[X-Apps] CD Label Program

[John McGilvary]

Well, I just use these for my wife's Music CD's.
For my regular back ups, I use one of the "Made for CD Marking" pens. 
No worries we hope.
J

On Feb 16, 2004, at 12:37 PM, Alex wrote:

>
> On Monday, Feb 16, 2004, at 12:05 Canada/Eastern, Stephen Hart wrote:
>
>> But remember that stick-on labels may damage CDs.
>
> Quite. They're bad for two reasons. First, the glue may react 
> chemically with the label side of the disc, and damage the reflector 
> layer. Second, it may create balance problems when the disc is read at 
> high speed.
>
>> at least for data archiving, permanent pens that don't scratch seem 
>> to be the thing. Sharpie claims that their pens are safe for CDs.
>
> That's what they claim. But, again, the components in the ink may 
> react with the label surface of the disc. If five years from now you 
> discover you can't read the CD to which you backed up your data 
> because the permanent marker ink reacted with the disc surface, is 
> Sharpie going to reimburse you?
>
> Personally, I recommend soft point, non-permanent (water-soluble) 
> markers -- if you need to write anything on the CD itself.
>
> f
>
>
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