how to make CD Booklets???

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any ideas on what to use

paper? printers?

anyone ever done this part of the prodution
 
No problem!

Sure - if you're doing the booklets and tray cards yourself, just about any of the current inkjet printers work well for this. My favorite paper for this is made by HP; they call it HP Glossy Brochure and Flyer paper, and it's shiny on both sides.

Print one side first (with the booklet image centered on the page); then flip it over to print the inside of the booklet. Go to Costco or Office Depot and buy yourself a paper cutter ($20-$25), cut the booklets out, fold them, and instert them.

You can make one "four sided" booklet or two tray cards (double-sided or single-sided) from one 8-1/2" x 11" piece of paper.
 
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call kinko's (or any printing place) and see if they'll do it for you.
 
kid klash said:
Sure - if you're doing the booklets and tray cards yourself, just about any of the current inkjet printers work well for this. My favorite paper for this is made by HP; they call it their glossy leaflet/booklet paper, and it's shiny on both sides.

Print one side first (with the booklet image centered on the page); then flip it over to print the inside of the booklet. Go to Costco or Office Depot and buy yourself a paper cutter ($20-$25), cut the booklets out, fold them, and instert them.

You can make one "four sided" booklet or two tray cards (double-sided or single-sided) from one 8-1/2" x 11" piece of paper.
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alright cool

step one: buy a printer :D :D
 
kid klash said:
Sure - if you're doing the booklets and tray cards yourself, just about any of the current inkjet printers work well for this. My favorite paper for this is made by HP; they call it their glossy leaflet/booklet paper, and it's shiny on both sides.

Print one side first (with the booklet image centered on the page); then flip it over to print the inside of the booklet. Go to Costco or Office Depot and buy yourself a paper cutter ($20-$25), cut the booklets out, fold them, and instert them.

You can make one "four sided" booklet or two tray cards (double-sided or single-sided) from one 8-1/2" x 11" piece of paper.
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where do you buy your paper??????

i just started looking around the internet and i cannot find it

do you buy it online??

if so could you please post a link


Thank You very much
 
whoa what a coinsidence thats the same paper i was looking at before i asked the question

very cool yeah im sure ill be able to find that somewhere

thanks alot !!!! again
 
Hi Nick!
I like to use MS-Publisher for all things CD graphics related (labels for the actual disks, booklets, etc...) You should be able to find templates for any kind of paper you buy. So you open up the template file in MS-Publisher and it has all the borders of the paper you are trying to print on.
MS-Publisher only comes with Office Pro ($$$$$$$$$$$$, but I got it for $20 through work!), but you should also be able to find Word templates, or I think OpenOffice might be compatible with Publisher files.
 
A lot of the online CD Replication places have downloadable templates for various programs on thier websites. They typically want you to use them only if you are going to go with their co. for the printing, but....you know...

I'll probably get flamed for "pirating" CD templates. uh oh...
 
right now im using adobe photoshop


good enough


Heres my problem

it is a three person band and i took 3 individual pics of them and i want to line each picture up like next to eachother .. so i have to shrink them donw really small to make sure all 3 fit on the cover

and the pics are originally 32x24 inches that is

and when i shrink them down they get kinda crappy looking is there any way to prevent this from happeneing???


my guess is that i am shrinking the pics down so much that the pixels are getting to compressed ... or something like that

does anyone know how to fix this?
 
Damn man I'm having a hard enough time with compressed audio I don't even need the compressed pixel headache. Sorry I'm an idiot, try going to some photoshop forums, I know they're all over because my little brother is on them constantly. Those freaks know everything about graphic stuff. Word of warning though, they are some critical mofo's so tread lightly.
 
so anyways im shopping for a printer right now .. and i dont really know what to look for ... i was looking at the HP Inkjets


can someone reccomend a printer that is great for making cd covers and booklets like that?
 
Nick The Man said:
right now im using adobe photoshop
i have to shrink them donw really small to make sure all 3 fit on the cover
and the pics are originally 32x24 inches that is
and when i shrink them down they get kinda crappy looking is there any way to prevent this from happeneing???


my guess is that i am shrinking the pics down so much that the pixels are getting to compressed ... or something like that

does anyone know how to fix this?
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I use Photoshop for every graphic design project I work on & never had any problems with shrinking images.

Are you doing this?

Select image you want to shrink. Go to 'Image' - 'Image Size'. Adjust 'Document Size' in inches to meet your needs. Make sure to keep the resolution to whatever the default is for that particular image (ppi). Check the following boxes: Scale Styles, Constrain Proportions, & Resample Image: Bicubic

If you are still having problems with it, feel free to email me the pics & I'll take a look at it.
 
Nick The Man said:
so anyways im shopping for a printer right now .. and i dont really know what to look for ... i was looking at the HP Inkjets


can someone reccomend a printer that is great for making cd covers and booklets like that?
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Nick - HP makes nice printers, but I'd have to go with the Epson R200 (or R220 or R300). The main reason is that those printers can actually print on the CD (they come with the software), thus eliminating labels - which are problematic. Also, the ink for them is MUCH cheaper. I have three HP printers (they all take different cartridges) and the ink is stupidly priced. The Epson OEM ink is high also, but I've found generic cartridges that were very affordable. Either way though, any good printer should be able to give you the results you want. I just wanted you to think about the aftermarket pricing. ;)
 
Nick The Man said:
and when i shrink them down they get kinda crappy looking is there any way to prevent this from happeneing???


my guess is that i am shrinking the pics down so much that the pixels are getting to compressed ... or something like that

does anyone know how to fix this?
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release your music on vinyl LP?
 
Nick The Man said:
so anyways im shopping for a printer right now .. and i dont really know what to look for ... i was looking at the HP Inkjets


can someone reccomend a printer that is great for making cd covers and booklets like that?
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I'd recommend an HP-5550 (or the current comparable HP printer) for printing the booklets; this printer has the best color saturation and image placement accuracy of any inexpensive ($120) printer I've used. This is especially important when you're doing double-sided printing, and you want the centered image on the front side and back side of the paper to be straight and "locked on".

For the disks themselves, I'd recommend an Epson R-200 (around $75); they come with a special CD carrier that allows you to print the disk image directly onto an inkjet-printable CDR, such as the Taiyu Yuden inkjet printable CDR :
http://www.cdroutlet.com/page/CDR/PROD/136PW-100
 
kid klash said:
I'd recommend an HP-5550 (or the current comparable HP printer) for printing the booklets; this printer has the best color saturation and image placement accuracy of any inexpensive ($120) printer I've used. This is especially important when you're doing double-sided printing, and you want the centered image on the front side and back side of the paper to be straight and "locked on".

For the disks themselves, I'd recommend an Epson R-200 (around $75); they come with a special CD carrier that allows you to print the disk image directly onto an inkjet-printable CDR, such as the Taiyu Yuden inkjet printable CDR :
http://www.cdroutlet.com/page/CDR/PROD/136PW-100
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well awesome news


My parents own the 5550 so i will use that for the booklets and i think im gonna buy a R-200 on ebay so i can print on the CDs


nice i got lucky

once i get all this stuff you guys are gonna have to guide me through it

youve already been a great help
 
yeah, a thanks from me too...im going to need this soon!
 
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