| Do you have a CD which you'll need to reproduce? If | | | | screen. Afterwards, using a squeegee, the ink is |
| you're at home and you have a CD or DVD duplication | | | | squeezed through the screen on the CD. This process |
| machine or DVD burner, then this won't be a problem. | | | | is then repeated several times, one for every color. |
| Just buy a bunch of blank CDs, some CD labels, and a | | | | After all the states are completed, you'll now have a |
| CD label maker software. Print out the labels using a | | | | CD which looks professional and glossy. For high |
| high-quality printer and put it on your CDs. In a few | | | | quality text and simple illustrations, silk screen printing is |
| minutes' time, you'll have a well-duplicated CD, | | | | very suitable. |
| complete with a cool label. | | | | Offset Disc Printing |
| What if you're planning to give these CDs out to | | | | Due to the nature of its printing process, offset disc |
| thousands of people? The stick-on label method can | | | | printing is very suitable for high volume jobs. It's ideal |
| be very time consuming. It'll take ages for you to finish | | | | for graphical or photographs with plenty of color |
| the CDs or DVDs. In this case, you'll need to turn a | | | | variation. |
| method which will produce large-scale CD quantities. | | | | This begins by splitting the image into four colors: black, |
| Don't worry, there are two options you can turn to: | | | | cyan, magenta and yellow. Afterwards, these values |
| offset printing and silk screening. These are ideal for | | | | are transferred on separate ink plates. Each of these |
| jobs which will create 1,000 duplicates or more. | | | | plates is then covered with a rubber mat, attached to |
| With these two methods, the bulk of your disc printing | | | | a cylinder. A colored image with a single color is then |
| expense includes the set-up before you run the print | | | | transferred or "offset" on the CD's surface as it |
| job. The cost per CD goes down dramatically as the | | | | passes through a runner roller. The CD goes through all |
| quantity is increased. | | | | the four colors individually, producing a 175-line per inch |
| Silk Screen Disc Printing | | | | resolution image. |
| You might be familiar with this process when it comes | | | | Printing design for a large number of CD is no problem. |
| to t-shirts, blankets or other textile products. Silk screen | | | | Just choose between these two options. You'll have |
| disc printing begins with creating a fine nylon mesh, | | | | awesome looking printed discs in no time. |
| which is then stretched over a frame that forms the | | | | |