Possible Hot Deal For Napster Lovers

[Joel Kleppinger]

The key here when price comparing is that the original deal was for 100 glossy labels while most others are for matte.

Having done a good deal of label usage, glossy is WAY better than matte for a fine CD look. Of course, with the price Walmart has ($15 for 100 matte vs. $60 for 100 glossy + 100 CDRs), it's pretty easy to go to Walmart if you already have plenty of media.

One thing not to sacrifice quality on is the Jewel case insert. Get glossy. It's just so much more professional looking (assuming you get down with that). Of course, my roommate and I make our own music/CDs so that might contribute to our desire to have excellently labeled stuff. Other people might not care so much (I didn't until I started with him).

BTW, you can get all sorts of different templates from Neato's website. I personally do all of my design work on the Photoshop template (after I change the resolution to 300 dpi. Text looks incredibly sharper at 300 vs. the 150 they use).

 

[BigDaddyDealTaker]

Thank you for that input. The whole point of this thread was to target people like you who actully use labels. The glossy is the only way to go and these are the clear glossy and the cdrs are plain front so the labels will look really good. If you needed medai and labels it is a Hot Deal ....if you like just an ole nasty sharpie marker then it stinks for ya. Just my 2 cents.

 

[HomeWrecker]

Man, Im with you BigDaddy.....I burn a new CD off of Napster everyday and half the fun is makingthe label. I scour the internet for jpgs that will make good label art then I put the track list on the label so I dont have to use jewel cases for the track list. Glossy is the only way to fly and certainly the plain front CDRs will do nicely with the clear labels. Im in !!!

Thanks for the deal Bigdaddy

 

[randomlinh]

problem i had w/ labels... i left them in my car for a long time.. they got all wrinkly stomper variety... and making them is fun and all, but it was a PAIN IN THE .... to line it up right w/ the printer.. ugh.

 

[HomeWrecker]

hhhmmmmmmmmm, I dont know which program you were using but my neato sheets line right on up on the printer. It always prints them dead on accurate on the label and I am using an old Epson stylus color 800. I also have been using the glossy labels which havent wrinkled on me at all. Now the matte finish will run and wrinkle if they get moist but the glossy seem not to.:Q

 

[BigDaddyDealTaker]

Bumpo

 

[dgoedken]

sweet..thanks for the heads up..not that I'd ever burn CDs

 

[ashes2flames]

I don't know about anyone else .. but I'll just wait outside Agrich's garage ..

 

[fallenoncrack]

Burn baby burn.... but legal burns only!

 

[dougjnn]

YAZ --

<<I also use the SureThing CD labeler program which is the best out there! Works with almost anything. >>

Where can I get that. I tried searching at Egghead (cause I got an order coming anyway), Outpost and CompUSA without luck.

 

[AncientPC]

I skimmed this post so hopefully I'm not regurgitating info. As of February 1st, Outpost.com ships free overnight to all orders of $100 or more.

 

[jagr10]

In case people didn't notice, these are CLEAR labels. Not glossy white labels. That's why they're a little expensive.

 

[AncientPC]

If you're going to use clear labels then you're going to have to find those really cheap CD-R's that don't have any labels on them else it'll look ugly.

 

[BigDaddyDealTaker]

Those really cheap cdrs that you refer to burn like a champ in my TDK Velo and all my cd players read them . No coasters yet and with the clear lablels the cdrs look like they are professionally done on a CD printer. I am loving them. I make cd's off of Napster all day and they look like the real deal.

 

[AncientPC]

CD-R's don't really differ from each other in quality all that much, but I stick to the sharpie method of labeling (can you imagine printing out over 300+ cd labelers?) and it works just fine for me.

 

[AncientPC]

double post by accident

 

[HomeWrecker]

Ancient, Its all just a matter of preference. For me, half the fun is making a cool label for the cd. I like finding pictures of the bands online and making custom labels for the cds. I get so many compliments on the labels that I do that it kinda keeps me makin them.

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

Another 'thumbs up' for George W. Chimp

 

[dougjnn]

So what's the best label making software and what's the best place to buy it?

 

[TurtleMan]

umm according to them, i think Glossy is better...