[Dixielandjazz] Disk Makers

Tue Apr 11 15:59:58 PDT 2006

Larry,

[ I always seem to be one step behind you ].    That's what I use now.

There is a guy in town who prints on the CD and is reasonably price.  He has an
automatic machine that picks up the CD, places it in a slot, prints on it, then
picks it up and puts it in a separate stack.

So, if I order 20 copies, he reproduces the CD, Prints it on all 20, puts it
into a crystal case and charges me $3.00 each.  I put in the case cover at
home.  I sell them for $15.00, so, life is good and no paper wrinkles.

Russ Guarino, Clarinet you know what.

"Larry Walton Entertainment - St. Louis" wrote:

> 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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