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CopyPro PowerPro II
CD Printing Techniques Chart, continued.
Use this chart with example CD Label example (Figure 18) shown on page 39 for
recommendations on printing issues. The CD Label example includes several label
graphics items representing typical disc label components. These label components are
marked as areas A, B, C D, E, F and G on the CD Label example.
Area
Issue
Reason
Suggestion
Additional tips
1.
Move text or
Graphic away
from edge or
hub area
2.
Adjust Disc
Template. See
Settings Menu
in CD Painter,
select Template.
Adjust
Text or Graphic
fades at outer
edge of disc or
near hub ring area
Printer can not print
to outer edge of disc
or near hub ring
area
Some CD-R discs
are not perfectly flat
and have raised
areas near hub ring
area and on the
outer edges of the
disc. The raised
areas lifts the
printhead away
from the disc
causing print to fade
3.
Change to white
coated CD
media for better
results
White coated media
provides flatter /
smoother printing
surface compared to
some types of silver
CD media
C
Text or graphics
at top or bottom
of disc is not
printing or is
cutoff
Print may not print
completely to edge
disc
See above.
D
Web page
graphics copied
to a disc label
have a “rough” or
“jagged” quality
Web page graphics
are usually set at 72
DPI, which will
cause them to
appear very small
when imported into
CD Painter label
program
Do not enlarge or
stretch web
graphics. Enlarging
reduce quality of the
graphics
Tip: Some graphics
files (WMF files:
Windows Meta
Format) can be
enlarged without
reduction in quality
