Precision Disc Blog

As the only actual CD DVD Replication plant west of Ontario (spanning from British Columbia through to Manitoba) Precision Disc Manufacturing Corp. is pleased to provide our fellow Western Canadians with a factory-direct partner for CD DVD Manufacturing right in their own back yards.

With offices and manufacturing plant located just a few hours drive away in Surrey, BC we are perfectly positioned to provide our neighbors in Kelowna, BC with the best and widest range of CD DVD duplication and CD DVD manufacturing products that they’ll find anywhere in Western Canada.

Not only are we a CD DVD Replication plant but we also have our own commercial print shop right here under the same roof which means we can provide you with a level quality, communication, job control and service that would not otherwise be possible.

It doesn’t matter whether your order is for a single disc or in excess of one million, because having over 10,000 square feet of production facilities gives us the ability to manufacture, print, package and ship your CD duplication or CD manufacturing order to your Kelowna, BC address quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively.

“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!”  – D. Cameron 

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Entering our 10th Anniversary since opening our doors for business back in 2001, Precision Disc Manufacturing Corp. provides factory-direct CD DVD Manufacturing and CD DVD Duplication products and services to clients throughout Canada and the United States.

Get an instant online quote via our website or contact us today for any of your CD DVD needs – we hope we can be of service!

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Precision Disc Manufacturing Corp. is pleased to announce the purchase of a KBA 74 Karat 29” waterless digitally integrated offset press.

The KBA 74 Karat is considered to be one of the ‘greenest’ print presses on the planet and, while we definitely require an environmentally-friendly printer for our product line of DVD and CD eco-packaging solutions, the KBA 74 Karat also delivers very high quality print reproduction for our discerning clientele.

“We’re delighted to have been able to purchase this particular press.” states company president
Paul Durnie, “It fits perfectly into our mandate for environmentally responsible technology and processes, and it’s the perfect fit for growing our print division and new ‘green’ product offerings. The press-sheet size, quick make-ready and printer speed made the 74 Karat a must-have for us.”

For a 29” printer of this calibre, the KBA 74 Karat has a very compact footprint (12’-9” long, 7’-3” wide and 7’-0” tall) and everything about this printer is designed for efficiency and user-friendliness. For example, the machine holds two cassettes of imaging plates (sufficient to print 10 jobs) which are imaged and changed automatically within the printer.

A complete job change with automated plate change, imaging and inking only takes about 15 minutes, with a maximum of just ten make-ready sheets. That’s quite amazing for an offset printer, when you think of the waste that is prevented by such efficient operation and technology.

And speaking of efficiency, the KBA 74 Karat has a maximum production speed of 10,000 sheets per hour, with waterless offset plates that can allow print-runs of up to 100,000 copies.

This press does away with paper waste, ink sludge, toxic cleaners and chemical developers that are typically associated with offset printing. Through its use of soy based inks, completely waterless printing technology, and inline aqueous coating, the KBA 74 Karat provides the highest quality eco-friendly print solutions you’ll find anywhere without sacrificing print quality one bit!

When combined with Precision Disc’s existing Indigo printers, not only does the KBA 74 Karat enhance our print production capacity and speed, the 29” press sheet also increases the number of products we can provide.

Printer features and highlights: 

• Waterless offset – brilliant colour, sharp dots
• Soft reproduction of the finest gradients
• No ghosting
• Superb solids
• In-line water based (aqueous) finishing.
• Solid densities and tone reproduction to ISO 12647-1/2/3
• Make-ready: 10 sheets
• Press dimensions (L x W x H):  12’-9” x 7’-3” x 7’-0”
• Weight:  26,500 pounds
• Power: 65kVA
• Max sheet size:  29.125” x 20.5”
• Max speed: 10,000 sph (job dependent)
• Resolution: 100 dots/mm = 2,540 dpi
• RIP: Creo Brisque

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

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

Every month Precision Disc has a new VIP Special, and in November 2010 we’re offering CD or DVD discs in our ultra-popular CS200 eco-friendly sleeve!

Order as few as 100 units or as many as you’d like - we’ve got a great price for you. These are fully-packaged products, everthing from full colour on-disc print all the way down to barcode and shrinkwrap! 

100 and 200 units quantities are supplied with CDR or DVD-R media with full colour inkjet print. 300+ unit quantities are supplied with replicated CD or DVD5 media complete with full colour CMYK offset print or up to 5 colour silkscreen print.

To take advantage of this month’s special offer, just sign up to our VIP Program (which is absolutely free – and easy to join) and then follow the ‘Star Your Order‘ instructions on our website.

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Precision Disc Manufacturing Corp. provides factory-direct CD DVD manufacturing and CD DVD duplication services along with a wide range of eco-friendly print and packaging solutions.

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

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Two months before Christmas,
Now is the time to prepare,
Get your CDs and DVDs done,
With time to spare.

We’ve got a great deal,
In this there’s no risk,
Buy 500 and get 1000,
From your friends at Precision Disc.

Yes that’s right… Order 500 units and receive 1,000!

• Applicable to standard products as provided on our website web-quote system.
• Order and payment in full must be submitted before end of business day Friday October 15th (4:30pm Pacific Time).
• Applicable tax extra.
• Shipping extra (based on 1000 unit quantity).
• No rush orders – standard turn-times apply.
• This special is offers ‘as is’ – no discounts or substitutions and cannot be claimed in conjunction with other special, offer or discount.

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

With offices and replication plant 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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Beginning immediately at Precision Disc Manufacturing Corp., the turntime on our standard styles of eco-friendly CD Sleeves and DVD Sleeves, CD Digipak and DVD Digipak will be *12 business days.

*As per usual, turn-times are based on regular business days (Monday through Friday excluding Canadian holidays) with the production time-line beginning after we have received all required production assets and have received written approval of proofs.

*Standard production time-line for products up to 10,000 units as follows:

◦ Bulk discs: 5-7 business days.
◦ Discs in standard unprinted sleeves: 7 business days.
◦ Discs in standard cases with printed inserts: 10 business days.
◦ Discs in printed eco-sleeves or digipak: 12 business days.

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

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

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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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