OT: labelling CD/DVD disks

[Carroll Grigsby]

Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Sunday 22 October 2006 21:59, Carroll Grigsby wrote:

 >>> snip

>> At some point in time it was reported that the inks commonly used in
>> marking pens contained solvents that could degrade the disk material
>> over time, which led the Sharpie people to market a special CD/DVD
>> marker for the purpose. Yeah, I bought one.
>>
> Humm, never have seen one of those, but OTOH, never looked specifically for 
> one either.  BTW, how did it work, and did it last a decent time period?

I got them at Office Depot (or similar) last spring, so it's way too 
early to tell. One thing that I learned is that the pen will become 
clogged if it is used to write on paper, so I always mark the paper disk 
cover with some other type of pen _before_ I insert the disk.

-- cmg