[vox-outreach] Contacted CheapBytes for WEF/GTC discs

[Michael Wenk]

On Monday 19 April 2004 09:07 pm, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 03:56:57AM -0700, Bill Kendrick (nbs@sonic.net)=20
wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 02:09:42AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > [snip $1/disc]
> >
> > > With media, labels, and sleeves, that's actually pretty reasonable.
> > > It's only a few pennies over my own costs (but then I pay for media).
> >
> > Okay. :^)
> >
> > > My own burn time is about 5 minutes a disk, so 100 disks is chunk of
> > > time.
> >
> > Yeah. :^(  That's one of the biggest problems.  To get any kind of
> > good quantity out, we need an army of burners. :^/
>
> Or a bunch of numbutz who run a looped burn script with auto-ejects.  I
> can get ~70 disks out in a six hour session, if I'm reasonably
> dilligent.

I use to do this.  when my burner would run at 8X(the fastest consistent bu=
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speed) Id end up burning around 10-12 discs an hour.  However, that presume=
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I'm near my system, which sadly is no longer the case. =20

>
> > <snip>
> >
> > > > > I'll volunteer my Knoppix labels:
> > > >
> > > > <snip>
> > > >
> > > > Feel like printing a few hundred? ;)
> > >
> > > Got me a deal on stock?  The real hassle is hand-feeding the damned
> > > labels through my laserjet (they jam through the manual tray).
> >
> > Dunno.  Only ever printed labels once, and it was at Pete's, using
> > his label paper.  I've never bothered sticker-labelling the few discs
> > I've ever gotten around to burning...
>
> Hint:  Put the labels face down when pealing them.  Otherwise the curl
> is murder.
>
> I'm getting frighteningly good at burning/labeling.

I use some software for windows and a "stamper" thingy label tool which wor=
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pretty well as long as I label the right side.  Printing out labels is pret=
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easy to do, and if I had stock, I could run off as many as needed. =20

=46rom looking at other threads, this appears no longer to be needed, that =
true? =20
otherwise, let me know, and I'll run off as many labels as you need/I can g=
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stock for. =20

Mike

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