Re: DVD Printing corrupts data


"N" <N@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:48749ed4$0$7212$5a62ac22@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have a Canon MP970 and have printed on a number of CDs without problem.

Recently I made copies of a data DVD then printed on the disks. When I
attempted to install the software from the copy, the installation failed,
early in the installation, stating that a file was corrupt. I have no
idea just how much of the data is corrupt.

I've tried this with three DVDs using the same software DVD and had the
same problem.

My next idea was to print the blank DVD then copy to it. That was
succesful.

Is it possible that the small metal DVD detector in the printer's disk
tray is causing the corruption?

Nope, not remotely possible. These are optical discs, so you would want to
look for physical damage to the data side of the disc. One common problem
that people have is caused by manually turning the discs in the disc tray
before or after printing, causing scratches. There's nothing in the printing
process that can effect the data in any way, it would have to be a handling
issue. The Canon printers are the gentlest on discs of the main 3 brands.

It's also true that many common brands of printable discs are pure ***,
quality wise. So you could be looking at discs that are burned poorly to
start with, and simply become unreadable as a result. Lower your burn speed
one notch and see how it goes.



.

Loading