Sorry.
From your wording, I thought you were talking about making
"Stompesque" paste-on labels that go onto the disk itself. Jewel
case insert programs exist, and I believe that this has come up
before right here. I recall seeing at least two free programs
mentioned in this newsgroup. This ability was included with my
prior version of Adaptec/Roxio that Plextor bundled with their
drives, but the replacement version that they sent me to work
with XP has had this feature removed; you need the regular retail
Roxio to get it.
As I recall, the Roxio rendition is simple and slick, slightly
klutzy, but it does the job. TDK has bundled a version of Nero
with another burner that I just bought. This Nero has more
features than Plextor's Roxio, but I haven't tried the case
insert part of the program, so I can't comment on it (my feeling
is that the TDK drive is somewhat of a toy compared with the
Plextor, by the way).
Thinking back on it, the part of the Roxio box insert module that
I thought was cool was the sideways printing for the ends of the
tray label. I'll bet that searching this newsgroup's prior
activity will turn up some free programs designed to do this
task. For this search, I go to Google Groups.
My advice about using a word program would have been just fine,
but thinking about it more carefully, it's the sideways part that
could get dicy. Of course, if you're using the thin jewel boxes,
there's no problem because they provide no place to put a tray
label!
Richard
| rich: thank you for taking the time and effort to respond.
What I have in
| mind is cutting and pasting the file names onto a jewel case
cover ....I
| don't affix labels to cds for a variety of reasons...including
the reasons
| you cite.
|
| Soooo.....if anybody knows either knows a "proggie" which will
do what I
| want or knows how how the Roxio or Nero labelling programs do
it I would
| appreciate being so advised.
|
| Somewhere in the dim recesses of my mind, I remember a
circuitious method of
| using a commercial labelling program to do what I want...
|
| any assistance would be very much apprciateed.
message
| | >
| > | > | I would like to cut and paste a list of [cd] files onto my
cd
| > labels....Is
| > | there a freebie out there which does that?
| > |
| >
| > I use Sharpie pens. Here's why:
| > When I bought my CD burner, it came with a caution against
| > pasting labels onto the CDs. The reason is that labels often
| > unbalance the disk, causing mistracking, judder, etc. This is
| > especially eggregious at the high speeds at which CD burners
and
| > all CD play drives run nowadays. Think of an unbalanced car
tire
| > smashing rhythmically against the pavement at 110 mph,
ripping
| > itself to shreds. Sure enough, when I put an imbalanced disk
into
| > the CD drive, I can really hear the disk as it flails wildly.
| > Machines do not like unbalanced rotating loads! In other
words,
| > this is a great way to cause your drive an early death.
| >
| > The reason I bought a Plextor drive is that this company has
a
| > background (as I do) in professional audio. The company isn't
| > driven by marketing hustlers. My experience with Plextor has
be
| > oustanding; this is the type of outfit that talks with me
three
| > years after the sale from Colorado (not India). Therefore,
when
| > they say to leave the disks naked, I believe them.
| >
| > But, waitaminute -- they're bundling some labeling stuff with
the
| > drives, now, and no longer include their own nice burning
program
| > (there's a couple of things with "digital rights management"
| > instead). "There goes the neighborhood...".
| >
| > So, my recommendation is go ahead and print labels for the
disk
| > container, sleeve, box, etc. But write on the disk itself.
You
| > can easily set up any word processor for making labels.
| >
| > Richard
| >
|
|
