Help: Printable CD sleeves

Subject: Printable CD sleeves
From: Cappuccino
Date: 04 Aug 02 - 03:56 AM

We've got another charity CD coming out in a few weeks, and I want to economise on the sweat of putting sleeves in jewel cases by using paper sleeves. I can find printable paper/card sleeves on a few American websites, but can't find a source in Britain.

Any ideas, please?

- Ian B

Subject: RE: Help: Printable CD sleeves
From:
Date: 04 Aug 02 - 09:12 AM

Look up Avery Dennison. They have a package of 20/40 for doing CDs including the insert and sleeve pages. Cost is $20.00 Cdn. Roughly 7-9 British Pounds. I can't remember the number on the outside of the package. It includes software for printing on those, but usually Word/WordPerfect has special label to use them too.

Subject: RE: Help: Printable CD sleeves
From: Cappuccino
Date: 04 Aug 02 - 09:25 AM

Thank you - funnily enough, I have just filled in a form for some free samples of them, not five minutes ago!!!

I use Avery's J8676 labels to go on CDs themselves, and they're great - about ten pence (English) a label. I made myself up a template on a cheap graphics software I use, and it works a treat.

Thanks. - ian B

Subject: RE: Help: Printable CD sleeves
From: Mr Red
Date: 04 Aug 02 - 02:58 PM

I print on A4 and gilloutine (just a knit blade running on a special ruler). I use High qual paper and print both sides.
practice on thin paper and hold up to light.
I get two per in portrait. fold to get about 60% overlap rather than 100%. Once you have the thing set-up in Word (or whatever) with boxes you re-use the format for many designs. Hint dont try to get the boxes printing to the edges, design so that the open boxes are a feature.
Enjoy

Subject: RE: Help: Printable CD sleeves
From: Cappuccino
Date: 04 Aug 02 - 05:24 PM

The cheap graphics software I use allows me quite a lot of leeway and clever tricks, so I usually just use Word for word-processing.

The 60 per cent is something I just hadn't thought of.

Thanks - ian B

Subject: RE: Help: Printable CD sleeves
From: michaelr
Date: 04 Aug 02 - 09:39 PM

Try this. I'm sure they ship to the UK.

Cheers,
Michael

Subject: RE: Help: Printable CD sleeves
From: Mr Red
Date: 05 Aug 02 - 06:49 AM

The thing about boxes in Word is that if you "format" them to be independant of text you can move them anywhere and the text (at any orthogonal angle) goes with them. You can position relative to page and in 1/10s of mm if you ferret around in all "format" sub-pages. Even off the page I think! I uusually leave a faint cutting guide rather than a feature box. You can overlay boxes and make the background transparent and order the layering. AND most important you can lock the boxes together with a "group" command (lower left "draw" tool bar I think).
Bit vague as I am at the library right now.
I am talking about text boxes of course.
If you get American size paper (letter) you would get more width and less waste in the height.
Ther problewm I have with software solutions is that it plays safe and leaves a lot of waste. AND there is still a learning curve.
I got CD cheapo label packs from Maplin and it came with software - **BG** a Photoshop file, a Word file WordPerfect, BMP, etc - and you just printed, ripped-off the saver paper at each end and stuck down an A6 in the position marked. Neat eh?
Crude but ultra efficient - no learning curve. Oh you do have to delete the guide line layers when you print.

SO its for charity? - don't forget the T-Shirts - special paper Matalan T-Shirts at £3 and don't forget to reverse the image before you print! Buy good quality paper and go for white T-Shirts so when the edges go opaque in the wash it doesn't look so bad. I trim as close as poss and design with the trimming in mind. If it says iron for 2 mins - DO. I don't sell these but they would be good enough - wear one first and see how you feel - it sure gets noticed if the logo is big enough!!!

Subject: RE: Help: Printable CD sleeves
From: Cappuccino
Date: 05 Aug 02 - 02:01 PM

Thanks, Michael - yes, Neato are indeed sold here, I know the name. I'll research.

Yes, Mr Red, I love doing T-shirts (except the ironing scares the daylights out of me in case I get it wrong) but I had never thought of selling one for the charity. Brilliant reminder... thanks!

- Ian B

Subject: RE: Help: Printable CD sleeves
From:
Date: 05 Aug 02 - 02:39 PM

I checked out at the local Staples Office store and found that Neato, Avery and a couple of others sell packages of both Inserts and CD Labels and combination packages.

Subject: RE: Help: Printable CD sleeves
From: Rank
Date: 05 Aug 02 - 06:01 PM

PC World do CD labels (own brand), white, at 60 for £7.99. Can't remember how much the CD and positioning tool were but probably about £10.

I use Exel for the front and back covers. You can import text boxes from word. Lotus 123 and Wordpro is better than the microsoft stuff if you've got it, however microsoft is more fun if you enjoy being fustrated and overcoming adversity. For old record sleeves it's easier to copy the text with Textbbridge onto Wordpro and then transfer it to Word although I believe there is a new improved Textbridge now which I haven't got yet.

Subject: RE: Help: Printable CD sleeves
From: Cappuccino
Date: 06 Aug 02 - 02:49 PM

It's just suddenly occurred to me that Amos will probably be checking this thread out for the Mudcat CD!

- Ian B

Subject: RE: Help: Printable CD sleeves
From: Cappuccino
Date: 07 Aug 02 - 02:31 PM

Today, through comes a sample from Avery of their product J8433. which is marked and perforated to print the sleeve, fold it, and stick it - I haven't worked out how yet, but it may be a lick and stick.

Oh yes, it is. Quite thin card, for inkjet printers... but they don't give a price.

Ah, well!

- ian B