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My friend has an Imac and wants to print cd labels. She bought some label paper but needs a free or low cost cd label program. Could anyone give me a recommendation? thanks in advance. Jennie In article <0a156b0c-ded8-4075-80ff-4326e477993c@r66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, > My friend has an Imac and wants to print cd labels. She bought some > label paper but needs a free or low cost cd label program. Could > anyone give me a recommendation? thanks in advance. If she has a relatively current copy of Toast (either 8 or 9), it comes with a "Roxio Version" of Disc Cover that will print the labels just fine for most label stock (as well as printers that print directly to CDs/DVDs). Older versions of Toast came with a "Roxio Version" of Discus 3, which also works pretty well for a wide variety of label stocks and direct CD printers.  SignatureSpenser In article <0a156b0c-ded8-4075-80ff-4326e477993c@r66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, > My friend has an Imac and wants to print cd labels. She bought some > label paper but needs a free or low cost cd label program. Could > anyone give me a recommendation? thanks in advance. > > Jennie You can download templates for MS Word from the Avery website. SignatureTom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF > In article > <0a156b0c-ded8-4075-80ff-4326e4779...@r66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > You can download templates for MS Word from the Avery website. She does not have Word, She has something called Pages. In article <b55011d4-9719-42bb-81c0-4c9370635bf1@b1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, > > In article > > <0a156b0c-ded8-4075-80ff-4326e4779...@r66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > She does not have Word, She has something called Pages. Pages is Apple's word processing software, a part of iWorks. It can open Word files so it may be possible to us it to open Avery's templates. SignatureClark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" In article <cmnews-CAFE47.22420206062008@C-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au>, > In article > <b55011d4-9719-42bb-81c0-4c9370635bf1@b1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > It can open Word files so it may be possible to us it to open Avery's > templates. I have just tried exactly that, downloading the Address Labels template found at <http://www.avery.com/us/Main?action=software.BlankTPLProductSKU&catalogc ode=WEB01&softwarecode=12003> Pages opens the file with no warnings, and the results look fine, though I have yet to try the templates with some real Avery labels. SignaturePaul Sture Paul, thanks for that info, I will do that. Jennie > > > > In article > > > > <0a156b0c-ded8-4075-80ff-4326e4779...@r66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > -- > Paul Sture > In article > <b55011d4-9719-42bb-81c0-4c9370635bf1@b1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > It can open Word files so it may be possible to us it to open Avery's > templates. I tried using those templates with OpenOffice and I forget the details but the bottom line was I didn't find them usable. It was as if the templates had macros in them or something. SignatureJohn Varela Trade NEW lamps for OLD for email. > My friend has an Imac and wants to print cd labels. She bought some > label paper but needs a free or low cost cd label program. Could > anyone give me a recommendation? thanks in advance. How low is low? Two of the more popular ones are DiscLabel and DiscCover 2, both $35: <http://www.smileonmymac.com/DiscLabel/> <http://www.belightsoft.com/products/disccover/overview.php> > My friend has an Imac and wants to print cd labels. She bought some > label paper but needs a free or low cost cd label program. Could > anyone give me a recommendation? thanks in advance. If she has Photoshop Elements, it can be used to print CD/DVD labels. It's not the easiest thing to do, but it can be done. Topic drift: I've been printing on Fellowes "NeatO" labels. They are paper and don't work well with DVDs. It's my guess that the paper is a squosh to thick for many DVD readers, especially in humid weather. Avery makes a special label for DVDs; the labels are made of film instead of paper. I haven't found a Photoshop template for the Avery stock, and the last time I checked the Avery software won't run under OS X 10.5.x. Can anyone identify a film-type DVD label and software with a matching template? SignatureJohn Varela Trade NEW lamps for OLD for email. > > My friend has an Imac and wants to print cd labels. She bought some > > label paper but needs a free or low cost cd label program. Could [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Can anyone identify a film-type DVD label and software with a matching > template? Why not start with the DVDs that come with a printable back to start with? We have been producing DVDs for my daughter's HS band this way, and they work just fine, many in regular printers that will take DVD/CDs through their print tray. That way you also avoid the issue of off center labels causing problems when spinning at high speed. I also second the recommendation for Disk Cover and its predecessor Discus. Unless you are into something really elaborate, these provide plenty of options. William Clark In article <clark.31-C990DF.09482706062008@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, > Why not start with the DVDs that come with a printable back to start > with? We have been producing DVDs for my daughter's HS band this way, [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > William Clark I also use printable DVD/CDs which makes the process of labeling so easy both of my Epson ink jet printers can handle printing labels I've designed with the Discus software. William why do you call Discus the predecessor to Disk Cover, Discus is very much still in business they have recently upgraded there software? In article <everyday-00B595.07273506062008@newsclstr03.news.prodigy.net>, Gerry <everyday@sunrise.net> wrote: > In article > <clark.31-C990DF.09482706062008@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > William why do you call Discus the predecessor to Disk Cover, Discus is > very much still in business they have recently upgraded there software? I think he was using "predecessor" in the sense of my earlier reply -- Discus RE preceded DiscCover RE as the labelling software bundled with Toast. As a side note, I was delighted to see that MagicMouse was able to continue the Mac version of Discus. There was some concern that the p2 compiler for Modula-2 (the language in which Discus is written) might not make it to MacIntel. The delight is two-fold: 1) Discus continues and 2) I can still play with a Modula-2 compiler for some of my personal projects. SignatureSpenser In article <everyday-00B595.07273506062008@newsclstr03.news.prodigy.net>, > In article > <clark.31-C990DF.09482706062008@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > William why do you call Discus the predecessor to Disk Cover, Discus is > very much still in business they have recently upgraded there software? Oh, I assumed it was a predecessor because it used to be bundled with Toast v 8, and Disk Cover is now the label maker that comes with Toast 9. I stand corrected. William Clark > Why not start with the DVDs that come with a printable back to start with? My Deskjet can't handle them. SignatureJohn Varela Trade NEW lamps for OLD for email. >> Why not start with the DVDs that come with a printable back to start with? > >My Deskjet can't handle them. There's an Epson for < $100 that prints to disc without issue. That $100 is far less than the cost incurred when a label peels off inside an expensive DVD or CD player... > >> Why not start with the DVDs that come with a printable back to start with? > > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > That $100 is far less than the cost incurred when a label > peels off inside an expensive DVD or CD player... Actually, there are quite a few Epsons that match the <$100 description and print directly to CD/DVD. At least one of them (the R280) can almost be considered "disposable" -- it does a great job, but is priced somewhat oddly. I got mine for $48, including a full set of ink cartridges, but the cheapest price I can find for the Epson Claria inks it takes is $62 at Costco. (The generics, at least for this model, just don't come close in quality.) SignatureSpenser >> >> Why not start with the DVDs that come with a printable back to start with? >> > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >it takes is $62 at Costco. (The generics, at least for this model, just >don't come close in quality.) Last set of refills I got for my r260 was $42 shipped from eBay. Genuine Epson Claria... > My friend has an Imac and wants to print cd labels. She bought some > label paper but needs a free or low cost cd label program. Could > anyone give me a recommendation? thanks in advance. I don't see anyone mentioning the Avery programs, so here it is... Avery DesignPro 1.0 (freeware) design/print avery labels, business cards, dividers, t-shirt transfer, greeting card http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/8844 And - extra templates Label Templates 1.0 (freeware) Blank Avery label templates http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/22067 Avery DesignPro is the successor of 'Avery LabelExpert EN'... cheers, Erik Richard Signature~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rgds. Grüße, Mvh. Erik Richard Sørensen, Member of ADC <mac-man_NOSP@M_stofanet.dk> <http://www.nisus.com> NisusWriter - The Future In Multilingual Textprocessing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks so much for that Erik, I will download that onto her machine. Jennie > > My friend has an Imac and wants to print cd labels. She bought some > > label paper but needs a free or low cost cd label program. Could [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > cheers, Erik Richard |
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