Re: Labeling backup DVD+RW's
2009/1/8 Chris Jones <cjns1989@gmail.com>
> On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 07:59:47AM EST, Sam Kuper wrote:
> > 2009/1/8 Chris Jones <cjns1989@gmail.com>
> > > I have one that used to work OK on silver-colored CD's but does not on
> > > the DVD+RW's I bought .. That's why I thought I'd ask before buying anything
> > > else.
> > That's deeply weird. Are they Teflon-coated DVD+RW's?
> > Seriously, I'd check whether your pen still works on your
> > silver-coloured CDs. If not, then the reason it's not working on the
> > DVD+RW's is that it has dried out, or run out of ink.
> I'll check .. what it was doing is leaving very faint lines that became almost
> illegible when they dried .. maybe its contents have mutated to invisible ink?
Actually, I think I know what might be going on here.
Some O.M. have printable surfaces, which are usually either white or
silvery. Some pens that won't normally work on O.M. will write on
these. It's possible that your pen is such a pen, and that your
"silver-colored CDs" are such O.M.
If that's the case, then if your DVD+RWs are not printable (and
probably they are not, since the printable ones are rarer), your pen
will not write on them.
Any "permanent marker" (as they are called in the UK) by a reasonably
reputable pen manufacturer should work. I've had bad luck with
unbranded permanent markers in the past (ink smudged, or pens dried
out within a month, etc), so I'd avoid those. I've had good luck with
CD marker pens by TDK. I haven't tried Sharpies, but they sound like
they'd do the job. YMMV.
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