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Thread #49917   Message #756564
Posted By: hesperis
29-Jul-02 - 04:44 PM
Thread Name: CD Cover Art - How?
Subject: RE: CD Cover Art - How?
Thanks for the tips.

At home I have a Canon S400 that is pretty much out of ink. (Probably the rollers need cleaning as well.) So I'd need to spend about $80 for ink just to test the artwork and placement and all. (And I need a useable printer anyway!!!)

The S400 takes 4 separate cartridges, CMYK. Of course anything pure red is printed as magenta... I don't know how to get a true red out of this thing. (There's a colour profile thing in the printer management, but have no clue what to do to compensate.) Also, to get a reasonable printout, I have to print much lighter than what appears on my screen, or it is WAY too dark. That's just the way I set up my monitor, though.

I have 100 blank CDs and jewel cases already, so that's not a problem.

I have 75 jewel case labels, Memorex. 40 cd labels, McDermid (spacing is similar to Memorex, just a light tweaking is needed). 14 cd labels, Memorex. All of these are plain white.

As for art stuff, I have Paint Shop Pro 6, which I'm used to for web art, and have access to Photoshop 6, which I don't know at all.

I have no clue about sales forecasts and that stuff, so am not too sure about trying to get pre-sales so I can do a better job on the art than my home printer will allow. This whole thing is quite the learning experience, believe me.

So, any help and advice is appreciated.