Re: obscure arcane knowledge

Etienne,
These mirror my results as well.

I use a series 37000 ultra fine point Sharpie and I've never had a problem
with the markers eating away at my discs. (Though I don't know how long this
would take. My oldest discs are 3 years old.)

I live in Minnesota - plenty of humidity, hot summers and 68-degree winters.

I NEVER use CDRWs. The reason is that I want to make sure that my files
won't get changed. If I need to burn a new disc with some changes, no sweat.
But once they go onto the disc, I have a record.

Barry Kleider
Photographer. Arts Educator.
612.722.9701
email: bkleider@sihope.com
Web: www.barryphotography.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Etienne Garbaux" <photographeur@softhome.net>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: obscure arcane knowledge

> > I've used
> > sharpies on loads of CDs and not had a problem either
> > reading data, images or music.
>
> My results as well. I use "Series No. 30000" black, Sharpie brand, "fine
> point" permanent markers (not all that sharp) on the back of CD-Rs all the
> time. On music CDs, I often write quite a lot. I have hundreds, maybe
> even several thousand, the oldest of which are a bit over 6 years old now,
> and I've seen no failures attributable to the marking.
>
> There are some brands of discs, on the other hand, that have an alarming
> failure rate whether marked or not. I've not had any problems with
Maxell,
> Sony, or Fuji. Several name brands are problematic, as well as nearly all
> of the no-name or "store brand" CD-Rs. (I've noticed that many of the
> problematic brands are scantily plated -- if you hold them to the light,
> they are more transparent than good discs. I don't know if this is a
> reliable indicator or not -- just an anecdotal observation.)
>
> I've never tried CD-RWs.
>
> Of course, YMMV.
>
> Best regards,
>
> etienne
>
>
Received on Sat Mar 27 17:32:26 2004