From 300 units or more, your master will be replicated rather than duplicated. DVD or CD replication is a quicker and more cost effective option for the larger quantities than CD or DVD duplication. On the other hand, from 1 to 300 units your DVDs or CDs will be duplicated rather than replicated. This is a quicker and more cost effective option for the smaller quantities. Those replication processes are usually simple, effective and painless when they are done by an experienced company. Your data, whether software, music or marketing presentation, is transferred to a glass master which is used to create a metal stamper, the stamper is then mounted onto the disc moulding machines. The disc replication process works in two stages, first polycarbonate plastic pellets are injection moulded into the shape of your completed disc, and then molten aluminium is sputtered to the back surface of the disc creating the reflective layer that makes the disc work when read by the player's laser. Your information is stored on the disc as pits in the polycarbonate surface. After the compact disc has been replicated properly, the CD/DVD replication company would then silk screen print/litho print directly onto the face of the disc. The printing can be done from one to six colours either using CMYK process or pantone. Either you supply your artwork or the graphics and design department of the company you have chosen will work with you to create your own design. The next step would be the packaging of your CDs or DVDs. Not all the companies providing CD replication and DVD replication would be able to come up with a packaging solution for your discs. It can be sometimes very difficult to find one that does everything at a good cost and long hours of research are often necessary to find one.
After spending so much time and effort perfecting the content and print of your CD or DVD it is important to pack your disc into an eye catching and original pack to grab your end users attention and make sure they will jump on your product. CD duplication or DVD duplication can take time, as well as CD printing or DVD printing, but CD/DVD packaging is something important that shouldn't be forgotten. You could usually find a wide range of ?off the shelf? packaging solutions for you to choose from but most of the time, any company specialized in the field like Branded Media would be happy to work with you to create and design a new and bespoke pack to suit your brand that has never been seen in the market place before! For example, Branded Media has got a Solar Range packaging solutions that has been particularly successful in the last year; try the Saturn, Venus or Sun pack to make a real impression. In those packs, the CD or DVD would be printed according to the colours of the pack it is then up to you whether you want a pack with one, two, three or four CDs or DVDs per pack. They also create a wide range of point of sale, mailer packs, and presentation boxes to help you sell your products. On top of that, you can get as well many types of print finishes such as matt lamination, foil blocking, gloss UV, embossing, die cutting to name a few that would make your CD/DVD packaging even better and more appealing for your users. You should always be careful about the price as it can go very high. In that case the best is to get a quote from a couple of companies and see which one is offering the most interesting service.
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