[Dixielandjazz] Disk Makers

Tue Apr 11 15:23:44 PDT 2006

I was talking about a direct to CD printer -- no paper label -  They are 
actually cheap if you watch sales for an Epson R320.  They have a cheaper 
one too I think it's a R220 but don't quote me on that..  The CD goes in a 
special drawer and the printer prints it.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russ Guarino" <russg at redshift.com>
To: "Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis" <larrys.bands at charter.net>
Cc: <verbose at daktel.com>; <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Disk Makers


> 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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