out from us.
We order them in bulk, but they are the same as the ones you can buy in Staples. I personally prefer Verbatim DVD-R (less coasters) but have had decent luck with Maxell also. |
stempleton Inner circle 1443 Posts |
I used to print onto labels, but found they sometimes did not work in small trays (for example, in your car.) Printing directly onto white or silver printable DVDs is much more professional looking.
Is anyone else having problems finding the DVDs that have the smaller "clear" center 25mm rather than the larger 40mm (which usually has information such as "printable DVD" listed there?) The smaller without the info also looks more professional, IMO. |
David Tower Regular user David Tower 124 Posts |
I second Scott's suggestion for the Epson R200 and R300. We print hundreds of DVDs with this inexpensive machine and they look as professional as they come. I estimate ink cost at less than $.03 per disc and we buy pro photo gloss disc for less than $.50 per disc for quantity of 100 disc.
David Tower
David Tower
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fxdude Loyal user Hollywood 241 Posts |
It all depends on how professional you want the end result to be. I create thousands of DVDs for our company and receive hundreds of demo reels on DVDs from artists and these are the results I've found.
Lightscribe is usually one step up from writing on the disc with a marker. It's usually a gold or silver disc with faint images on it and it takes forever to use. Works in certain situations like weddings, showers, you just hav to be creative with it. Printing on labels would be one step up from there. If you buy quality labels and use a laser printer (more water resistant) you can get great results, it's just that everybody can usually tell that you've printed on a label and slapped it on the disc. If you don't use quality labels they can actually come unpeeled when they get warm inside a machine and then get stuck inside, it become very messy to get it out. Using an inkjet printer and printing directly on the disc is a step up from there. Sometimes the colors don't turn out right and ink jet is not as nice as laser but you can still get good results. Another step up from there is to have blank discs professionally printed and then you burn the material onto it. The disc label will look fantastic and you can update your demo reel as often as you'd like. The main downfall is that when you look at the bottom of the disc you can tell it was just a burned disc (perfectly acceptable in almost all situations). The preemo way of doing it is of course having the disc label and content professionally created. Basically you get what you pay for, the better quality, the higher the cost. As far as which company to use that can depend on quantity, deadlines, and location. You should be able to do a search for companies near you that could help you out. Some of them even do price matching if you find a better price somewhere else. stempleton, I've ordered the dvds with a smaller clear center before but it's been a while, I'll see if I can track down their info. Hope this helps. |
Gordon Special user Chicago 692 Posts |
Stuck-on labels can be problematic. They often come undone, as was already mentioned, and cause the disc to get stuck in the player. In some cases, I've also had them throw the disc off balance so that it spins incorrectly and won't play without problems.
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Chris LaBarge Regular user Upstate New York 134 Posts |
Try a company that specializes in custom imprints. I found the link below and they will do a run as low as 100.
http://www.aakronline.com/DigitalMedia.a......odId=544 |
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