Posted by Roy L. Fuchs on 12/29/05 04:57

On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 22:59:19 -0500, Nelly <nellyblue@gmail.com> Gave
us:

>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.

It isn't a problem.

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