CD's, new drives, labels

[Ian Summerfield]

On 9/2/02 5:59 pm, "Richard D. Miller" <wow at together.net> scribed:

> I'd like to hear thoughts on attaching labels to CD's. I know there used to
> be no particular problem printing out CD labels and attaching them to CD's
> (for commercial distribution), but now with the really fast CD readers (20+
> speed), I've heard it may be a bigger issue because of tighter tolerances.
> Any opinions? Any direct experience?
> 
> Thanks.
> Richard Miller

So far as I know all Mac CD players can cope with poorly balanced CD's.
Those CD's which are spun really fast and are out of balance can cause
vibration and therefore the laser can't read the disk correctly with it
bouncing around so much,  but the firmware on the drives is programmed to
slow the spin speed down in increments right to 1:1 if need be.  You can
hear it happen,  usually the CD buzzes, then stops buzzing as the drive
slows down and mounts ok,  it may read slower.  Now I don't know if this is
true in the world of other machines but I would imagine it probably is.

I guess if performance of the CD you're cutting is of great importance you'd
better mark it with a pen instead and therefore reduce the risk of upsetting
the balance of the CD.  If performance isn't an issue then it shouldn't be a
problem.  I know one of my customers do graphic design and all work is sent
out on CDR's with stick on labels.  They've never had any complaints.

-i-