Re: pens for marking CDs

From: Hannah Frost (hfrost@STANFORD.EDU)
Date: Wed Apr 24 2002 - 16:13:45 CDT

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Date:         Wed, 24 Apr 2002 14:13:45 -0700
From: Hannah Frost <mailto:hfrost@STANFORD.EDU>
Subject:      Re: pens for marking CDs
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    <pre> Some folks say that using a water-based ink pen is OK, but in general writing on CDs should be avoided if at all possible. I believe all CDs (at least the good ones) have a unique number assigned by the manufacturer and located on their inner hub, which you can use to create a separate index to their contents.

    ________________________ Hannah Frost Media Preservation Librarian Stanford University Libraries

    At 04:46 PM 4/24/2002 -0400, you wrote:
    >I feel odd asking the listserv about pens, but this does have to do with
    >imaging, indirectly.
    >
    >I was in the process of backing up our image files onto CD and looked at a
    >CD I had burned 6 months ago. The ink from the permanent ink pen I had
    >used (Kaiser - Schreiber) has bled from the letters into the surrounding
    >white on the label layer. I don't know if it's limited to the label layer
    >or it has/will bleed into the CD substrata (I can still use the CD, so this
    >is not an impending crisis). I was wondering if this is a common
    >experience or if there are other pens I should be using. Perhaps the PEC
    >Pens?
    >
    >Feel free to reply directly to my e-mail.
    >
    >--Larry Wentzel
    >--Digital Preservation Coordinator
    >--Penn State University Libraries

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