Brian,
I have yet to find a label media capable of rendering such artwork properly.
They all seem to either bleed excessively or pond and puddle. Either way
it's unacceptable. I just make them simple now. But, you mention printing
directly to the CDROM. The Epson 900 will print directly on the disc. It
sells for about US$200. Of course, you have to get printable media. I
haven't jumped on this, because if I buy a printer, I'd rather get a larger
format printer like the Epson 1280 or better. They don't support the disc
printing...
Good luck in your quest.
-Mickey
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 8:36 PM
Subject: [OM] ( OM ) Query on how to get a better image
> Query on how to get a better image for a stick-on CDROM label.
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I've just made my first CDROM stick-on label and I'm not happy with the
> results
>
> See http://homepages.caverock.net.nz/~bj/Cdrom/
>
> There is the original scan produced (see the first page) as follows:
>
> Photographed on transparency
> Transparency scanned and printed as a 4 x 6 inch glossy print
> Print scanned using a KTX 4800AP flatbed scanner at 400 dpi under the
> control of the program CDLaboratory and saved as a BMP image.
>
> 143kb (I had eventually to upload a jpeg copy as the 563 kb BMP image
> persistently wouldn't up/down-load accurately).
>
> I took this image and used a variety of Adobe Photoshop to add the text as
a
> separate layer, saving it again as a bmp image.
>
> Then, below, it is as submitted to the UBIX photocopier laboratory
>
> They used the NERO cdburner program to slightly resize it and fit it to
the
> particular Avery stick-on label page they use.
>
> Note that there is little pixelation in the jpeg/bmp and the added text
has
> clear borders.
>
> Use your browser to magnify the image 300% to bring it up to about the
size
> of the label print.
> ........................................
> The UBIX photocopier laboratory used a Konica (that's the in-house UBIX
> copier brand) to produce the printed label.
>
> What I noticed immediately was severe pixelation in the colour photocopier
> image on the stick-on label
>
> To get this image I scanned the Konica print at 400 dpi and saved it as a
> JPEG, which I resized to bring the file size down from 702 kb to 502 kb.
>
> You may need to bring the browser image down to 30%.
> To my surprise I have not been able to reproduce the pixelation that I
find so
> offensive, including the pixelation of the text.
>
> None of these images have been sharpened.
>
> One alternative that has been suggested to me by my computer-
> maintenance guy, is to use a colour printer that is able to print directly
on
> the CDROM top surface.
>
> Comment and specifics on this will be much appreciated.
>
> PS; don't feel you NEED to look at these images; if you ALL download them
> my ISP bill will be through the roof. They are nothing remarkable.
>
> Taken with an OM - forget for now which one, and probably a 50 mm lens.
> Took about 15 minutes stooped over the frond to get the shot with a fitful
> wind blowing and couldn't use a tripod due to site limitations.
>
> Cheers, Brian
>
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