>This quote from the article is definitely news to me!! >If you can damage a CD by writing on the label side, why do the print >rule lines on many brands >to write on? >Is this so sort of planned obsolescence? Should a CD maker know...not to >not to encourage writing on the CD? > >Karl You must only write with soft water or alcohol based markers, like Sharpies. But be sure you have not marked other item that would have grit on them. the marker tip might pick some up. Then you are taking your chances. The possibility exists that the marker pigment might contain something that could corrode the Cd finis as well. Something to thing about when choosing markers... britt -- _______________________________________ Britt Griswold/WMAP Project Infonetic/Maslow Media Group NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Code 685 Bldg. 21 Rm 063 Greenbelt, MD 20771-0001 (301) 286-3381 (301) 286-1617 FAX (301) 286-7230 FAX [log in to unmask] http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov