Looking for software to automatically scan & print CD/DVD labels

I'm looking for a program that will let me put a CD/DVD on my scanner, and
then scan the disc label and print a copy onto a printable disc; all in one
operation.

I have a stack of old archive CDs with lousy handwriting on them and it's
easier just to scan & print than it is to create new labels. Right now I have
to go into my scanner program, preview, select, final scan, then go into the
label printing program, import image, resize, align, and print. This gets
rather tedious after a while.

Is there any program that can automate this task?

If it matters, my scanner is an HP Scanjet 4c and my printer is a Canon
iP4000 with CD tray B and I'm using generic inkjet printable CDs.

PS. Sorry for the crosspost, I'm hoping somebody in one of the three groups
will have come across something like this.

"Tom" <tom8192@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm looking for a program that will let me put a CD/DVD on my scanner, and
> then scan the disc label and print a copy onto a printable disc; all in
> one
> operation.
>
> I have a stack of old archive CDs with lousy handwriting on them and it's
> easier just to scan & print than it is to create new labels. Right now I
> have
> to go into my scanner program, preview, select, final scan, then go into
> the
> label printing program, import image, resize, align, and print. This gets
> rather tedious after a while.
>
> Is there any program that can automate this task?
>
> If it matters, my scanner is an HP Scanjet 4c and my printer is a Canon
> iP4000 with CD tray B and I'm using generic inkjet printable CDs.
>
> PS. Sorry for the crosspost, I'm hoping somebody in one of the three
> groups
> will have come across something like this.

1st, never use "generic discs", you are running the risk of throwing your
hard work away.

2nd, no there is no automated way to do this. The scanned image must be
correctly cropped and aligned on the disc in CD-LabelPrint. Once you get it
down, it's not a time-consuming task. I recommend scanning discs at 300 DPI,
then cropping and re-sampling to 150 DPI in Photoshop. This step removes
most of the moiré that occurs with scanning printed media. If the disc
image is correctly cropped, you simply use it as a "background" in
CD-LabelPrint and it's automatically aligned and sized.

"Tom" <tom8192@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm looking for a program that will let me put a CD/DVD on my scanner, and
> then scan the disc label and print a copy onto a printable disc; all in
> one
> operation.
>
> I have a stack of old archive CDs with lousy handwriting on them and it's
> easier just to scan & print than it is to create new labels. Right now I
> have
> to go into my scanner program, preview, select, final scan, then go into
> the
> label printing program, import image, resize, align, and print. This gets
> rather tedious after a while.
>
> Is there any program that can automate this task?
>
> If it matters, my scanner is an HP Scanjet 4c and my printer is a Canon
> iP4000 with CD tray B and I'm using generic inkjet printable CDs.
>
> PS. Sorry for the crosspost, I'm hoping somebody in one of the three
> groups
> will have come across something like this.

I don't get it, why scan the old disk, at all?
If they are really "old archive CDs with lousy
handwriting on them" wouldn't it be easier (and
provide a more legible result), to just type the
label info into your CD printing program.

For most such labeling, I find that there is a good
deal of repeated information and/or formatting - so
you should be able to have some "fill in the blanks"
type prepared cd printing layouts.

Luck;
Ken

surething.com

Tom wrote:

I'm looking for a program that will let me put a CD/DVD on my scanner, and then scan the disc label and print a copy onto a printable disc; all in one operation. I have a stack of old archive CDs with lousy handwriting on them and it's easier just to scan &amp; print than it is to create new labels. Right now I have to go into my scanner program, preview, select, final scan, then go into the label printing program, import image, resize, align, and print. This gets rather tedious after a while. Is there any program that can automate this task? If it matters, my scanner is an HP Scanjet 4c and my printer is a Canon iP4000 with CD tray B and I'm using generic inkjet printable CDs. PS. Sorry for the crosspost, I'm hoping somebody in one of the three groups will have come across something like this.

"Ken Maltby" <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Tom" <tom8192@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Qj46j.1347$jq2.0@pd7urf1no...
>> I'm looking for a program that will let me put a CD/DVD on my scanner,
>> and
>> then scan the disc label and print a copy onto a printable disc; all in
>> one
>> operation.
>>
>> I have a stack of old archive CDs with lousy handwriting on them and it's
>> easier just to scan & print than it is to create new labels. Right now I
>> have
>> to go into my scanner program, preview, select, final scan, then go into
>> the
>> label printing program, import image, resize, align, and print. This gets
>> rather tedious after a while.
>>
>> Is there any program that can automate this task?
>>
>> If it matters, my scanner is an HP Scanjet 4c and my printer is a Canon
>> iP4000 with CD tray B and I'm using generic inkjet printable CDs.
>>
>> PS. Sorry for the crosspost, I'm hoping somebody in one of the three
>> groups
>> will have come across something like this.
>
> I don't get it, why scan the old disk, at all?
> If they are really "old archive CDs with lousy
> handwriting on them" wouldn't it be easier (and
> provide a more legible result), to just type the
> label info into your CD printing program.
>
> For most such labeling, I find that there is a good
> deal of repeated information and/or formatting - so
> you should be able to have some "fill in the blanks"
> type prepared cd printing layouts.
>
> Luck;
> Ken
>
>

The OP is lying about his real intentions.