2009/1/8 Chris Jones <[email protected]> > On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 07:59:47AM EST, Sam Kuper wrote: > > 2009/1/8 Chris Jones <[email protected]> > > > I have one that used to work OK on silver-colored CD's but does not on > > > the DVD+RW's I bought .. That's why I thought I'd ask before buying > > > anything > > > else. > > That's deeply weird. Are they Teflon-coated DVD+RW's? > > Seriously, I'd check whether your pen still works on your > > silver-coloured CDs. If not, then the reason it's not working on the > > DVD+RW's is that it has dried out, or run out of ink. > I'll check .. what it was doing is leaving very faint lines that became almost > illegible when they dried .. maybe its contents have mutated to invisible ink?
Actually, I think I know what might be going on here. Some O.M. have printable surfaces, which are usually either white or silvery. Some pens that won't normally work on O.M. will write on these. It's possible that your pen is such a pen, and that your "silver-colored CDs" are such O.M. If that's the case, then if your DVD+RWs are not printable (and probably they are not, since the printable ones are rarer), your pen will not write on them. Any "permanent marker" (as they are called in the UK) by a reasonably reputable pen manufacturer should work. I've had bad luck with unbranded permanent markers in the past (ink smudged, or pens dried out within a month, etc), so I'd avoid those. I've had good luck with CD marker pens by TDK. I haven't tried Sharpies, but they sound like they'd do the job. YMMV. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
