I used the labels on dvd's for my indie short.
Very easy to use by printing online at the Avery site. At first I tried to print within Word and in Photo Shop but couldn't get that to work.
I also bought the plastic applicator as I am all thumbs and had nightmares of having dvd's stuck all over my arms and ruining product. The applicator worked fine as well. I found the best price at Amazon. My local stores were more expensive and did not have enough product.
I tested on a blank sheet first to make sure it was hitting correctly on the page. Printed sixty (2 up). They look great.
I used a large sepia picture over a majority of the white label background.
You can also purchase colored labels from specialty shops but I have no experience with their quality and don't believe those are Avery products.
These Avery matte whites came out great. Avery DVD Labels Matte White for Ink Jet Printers (8962)
Avery labels work the best for CD's and DVD's. Note that the price is lower than retail stores ( Staples, for one) but after shipping its about the same.
Insure that your software points to the proper label code or you will go through several labels before you get the right one. Its sometimes different than the label code on the package.
I bought these labels to put on my DVD discs so I wouldn't have to write on them with a magic marker. One time I was writing on discs and stacking them not realizing the magic marker transfered to the disc above. So I decided to use labels instead. I could only find matte surface for the template I was using so I gave them a try. I use a nice inkjet printer from Canon which prints photos great but on this label it just prints so so, but it was still better than magic marker. After doing about 15 discs I needed to get info from one of the discs so I put it in the computer and started to hear weird noises coming from my DVD player. The disc never was recognized by the computer and I could not get it out. I called Tech Support and they helped me to get it out. The tech said it was not the first time he had to help someone with this problem. I thought it was just the computer so I decided to try the DVD player with a show I recorded from TV and it made noises also but played OK for a while and then stopped. I thought I missed the end of Amazing Race. I took the label off very carefully and the disc played fine. So I took all the labels off my discs and made new ones to put on the slim jewel cases, no sense throwing them away. I now use Lightscribe Discs which I could only get to work on my Mac burning software not not on my PC.
Instead of paper, as used for CD labels, this package uses film. Supposedly, it is better for DVDs to preserve longevity. How true that is, I cannot say. I've had success using both kinds of labels on DVDs. However, I use the film type labels for one main reason - the printed results look good, better than the paper labels. This was borne out when a colleague asked me how I created the labels for some DVDs I sent him. He was really impressed with their quality. I only wish these labels were available in photo glossy. The biggest issue is if the labels are not put on correctly, one or two bubbles may occur between the label and the disk surface. Usually you can wipe away the bubble by pressing from the inner side of the disk to the outer side (the same way you clean a CD/DVD). I use Avery's "stamper" to put the labels on and rarely have a problem with bubbles. The stamper also makes sure the label is nicely centered against the disk.
We use these at my office to send clients a digital copy of their interviews. We create labels for them as well as for us to organize them. With multiple clients these labels make it easy to organize the discs. The quality is great and if you put a label on then need to take it off sometimes you can put it back on.
To use Avery's DVD film labels is realize that: This company should not be in the label business; DVD film-label technology has simply not advanced far enough for consumer use; design and manufacturing standards fall well short of where they should be; or some combination of the above. To add insult to injury, the price is outrageous, far more than the DVD disk and printer ink required to make a completed DVD. I've applied more paper labels from Avery and Memorex than I care to think about, and these belong back in the R&D department, where someone needs to figure out what went wrong. Even on my Avery brand applicator these labels are such a tight fit that they have to be slowly worked to the base of the centering spindle. Then the inevitable results: label application is accompanied, nearly 100 percent of the time, by bubbles. It is anywhere from difficult to impossible to force them out from under the label. Using a needle to prick the material is an absurd waste of time, suitable perhaps for a user with three or four labels to produce, but infuriating for a professional on a production deadline. We are told (by Avery) that paper labels are unsuitable for DVDs because they can absorb moisture, warping the disk and making it unplayable. I know from experience that at least some paper labels are thick enough to cause binding in tight-tolerance disk players, such as those in laptop computers. Yet the bubbles that occur with these film labels are no better, easily thicker than paper. The solution? Apparently it is ugly, naked disks with inscriptions scribbled by Sharpie. That's unfortunate. (By the way, I don't work for the company, its suppliers, distributors, sellers or others somehow connected. Bet that doesn't surprise you.) -- Thomas Ryll, Vancouver, Wash. [...]. - Not Recommended - Cd Label - Cd Labels - Media Labels'
Detail Products
Detail Reviews
Click here for more information
