AMS Templates

CD cover printers are used for printing black & white or multicolored CD covers that help in easy classification and storage of CD disks. Printing substrate material used in these printers allows users to print more vivid and impressive images as compared to prints on normal paper. The most commonly used CD cover printers use inkjet or thermal technology to print high-resolution text and images on CD covers.

Some of these printers are capable of housing different types of CD cover rolls and ink ribbon cartridges for printing multiple copies of a CD cover. They are equipped with a movable sensor to detect gaps, black marks, and perforations present in CD cover printing substrate. Information generated by the sensor is used to print the designed graphics or images in the right spot and avoid overlapping.

They are equipped with an ample amount of flash memory and RAM (random access memory) for processing CD cover designs, storing cover formats, and supporting different fonts. They can be connected to a computer via USB, serial, or parallel interface ports and also to a number of external devices such as cover cutters, external keyboard, self-strip( peel off) units, internal rewinders, and external ethernet adapter.

Some CD cover printers can print at 400-dpi resolution and use advanced print technology to provide cover-to-cover image registration with a tolerance limit of ±0.030 inches (.762 mm). The printer can be connected to a LAN (local area network) for network management without the complexity, space requirement, and vulnerability of external print servers.

High-end CD cover printers have additional features such as ink detection system, which is used to check exactly how much ink is left in the cartridges. The detection system can be programmed to automatically shut down printing operations if ink level falls below a certain point. This utility helps in reducing wastage of printing substrate caused due to dried up ink cartridges.

CD or DVD covers are designed according to the type of electronic data stored on CD and DVD disks. They are designed to represent a unique relationship with the type of CD/DVD kept inside the CD/DVD case. They help in visual identification, classification, and storage of different CD/DVD formats.

VCDs (video compact disks) covers contain images of the movie stored on the disk. Other items printed on VCD covers include name of the movie, name of the CD/DVD manufacturer, regional area code, movie info, price, scriptwriter’s name, director’s name, and producers name. All this information is printed on CD/DVD covers with the help of CD/DVD cover software and color printers.

Audio CD/DVDs may contain images of the singer or band group and other graphics portraying the genre of music stored on the disks. Apart from the track list, it also contains lyrics of all the songs included in the disk. MP3 audio CD/DVD covers are similar to standard audio CD/DVD covers and include the term MP3 on the cover’s front side. Application software CD/DVD covers use graphic designs to portray the type of application and include different items such as developer’s name, software info, price, hardware requirements, and copyright info.

Video and computer game CD/DVD covers may include character images or environment used in the game. It includes developers name, date of release, price, tips for gamers, games objective & rules, hardware requirements, and copyright information. Home video CD/DVD covers can be designed with the help of CD/DVD cover making software that can include any graphics, digital images, and text as desired by the user.

Users can log on to websites that have thousands of pre-designed CD/DVD covers to select and download the CD/DVD cover of their choice. They also have the option to download free CD/DVD cover software, which allows users to design personalized covers for different types of CD’s and DVD’s.

CD covers are used for classifying and storing CD’s based on the type of CD stored inside a CD case. They are also used for enhancing the looks of different types of CD cases such as CD jewel cases. CD cover designers offer high-end services to their clients by combining their creative skills with advanced CD cover making software.

These designers have a vast collection of multicolored CD cover templates associated to different occasions and situations such as Christmas, birthday, valentines, and weddings. Apart from these, they also have pre-designed cover templates of rock bands, movies, classics, nature, models, celebrities and others which can be used as it is or altered to suit the specifications requested by the client.

Some designers allow users to upload their digital photographs onto the designer’s website where the designer merges it with available graphics to get the stylish and polished look of a professionally designed CD cover. These designers are expert in integrating text silhouette and grade with digital images provided by the client without affecting the quality of final prints. They are well versed in using enhancement tools that are used for brightening, sharpening, darkening, rotating, and inverting digital images according to the requirements of the cover design.

CD cover designers use special software with inbuilt intelligent logic system that automatically adjusts computer and printer settings to fit the designed image within the space available on the CD cover. Additional borders can be incorporated on the CD cover for manually altering the printed covers according to CD case size specifications.

Some of these designers charge on an hourly basis, which can increase CD cover design costs and make it financially unviable for low budget users. Users can select a designer that offers acceptable level of services at reasonable costs by studying the past design projects undertaken and completed by the designer.