Precision Disc Blog

It’s always great to hear back from clients so we thought that we’d share a few of our most recent testimonials with you!

“I would like to pass on many thanks to yourself and your team. You were all amazing throughout every step of the way. I’d also like to say a big big thank you for getting the product to us on time, for the EP release party. Precision Disc did a fantastic job, as always! And I will definitely be coming back again with MORE TIME to spare!”  ~  Disa C.

This client sent this comment to the members of his Professional Videographers Association:  “I just received 1000 replicated DVDs all packaged up and I’m really happy with the company that did it for me.  Precision Disc (http://www.predisc.com) is a company that has a manufacturing plant in Surrey, B.C.  I tried working with a local outfit that is an agent for a big replication house in eastern Canada. I had used them before but they have changed hands and the new owners haven’t got a clue. Precision Disc has a great system that keeps you up to speed on the progress of the job and they’re super easy to work with.  You can get a quote online very quickly unless your job is outside the normal in which case you just call them. Their prices were lower than I expected. If you have a replication job, these are your people!  I can’t recommend them highly enough.”  ~  Steve B.

“Thanks for all your hard work on my last project.  I’ve featured your company on my website, which is designed to help artists save money so they can continue to make art.”  ~  Punam

“I got my discs back, and I phoned… but wanted to follow up with an email as well. I just could NOT be any happier with how it all came out. It looks EXACTLY how I imagined. There is always so much room for disappointment in these matters, but, you guys did a magnificent job. Also, it was ready a bit early, and for that, I must say thank you! (anxious girl that I am). What a great surprise. For any future projects, I would not dream of going through anybody else. Thank you, thank you, thank you a million times over!”  ~  Kelly H.

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Choose Precision Disc Manufacturing Corp. for factory-direct CD DVD duplication and CD DVD replication with a wide variety of eco-friendly print and packaging solutions.

From our offices and replication plant in Surrey, B.C. (a suburb of Vancouver) we ship to clients throughout Canada and the U.S. daily.

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July VIP Special on DVD CD Duplication and DVD CD Manufacturing orders: WE PAY THE TAX! 

It’s no coincidence that our July VIP Special of “We Pay The Tax!” coincides with the implementation of the 12% HST (Harmonized Sales Tax) in British Columbia.  

Nobody likes to pay tax at the best of times, and the implementation of the HST just brings that to mind all the more so we thought the timing was perfect for us to ease the tax burden of our clients!  

No matter where you live in Canada, this special offer can benefit you. Some provinces have HST, some provinces have their own Provincial Sales Tax, and of course there’s the 5% GST.  

What products and services are eligible? Basically, any of our standard products and services with pricing published on our website are eligible, which includes:  

• CD manufacturing orders
• DVD manufacturing orders
• CD duplication orders
• DVD duplication orders

How does it work?  

• This offer is available to all VIP Members (it’s free to sign up)!
• You pay the regular/retail sticker price!
• We will cover the applicable tax on the product/service!
• We will cover the tax on the shipping! 

Are there any terms and conditions?  

• The July VIP Special is offered ‘as is’ – no discounts or substitutions.
• Cannot be claimed in conjunction with other special, offer or discount.
• Standard turn-times only – no rush orders.

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Precision Disc Manufacturing Corp. provides factory-direct DVD CD Manufacturing and DVD CD Duplication along with an excellent range of environmentally-friendly print and packaging solutions.  

With replication plant and offices located in Surrey, B.C. (a suburb of Vancouver), Precision Disc ships to clients throughout Canada and the U.S. daily.  

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Some people have real issues with “change”.  While change for the sake of change can be questionable, change for the sake of improvement is generally a very good thing!

So speaking of change (a great segue)… some changes have already been made to the Precision Disc website and some more are on the way!

A new format for the site is being implemented and, in some cases, this means some website pages are being moved or reorganized.

As always, if there is a product or service you require but cannot find it on our website please contact us directly and we will be happy to help you!

Changes to the “Start Your Order” section:

• Before You Begin
• Order Forms
• Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Form
• Licensing Information
• Master Content
• Artwork
• FTP Upload
• Payment

Changes to the Online Order Forms:

• Bulk CD and Bulk DVD Discs
• CD and DVD Discs in Eco-Sleeves (1 pocket)
• CD and DVD Discs in Eco-Sleeves (2 pockets)
• CD and DVD Discs in Digi-Pack (disc tray only)
• CD and DVD Discs in Digi-Pack (disc tray + 1 pocket)
• Discs in CD Jewel Cases
• Discs in DVD Library Cases
• CD and DVD Discs in Unprinted Sleeves

Changes To Graphic Design Tutorials and Information:

• Tutorial – Silkscreen Printing Design #1
• Tutorial – Silkscreen Printing Design #2
• Tutorial – Silkscreen Printing Design #3
• Tutorial – Graphic Design #1
• Tutorial – Graphic Design #2
• Tutorial – Graphic Design #3

 
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Choose Precision Disc Manufacturing Corp. for factory-direct CD DVD replication manufacturing and CD DVD duplication, along with eco-friendly print and packaging solutions.

With offices and replication plant located in Surrey, B.C. (a suburb of Vancouver), we ship to clients throughout Canada and the United States daily.

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The difference between CD DVD Duplication and CD DVD Replication tends to cause confusion with clients. To some, the end result may not seem to be noticeable or of any consequence, but the processes and the final product are actually very different.

The difference is important to know when you’re preparing a project, because the difference between CD DVD Duplication and CD DVD Replication affects price, the product turn-time and the quality.

In short, “replication” is a manufacturing process that creates CD and DVD discs from scratch with the data being integral to the discs when they are made.

This is much different to “duplication” which uses pre-manufactured CDR and DVDR discs (the “R” stands for “recordable”) that have the data content added to the disc after the fact.

The Benefits of CD DVD Replication:

• Higher quality data image than CD duplication or DVD duplication.
• More resilient and greater durability than duplicated discs.
• No playback issues.
• More cost-effective in larger quantities.
• Perceived as the standard for professional quality by consumers.
   

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Choose Precision Disc Manufacturing Corp. for factory-direct CD DVD replication along with eco-friendly print and packaging solutions. Our offices and replication plant are located in Surrey, B.C. (a suburb of Vancouver) and we ship daily to clients throughout Canada and the U.S.

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At Precision Disc we have two standard print solutions for our replicated CD and DVD discs – up to six spot-colour silkscreen printing as well as CMYK offset printing.

While silkscreen printing is definitely ‘old school’ technology, when compared to CMYK offset printing spot-colour silkscreen printing can still provide superior print results for some designs. We won’t get too involved in the graphic design aspect within this article but we do have other resource material available on the topic of graphic design.
 

 
The benefits of silkscreen printing on CD or DVD

Silkscreen printing spot-colours for CD and DVD utilizes pigmented inks with a gloss finish. This is different than CMYK offset printing which utilizes translucent inks and has more of a matte finish.

Due to the consistency of the pigmented spot-colour inks they provide better and more consistent coverage for large areas of solid colour and, additionally, the gloss finish is very appealing to the eye.

Basic design rules for silkscreen printing on CD or DVD

As noted above, when compared to CMYK offset printing, silkscreen printing can provide superior print results for some designs… some, but not all. The best results generally come from artwork that is designed as follows:

• Maximum of six colours (including white flood)
• Using line art – not bitmaps.
• Utilizing large areas of solid colour.
• Graphics that are bold and don’t feature a lot of fine detail.
• Text that is relatively bold – not small or featuring fine detail.
• Avoiding drop-shadows and other effects that feature less than 100% solid colour.
• Don’t use Photoshop as it outputs graphics and text as bitmaps – not line art.

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Choose Precision Disc Manufacturing Corp. as your factory-direct partner for CD DVD manufacturing and CD DVD duplication along with eco-friendly print and packaging solutions. Our offices and manufacturing facility are located in Surrey, BC (a suburb of Vancouver) and we ship to clients throughout Canada and the U.S. daily.
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DVD CD Disc Recycling Program

DVD and CD Duplication company Precision Disc Manufacturing Corp. has launched a new program to keep your unwanted DVD and CD discs and cases out of your local landfill. With the knowledge that these items are not accepted by most community curbside recycling services, Precision Disc will recycle these materials for you as a part of their existing in-house recycling program.

“It’s a simple yet effective program.” explains the DVD and CD duplication company’s Vice President Bruce Durnie, “I’m not aware of any community-based recycling programs that accept CDs, DVDs and their plastic cases, so what are people doing when they want to get rid of them? If you throw them into the garbage they just end up in your local land-fill. To prevent that from happening you can now send those materials to us and we’ll recycle them through our existing in-house recycling program and channels.”

As a DVD and CD duplication company, Precision Disc Manufacturing Corp. provides factory-direct disc manufacturing services along with a wide range of eco-friendly print and packaging solutions for their clients throughout Canada and the USA.

Durnie continues, “As a company that specializes in DVD and CD duplication we recognize our responsibility to be a good global citizen so we’ve been putting a strong emphasis on utilizing environmentally-friendly equipment, materials and processes for quite some time. We don’t just talk-the-talk when it comes to being environmentally responsible so we’re always looking for new ways to enhance what we’ve already put in place and this DVD CD recycling program is a good example of our efforts to make a difference.”

Three Steps To Recycle Your Unwanted CDs and DVDs:

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Choose Precision Disc Manufacturing Corp. as your partner for factory-direct DVD CD replication manufacturing, DVD CD Duplication, along with eco-friendly print and packaging solutions. With our offices and manufacturing facility located in Surrey, BC (a suburb of Vancouver) we ship to clients throughout Canada and the U.S. daily.

For inexperienced designers, figuring out the correct page sequencing when designing a CD Booklet or DVD Booklet can be rather confusing. This article is intended to clarify the difference between what looks right and what is actually right. In short, Printer Spreads versus Reader Spreads.

If you’d like to include additional information in your CD duplication or DVD duplication project you will likely need to incorporate a booklet into your budget and designs.

Booklets tend to be more popular than “folders” because we’re much more accustomed to the format of a booklet. Just like a book or magazine, a booklet is folded in half and is stapled in the middle, so they are very compact and easy to browse through.

Printer Spread Page Sequencing

Designing the booklet for your CD duplication or DVD duplication project shares many of the same design rules that apply to every other aspect of your project, but there is one commonly overlooked aspect we want to bring to your attention: Printer Spreads.

Through a whole lifetime of familiarity with books and magazines we know that ‘page 3’ comes after ‘page 2’ and then ‘page 4’ comes after ‘page 3’. This is absolutely correct after a book has been printed, cut, assembled and stitched but you actually have to design it counter-intuitively.

For the purposes of your CD duplication or DVD duplication project your ‘booklet’ is a series of 2 panel folders that are stacked together, stapled and then folded to create the book. There is a specific page order required to assure the booklet has the correct page sequence after it has been assembled, and this sequence (or page order) is referred to as Printer Spreads.

Create A Mock-Up

The best way for you to see this is to make a Printer Spread mock-up of something simple. Here’s how you can create a Printer Spread mock-up of a 4 panel (8 page) booklet using two pieces of scrap paper:

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Precision Disc Manufacturing Corp. provides factory direct CD DVD manufacturing and CD DVD duplication in eco-friendly print and packaging for clients throughout Canada and the USA. Get an instant online quote now!

We have recently added a new disc duplication tower to our short-run CD duplication and DVD duplication department which will increase our ability to serve our clients needs.

The new eleven-drive disc duplication tower consists of one master and ten slave drives which will increase short-run CD duplication and DVD duplication capacity nicely. This extra capacity, in turn, will enhance our ability to meet quick turn-time requirements for the following products:

• CD Audio, CD ROM
• DVDR (single and dual layer)
• Blu-ray (single layer)
• Mini CDR and CDR Business Cards

Our short-run CD duplication and DVD duplication department produces discs in quantities that are not cost-effective enough for replication. With our minimum order requirement for disc replication being just 300 units, most duplication run quantities are between 50 and 200 units.

Regardless of this, we are happy to produce any quantity you require and because we produce almost all of our own custom print and packaging in-house (over 95%), we are able to provide some of our most popular eco-friendly disc packaging solutions in short-run quantities. This includes our Eco-Sleeves and Digipak for both CD and DVD in quantities as low as 100 units.

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Precision Disc Manufacturing Corp. provides clients through Canada and the U.S. with factory-direct CD and DVD manufacturing, CD and DVD duplication, along with eco-friendly print and packaging solutions. Visit our website for an instant online quotation.

April CD Digipak DVD Digipak Special!

Precision Disc’s April VIP Special is a super deal on CD Digipak and DVD Digipak!

Choose from CS1000 style CD Digipak or CS2000 style DVD Digipak in quanities as low as 100 units. Even though it’s April… we’re not foolin!

These are all-inclusive CD Digipak and DVD Digipak package prices so you get full colour disc print, all set-ups, assembly, wrap, barcode, pre-press and one round of .pdf proofs included.

All you need to do to take advantage of this special offer is become a Precision Disc VIP Member – it’s free to join and easy to sign up - and place your order in April.

If you really like the product and price but you’re not quite ready to take advantage of this offer in April, you can “hold” this special by placing a 50% downpayment and then we’ll hold the special offer pricing until you’re ready!

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Precision Disc Manufacturing Corp. is your factory-direct partner for DVD and CD manufacturing, DVD and CD duplication, along with a wide variety of eco-friendly print and packaging solutions including CD Sleeves and DVD Sleeves as well as Digipak. We are located in Surrey, British Columbia (Canada) which is a suburb of beautiful Vancouver (host of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games), and we ship to clients throughout Canada and the U.S. every day.

CS225 eco-sleeve for DVD duplication

Precision Disc has a new eco-packaging product that’s just perfect for DVD duplication of virtually any quantity. 

We call it our CS225 eco-sleeve which features 3 panel construction, a single fold, and a vertical slit pocket for the disc to fit into. 

Printed using environmentally-friendly materials and processes onto durable 15pt. boardstock, this no-plastic DVD duplication packaging solution features 3 panel construction, a single fold and a vertical slit pocket for the disc to slide into. 

Minimum order requirement is just 100 units and 4/4 full colour print is included in the price! We’re so pleased with the CS225 that we’ve made it our “March Special Product Offer”. 

With the same physical dimensions (length x width) as a DVD Digipak the CS225 provides lots of room for graphics and text to promote the disc within. Graphic design templates are available on our website. 

While the CS225 eco-sleeve is DVD size, it’s a perfectly suitable packaging solution for CD duplication as well, and the price is certainly right! Please visit our website for a convenient and instant on-line quote for short-run CD and DVD duplication quantities of up to 200 units, as well as larger CD and DVD manufacturing quantities of 300+.