[Dixielandjazz] Disk Makers

[Bill Gunter]

Hi all,

Russ Guarino reports:

>One problem I found with printing labels for CDs was that when I put them 
>on the
>CD I would often get a wrinkle that I could not fix.

Have you been using the "Stomper" device that was developed specifically to 
fix the labels on to the CD?

If you're putting the labels on by hand you'll encounter nothing but 
trouble. If you use the stomper you should have not trouble or wrinkles at 
all.

Cheers,

Bill "Stomp!" Gunter
jazzboard at hotmail.com


>From: Russ Guarino <russg at redshift.com>
>To: "Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
>CC: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com, verbose at daktel.com
>Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Disk Makers
>Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:59:35 -0700
>
>Musicos,
>
>One problem I found with printing labels for CDs was that when I put them 
>on the
>CD I would often get a wrinkle that I could not fix.
>
>Russ Guarino, Clarinet Maven
>
>"Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis" wrote:
>
> > There is a printer / CD copier that sells for about $1800.  I don't 
>remember
> > the company right off hand but it prints on printable CD's which sell 
>for
> > less than 50 cents and will print and copy 50 at a wack un attended.  
>With
> > one of those a company could take your CD and reproduce it with a fifty
> > cents profit on each CD.  Not bad considering it's almost a hands off
> > operation with nothing more to do than change ink cartridges and reload 
>the
> > copier every so often.  I would bet that you might not even have to pay
> > those pesky ASCAP fees with this guy who probably operates out of his
> > basement or better still invest the money in your own machine, plug it 
>into
> > a computer and watch it do it's thing.
> >
> > I haven't used one of these machines and don't know how long it takes or
> > their quality but perhaps someone on the list has and can give us a 
>review.
> >
> > If you want to go cheap you can buy an Epson printer that will print 
>CD's
> > (Epson Stylus R320 @$110) and with a little effort and artwork and a
> > computer you can turn out your own for less than a dollar each and with 
>what
> > you save you might even want to pay the ASCAP fees as well as pay you 
>pretty
> > good too.  The CD photo for the jewel case can be done as a fold over 
>for
> > about a quarter each on photo paper with the same printer.  So it costs 
>you
> > $0.50 for a CD, $0.10 for ink, $0.20 for photo paper and about $0.15 for 
>a
> > jewel case plus your time.
> > Larry
> > St. Louis
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Lowell Busching" <verbose at daktel.com>
> > To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 3:51 AM
> > Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Disk Makers
> >
> > > Can someone on the list confirm for me the validity of a news article 
>in
> > > the business section of a local area paper over the weekend concerning 
>the
> > > company called "Disk Makers" head quartered in Pennsauren, N.J. with 
>their
> > > plant outside Philly?  Apparently they have been around for a long 
>time
> > > both as record makers and now CD's and making and labeling products 
>for
> > > Independents and others.  Is this the company used by bands to produce
> > > the CD's sold to "unsuspecting" customers at the festivals and jazz
> > > parties for $10-20 ?  If not, they should be based on the last 
>paragraph
> > > of the article.
> > >
> > > Quote:
> > > In its factory outside Philadelphia, the company manufactures CD's and
> > > prints the labels for them in batches as small as 300. the price for 
>300
> > > discs starts at $300."
> > >
> > > Unquote.
> > >
> > > Sounds like a pretty good profit margin to me even allowing for other
> > > overhead. Maybe the cases?  Of course if your band can't sell 300 
>copies,
> > > it is still not a bargain,  but seriously I am curious if it can be 
>done
> > > that cheap? Of course they do NO recording themselves. As the article 
>says
> > > the source may be from as pricy a studio as one in Sweden to a home
> > > computer in the basement and sent to them.
> > >
> > > I am only posting this because in the past other list members have
> > > complained that certain things that are common knowledge  to most list
> > > members, has never trickled down to them!  In the unlikely event you 
>did
> > > not know of this company, you do now.  Get your orders in for those
> > > Christmas CD's now.  If nothing else, some of you must have at least 
>300
> > > relatives or friends you can give them to as cheap gifts. They will 
>never
> > > know.
> > >
> > > Lowell
> > >
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