On Sunday 22 October 2006 23:27, Carroll Grigsby wrote: >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. Humm, that would no doubt be a side effect of the clay coating on the paper, probably because that inks solvent is also the clay coats binder solvent. I once made the mistake of buying a ream of 5 dollar paper & feeding it through my old Stylus Pro. Half a ream later I had it all over the table cleaning white clay from its elastomeric rollers so it would feed good paper again. A classic case of getting what I paid for, and I paid for a headache... Closest we have here is a Staples, I'll take a look the next time I'm in town, probably tuesday evening. >-- cmg -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
