Acoustica CD/DVD Label Maker - Manual (Page 34)

2) the media type -- if it's set to be any of the paper choices instead of being one of the
CD/DVD settings, your printed CD may have banding problems.
If fixing these two items don't solve the problem, launch the printer-properties dialog in both
Acoustica CD/DVD Label Maker and the Epson-bundled software. If there are any differences,
adjust Acoustica's settings to match the settings in the Epson software.
When I print directly to CD, the ink doesn't stick - it bubbles up and wipes off easily.
You can't print directly onto a normal CD; you need to buy printable CDs, which are labeled as
such and usually have a white surface.
You'll also need to know that there are two kinds of printable discs: thermal and inkjet. Make
sure you're using the right type for your printer. The vast majority of direct-to-disc printers (and
printable discs) are inkjet, so that's probably what you've got. If you try to print on a thermal
printable disc in your inkjet printer, the ink won't stick to it; it'll just make a little puddle on your
disc. If you try to print on an inkjet disc in a thermal printer, we're not sure what will happen; we
haven't tried this yet. It's not likely to be good, though.
If you print outside the printable areas on a printable disc, you'll find that ink will wipe off these
areas easily. If this happens, make sure you've got the non-sticky ink wiped off before you
insert the CD or DVD into a drive to play it. You might find that after buying a new batch of
printable CDs, you're suddenly getting printouts that leave parts of the printable area on the
disc unprinted or print onto unprintable areas of the disc. This occurs because different brands
and models of printable discs have slightly different printable diameters. To fix this, launch the
Edit Paper/Printer Templates dialog (accessible from the "File" menu) to adjust your disc &
hole diameter settings to match the printable discs you've got. If you don't have a metric ruler
handy (the settings on this dialog are all in millimeters, which are much easier than inches to
work with when you're dealing with very small distances), the dialog can print one for you.
Help Contents
The Your-Label's-Too-Darn-Big Dialog
If you're printing a label on plain paper and it's so big that it overlaps your printer's unprintable
area or even the edges of the paper itself, you'll get to spend some time with this dialog.
You can't print your label full size in all its glory, but Acoustica CD/DVD Label Maker will help
you make the best of things. Here are your options:
Scale the entire label down to fit: This will make the entire label smaller so that it will fit on
your paper. If you've got a DVD case label that's 10 millimeters too wide, this option will shrink
the entire label to make it 10 millimeters narrower. The advantage is that everything you put on
your label will still print, if at a slightly smaller size. The disadvantages are that the label will get
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