Printing to NON inject printable CDs and DVDs

[Phred]

Guys, don't fall for this - it's a troll pretending to be Speed. This
question is too stupid to be from the real Rod Speed, and besides, it's not
his style at all. Since when has he ever *asked* a question before?!

I can remember at least one. ;-)
[snip]

Cheers, Phred.

 

[Rod Speed]

I can remember at least one. ;-)

There's been quite a few actually. Just much less common than commenting on other's posts.

[snip]

Cheers, Phred.

 

[Jim]

Guys, don't fall for this - it's a troll pretending to be Speed. This
question is too stupid to be from the real Rod Speed, and besides, it's
not his style at all. Since when has he ever *asked* a question before?!

Imagine a life so barren and lonely you have to mimick an internet troll for
excitement, not even creative enough to come up with your own troll persona.

 

[Richard Steinfeld]

Guys, don't fall for this - it's a troll pretending to be Speed. This
question is too stupid

Damn! You're absolutely right. His logic is totally wacko, beginning
with water-based ink problems on plastic.

He's been successful as a troll, too: look at how many posts he stirred
up over this crap. Including my own (groan). Cross-posted, too.

Richard

 

[Rod Speed]

David Z wrote

Damn! You're absolutely right.
Nope.

His logic is totally wacko,
Nope.

beginning with water-based ink problems on plastic.

Never ever said that. I was asking about a NON water based ink.

He's been successful as a troll, too:

You wouldnt know what a real troll was if one bit you on your lard arse.

look at how many posts he stirred up over this crap.

Might just be because a few did actually manage to understand the question.

Including my own (groan).

You just mindlessly rabitted on about what everyone knew already
and missed the point completely. Couldnt even manage to work out
that I use Sharpies already and want to use a printer instead and
was asking if there is any ink available thats similar to whats in
Sharpies that does write on non printable CDs and DVDs fine.

Cross-posted, too.

Like it or lump it.

 

[Phred]

Some years ago (15, or, more likely, 20) I was looking for stamp pad
ink to work on Kodachrome [remember them?] plastic mounts. There was
some mob in Melbourne that supplied suitable stuff, but it was only
available in one litre (or larger) lots and that was far too expensive
for me when I probably only needed a 50 ml phial to last a couple of
decades! (Assuming coverage similar to standard stamp pad ink.)

Christ knows if it would work in a printer, or even if it's still
available. But that's the best I can offer. IIRC I originally
tracked it down by asking around local printing works. If my old
files weren't already in a deep litter system I might have been more
helpful.

Staedler of Germany markets a 4-pen set of markers that are safe for CDs
and DVDs. They dry rather quickly, and are said not to bother the discs'
layers. They seem to come only with Medium (really thick) points, making
small writing not legible.

Rod is already aware of that sort of implement, as he said above.
As a matter of interest, I've found that some brands of "CD safe" pens
work as you would expect on nearly all types of CDs *except* Verbatim!

I don't know whether they actually damage the upper layer on Verbatim
CDs, but after a period of time they "smudge" badly as they bleed into
the layer. I don't know if this still happens with modern Verbatim
disks because I stopped writing on them when I noticed what was
happening six or eight years ago.

Cheers, Phred.