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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Precision Disc recognizes our responsibility as a good corporate citizen and global citizen, so we have invested in the equipment, processes and materials to provide sustainable and environmentally-friendly printing solutions for our clientele. The bulk of the work we do is printed digitally… and for good reason.

The evolution of digital printing has revolutionized the printing industry. While traditional offset printing is considered an industrial process, digital printing is a computerized process – which by its very nature is less wasteful and less demanding on resources compared to conventional print. Less waste + less consumption = a more environmentally friendly method of printing.

Digital printing has eliminated many stages of traditional printing that were time, energy and resource-consuming. This includes processes that were accompanied by liquid waste, solid waste and fumes – some of which actually require specialist treatment for disposal. Additionally, digital printing eliminates the use of chemistry for film and plate processing, as well as the substantial waste of materials used in the ‘make ready’ stage of offset printing.

Digital Printing Eliminates ‘Make Ready’

With an offset printer you cannot simply press a button and immediately begin printing. Time is required to prepare the machine to run a specific job which includes a lot of wasteful ‘test’ printing onto paper. This isn’t simply down-time for the machine as the time and expense of the make-ready process is passed through to the client in the cost of the finished goods.

With digital printing there isn’t any ‘make ready’ required and, due to this, digital printing allows for much shorter run lengths and quicker turnaround times. This in turn leads to less consumption and waste – it is estimated that prior to the advent of digital printing over 50 percent of all print was thrown away unused.

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Choose Precision Disc Manufacturing Corp. as your factory-direct partner for quality DVD CD manufacturing and DVD CD duplication along with a great selection of eco-friendly print and packaging solutions. Located in Surrey, BC (a suburb of Vancouver) we ship to clients throughout Canada and the USA each day.

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!

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+.

Precision Disc Manufacturing Corp. is pleased to announce the launch of our new brand and website dedicated for people looking for DVD manufacturing and DVD duplication in Western Canada.

The brand/site is called DVDwest.ca and is a sister-site to our CDwest.ca brand which, as the name would suggest, is dedicated for people looking for CD manufacturing and CD duplication in Western Canada.

DVDwest.ca features a quick online quote function for all of our most popular disc and packaging combinations including the incredibly popular DVD Sleeve, DVD Jacket and Digipak. Simply enter your e-mail address then select from the “quantity”, “product type” and “disc type” options, click ”Submit” and then an automatically generated quote will be sent instantly to your email inbox. 

Also featured on the site is the 1.4gb capacity Mini DVD with a few popular packaging options including Eco-Sleeves.

It doesn’t matter if you’re a videographer, independent film maker, post-production house, business, student or anything in between, DVDwest.ca is here to provide Western Canadians with the opportunity to work with and benefit from a factory-direct relationship in their own back yard. This saves you time and money, reduces stress, and removes all types of obstacles such as tax confusion, cross-border shipping, currency exchange, time zone headaches, etc.

Please visit the website or give us a call to discuss your needs… we hope to be of service to you in the near future!

Precision Disc Special CD/DVD Offer for November 2009

Precision Disc’s special offer for November…

This month we’re doing something a little different. Instead of offering up special pricing on a product we’re offering a great FREE upgrade to a variety of products!

Place your order in November to get a *FREE 4/4 print upgrade on the following Eco-Sleeve and Digipak products:
Disc Sleeves: CS200, CS206, CS210, CS215, CS220, CS221
Digipak: CS1000, CS1005, CS1015, CS1020, CS1025, CS2000

*Stock is limited to our standard C1S stock… gloss finish on the cover side and ‘natural’ finish on the inside. There is a front-to-back print registration tolerance of approx 1mm. Clients who want the inside-spine print to line-up EXACTLY needs to be aware of the possibility of variance. This variance does not qualify as defective print.

For complete details please visit our website… this special offer is only available for orders placed in November so act now!

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Precision Disc Manufacturing Corp. provides factory-direct CD/DVD manufacturing and eco-friendly print and packaging for clients throughout Canada and the USA. In addition to CD replication and DVD replication services we also provide a great product line of short-run CD duplication and DVD duplication in Digipak and Sleeves in quantities as low as just 100 units.

Precision Disc Manufacturing Corp. is pleased to announce a new eco-friendly CD and DVD packaging product that we’ve named the “CS221″.

This new eco-friendly disc sleeve is constructed with six panels which, after die-cutting, folding and gluing, creates a durable double-walled disc sleeve that features two folds with a printable spine, and two closed pockets. This is the perfect format for a two-disc packaged set, or for a single disc with a supplemental printed folder or booklet in the second pocket.

As with all of our standard eco-friendly CD and DVD Packaging Products, there’s only a 300 unit minimum order requirement which includes the superior quality and durability of replicated discs.

Place your order in October 2009 to receive special pricing on CD or DVD dics in the CS221 eco-sleeve. This limited time offer includes all set-ups, pre-press and one round of .pdf proofs, assembly, wrap and even a free barcode if you require one. Applicable tax and shipping are extra.

If you are in need of an alternative packaging solution for your CD or DVD disc needs, Precision Disc provides a full line of styles including CD Sleeves and DVD Sleeves, CD Digipak and DVD Digipak, CD Cases and DVD Cases, and Unprinted Sleeves.

Visit the website to generate your own quotation sent directly to your email inbox, or contact us if we can be of additional help in any way.

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Precision Disc Manufacturing Corp., is pleased to announce that we are enhancing our in-house print capabilities with the addition of an HP Indigo 3500 series printer to improve our product offering, price and production turn-times.

“A large proportion of the work we do includes the provision of CD packaging and DVD packaging as to provide retail-ready products for our clientele. Due to this, the ability to produce such packaging materials in-house makes a lot of sense.” explains Mike Arnold, the company’s General Manager. “The additional of this particular HP Indigo printer improves our ability to be self-sufficient with our print and packaging enhances our product lines and gives us better control over costs and managing tight turn-times that our clients require.”

The market for DVD Duplication and CD Duplication services is rapidly turning away from traditional plastic packaging products, and Precision Disc has been a leader in complimenting their disc products with eco-friendly CD packaging and DVD packaging alternatives that feature low-plastic, no-plastic and 100% recyclable solutions.

About Precision Disc:

Precision Disc Manufacturing Corp. was founded in 2001 in Surrey, British Columbia Canada, and provides full service CD and DVD manufacturing, print and packaging services for clients in the United States and Canada. As the actual manufacturer of your product, Precision Disc’s mandate is to provide only the highest quality products and services, which includes a growing line of eco-friendly packaging solutions that features low-plastic, no-plastic and even biodegradable materials.

September has arrived, people are back from vacation, school is getting back in, and Precision Disc has a great new special offer for this month!

With this month’s special offer you have a choice of style CS1000 CD Digipak or style CS2000 DVD Digipak. Our package pricing includes all set-ups, assembly, pre-press and one round of .pdf proofs, barcode and shrinkwrap.

Minimum order is only 100 units for duplicated discs in Digipak, and minimum order is just 300 units for replicated discs in Digipak.

Visit our website for all the information and pricing and don’t hesitate to give us a shout if you have any questions!

(September already… does this mean summer is over???)

Due to the high demand for our July Special Offer, it has been HELD OVER for August!

Place your order in August to get a great deal on Discs in our eco-friendly CS100 style CD/DVD Sleeves.

For quantities of 300 or greater, pricing is based on top quality disc replication with full colour offset (CMYK) disc print. For quantities of up to 200 units, pricing is based on disc duplication with full colour inkjet disc print.

Our CS100 eco-friendly CD Sleeves are printed full colour on 15pt stock containing recycled content, and they are 100% recyclable.

Standard turn-time is 15 business days after all approvals – but no rush orders please! Our package pricing includes all set-ups, wrap and even a free barcode if you need one.

Contact us with any questions you may have. If you’re wanting this CS100 package you’ve got to order it in August because next month’s special product offer will definitely be a new product!