Labelling DVD's with markers

[sera]

Hello,

So far I've used a Pentel N-50 Permanent Marker and a Artline 700 Fibre Tip Permanent Marker to label DVD's.

I have had a quick perusal through the 'labelling' threads and see that Sharpies and printing onto printable DVD's are what many people do.

Wondering if above markers are 'ok' for labelling, or should I invest in a Sharpie or two ? (know that there only a few $)

Cheers

Sera

[jm1647]

They even have quick drying to avoid smearing.

http://www.keysan.com/big/piclsan3441.html

[Dan]

I've been using a Sharpie Retractable lately, find it writes nice and is handy as I always hated pen caps,lol.

[soup]

SHARPIE

[katzdvd]

I like to print my "pro" backups sometimes, but I mainly use sharpies, & more recently started using the actual cd/dvd markers. They supposedly have a different type of ink that will not harm the cd/dvd like a sharpie might.

[Dan]

They say that so you will but them,lol. Sharpies are fine IMO.

[katzdvd]

They say that so you will but them,lol. Sharpies are fine IMO.

Probably, but they were basically the same price at my local Office Max, so I bought them.

Fine tip 4 pack memorex; Black/Green/Red/Blue

[Dan]

BTW........not saying there is anything wrong with them, just thinking about the company behind it. You know....$$$$$$$.

[Jerrinfla]

Sharpies are said to be fine for writing on a DVD, but they were were not good for writing on CDs.
A DVD is a sheet of writable media in a sandwich of 2 acrylic disks, whereas as a lot of writable CDs (if not all of them) were simply a piece of paper glued to a single acrylic disk. A sharpie would eventually bleed through the paper and ruin the cd.
Being as a DVD is actually an acrylic disk on the bottom and another acrylic disk on the top, sharpies seem like they ought to be fine on them.

[Chewy]

that's true but I have seem hundreds of cd's labeled with sharpies, no problem

wish I could say the same for sun and coca-cola

[Jerrinfla]

The backing of the paper on better quality CDs made a difference in how they held up to sharpies, I guess.
I was unfortunate enough to have some very cheap store brand cds that were so flimsy, that after a few months the paper backing actually started flaking off whether they had any kind of markers used on them or not! LOL