Posted by Nelly on 12/29/05 03:59

John Howells wrote:
> <nucolso@yahoo.com> wrote
>
>
>>I often put masking tape on the non-recordable side of personal-use
>>discs I've burned, and use a ball-point to mark the masking tape with a
>>description of the disc contents. Is this acceptable, or might it be
>>harmful in some way to either the disc or a player?
>
>
> It is not acceptable. Use the special CD/DVD marker pens sold for the
> purpose to write directly on the disk.
>
> John Howells
>
>

Not to sound ignorant, but why a special marker pen? Can't you just use
a sharpie? I've used a sharpie on my CDs for ages and haven't had any
problems.

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