http://www.hellmanproduction.com/blog CD DVD duplication replication support blog Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:13:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There are often misconceptions about UPC barcode, here we'll clarify them one by one - 1. UPC barcode is a unique ID number assigned to a product for tracking retail sales and inventory 2. UPC barcode is not mandatory unless it is required by a distributor, retail store, or if you intend ... http://www.hellmanproduction.com/blog/2008/10/27/what-is-upc-barcode/ Many customers love the shiny effect of the disc to come through the design. Silver effects can be printed on blank discs, replicated CDs or replicated DVDs. Here we'd like to bring up a few pointers for designers: Example 1 Most discs (burned or replicated) have a clear inner ring ... http://www.hellmanproduction.com/blog/2008/10/25/creating-silver-effect-on-a-disc/ http://www.hellmanproduction.com/blog/2008/10/25/before-you-submit-a-cddvd-master/ Foil stamping is the way to go if you want shiny effects on certain elements of your artwork, such as titles, logos. Foil is stamped onto the cardboard and it does not get scratched off. Common foil color is gold (shown here is gold foil) and silver. Other custom colors ... http://www.hellmanproduction.com/blog/2008/10/14/shiny-glittery-effect-with-foil-stamping/ Colors on a printing press are created using a combination of four ink colors - Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black (called CMYK). These four inks are called process colors because they are the standard inks used in the four-color printing process. Your artwork must be in CMYK format (as opposed ... http://www.hellmanproduction.com/blog/2008/09/03/what-is-cmyk/ Many companies are using USB drives duplication not only as a marketing tool, but a distribution vehicle for latest company news and products. USB drives are flexible in terms of storage capacity, it ranges from 256mb to as much as 16 gb. Data can be pre-loaded and locked as ... http://www.hellmanproduction.com/blog/2008/08/14/what-is-the-advantage-of-distributing-content-with-usb-drives/ Now you can be green whether you make 10 copies or 1,000 CD duplication! Introducing a new eco-friendly sleeve to package CDs and DVDs, featuring 100% post consumer waste, this sleeve is recyclable, and best of all, there is no minimum purchase. The sleeve can either be used as is or ... http://www.hellmanproduction.com/blog/2008/08/04/recycled-cardboard-cd-dvd-sleeve/ http://www.hellmanproduction.com/blog/2008/08/01/cd-dvd-duplication-process-video/ Quality control is an important step of CD duplication, CD replication, DVD duplication and DVD replication process. When we first receive a customer's master, it is checked for playability on a DVD player, computer and stereo. We look for errors in menu navigation, skipping, freezes in video, extreme audio levels. ... http://www.hellmanproduction.com/blog/2008/07/29/how-are-discs-qcd-during-duplication-and-replication/ With double layer blank DVDs (abbreviated as DL DVDR here) it allows longer videos to be placed on a single DVD. Is it possible to duplicate a DL DVDR like a regular single layer DVD? While DL DVDR has been around for a little while, there are not many choices ... http://www.hellmanproduction.com/blog/2008/07/22/can-you-duplication-dl-dvdr/