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CD Solutions, Inc.
100 W. Monument St.
P. O. Box 536
Pleasant Hill, Ohio 45359
Phone:  

800.860.2376
937.676.2376 
Fax:  937.676.2478

contact@cds.com
Voice  800.860.2376    937.676.2376     Fax 937.676.2478

Compact Disc Packaging and Labeling Specifications

For more information, please contact us at 1-800-860-CD-ROM (2376)

The following links take you to the various specs pages. These pages have been set up so that you can print them on normal sized pages. There are also several zipped (or stuffed for Macintosh users) template files that will help you in creating your artwork!  Please call us if you need specs that aren't here.

Want to do yourself a favor? PLEASE send artwork as soon as you can. Almost all delays are caused by artwork!  

Specs for CD Artwork and Label Templates in several different formats:

Digital Printing Artwork

Digital printing is done on small to moderate numbers of duplicated discs.  It's for use on CD-R and DVD-R media, and there are several different templates for different types of disc.  Digital printing can be done on a wide variety of standard media.  

Templates for Digital Printing
 

Mass Replication Artwork

When a large quantity of discs are needed they are mass replicated.  There are specifications that need to be followed for making the artwork that we use to make films.  We accept only Photoshop or Illustrator formats when you submit the artwork to us.  

Specification explanations:
CD artwork specifications.
DVD 5 and DVD 9 artwork specifications. (pdf)
40mb Rink card specs (pdf).
80mm Mini-disc specs (pdf).
Biz Card specs (pdf)
Trade Card Specs (pdf)
Rink Card Specs (pdf)

Templates:
Illustrator CD template (also works in photoshop)
Illustrator DVD 5 template (also works in photoshop)
Illustrator DVD 9 template (also works in photoshop)

Quark CD template (Must be saved in Photoshop or Illustrator format before submission)
Quark DVD 5 template (Must be saved in Photoshop or Illustrator format before submission)
Quark DVD 9 template (Must be saved in Photoshop or Illustrator format before submission)

Business Card eps file
Trade Card eps file
Rink Card eps file
 

Offset Printing

Offset printing is done on replicated discs.  It's for use on mass replicated discs.  Films are made from your artwork to make the prints, much like silkscreen.  

Specification explanation:
CD and DVD artwork specifications

Templates: (zipped)
Adobe Illustrator 7.0
Photoshop 5.0
Quark 3.3 (Must be saved in Photoshop or Illustrator format before submission)
Quark 4.0 (Must be saved in Photoshop or Illustrator format before submission)

NOTICE FOR INKJET PRINT JOBS ONLY:

When sending us your artwork to us for INKJET printable jobs, the art can be created in any program you wish, but the final file transferred to us MUST BE a 600 dpi TIF file

When creating the artwork for Inkjet jobs please allow about 1/8th inch of bleed on the outer edge of the disc, and leave the center hole filed.  The software we use to print your art will crop the image to the correct size.  This will ensure the best possible coverage of the disc face.  You can use the following templates to create your art, but remember to save the art as a TIF file.

Inkjet Printing 

Inkjet printing is done on small to moderate quantities of duplicated discs.  It's for use on CD-R and DVD-R media.  There are no films output, but the art must be saved as a 600dpi TIF file.  These TIF files are used to print directly to the discs with an inkjet printer.  Inkjet printable discs are used in this process.  

Templates:
Illustrator CD and DVD template

Specs for CD Packaging options:

[*] CD Solutions Packaging Options  Here are several different products that we sell that you can package your CD in!
[*] A sample of packaging options from Univenture
[*] Booklet specs  The Booklet is the single card, or several page long booklet that sits in the front of the Jewel Case. 
[*] Inlay card specs  The Inlay Card sits behind the black plastic CD holder in the Jewel Case.  It has two sides that fold upward and show at the end of the Jewel Case as small titles or ISBN information.

 

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