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peart2112

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13. March 2007 @ 18:08

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I've burned quite a few discs & have applied sticky labels to the discs. I'm starting to have problems with these discs now. (Skipping, freezing, etc).
So, I'm wondering if I write on the discs with a Sharpie instead, if the weight of the ink will possibly make discs freeze too in my stand alone player (I'm not sure how sensitive they are).

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blake123

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13. March 2007 @ 18:21

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no you should be good with a sharpie or a dvd printer that prints directly to hub printable disk.

heres a printer
http://supermediastore.com/epson-stylus-...cd-printer.html

look how good they turn out

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rcrockett

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13. March 2007 @ 21:55

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Peart2112: I had this same problem. After using labels for a while they skipping and froze in some DVD players, and in others they were perfectly fine. Now I just use a Sharpie, and it works great. I plan on eventually getting a disc printer though.

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Dunker

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14. March 2007 @ 13:23

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Sticky labels will trash a disc, regardless of claims of whether the labels are designed for CD/DVD use or not. Not only can the adhesive eat away the disc's protective coating, but it also causes balance and thickness problems. As others have pointed out, either use a Sharpie or use inkjet-printable discs and an appropriate printer.

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-Do you believe you own your computer and shouldn't be told what you can run and do? Then say *NO* to Microsoft Vista!
-Since half the questions here involve media problems, here ya go: Only use Verbatim or Taiyo-Yuden discs (get your TYs from Rima.com, not Supermediastore or meritline). Forget the rest, no matter what "brand" they sell under. Always burn at 4x speed regardless of the speed rating of this discs or your drive. If you have burn problems with these then you have to update your drive's firmware. For double-layer discs, only use Verbatim DVD+R DL and burn them at 2.4x speed.

res2cue

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14. March 2007 @ 13:37

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or you can refer to your other thread you started about the same thing here:

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/481044

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