Why Choose Blank Media Printing?

What sets Blank Media Printing apart from the rest?

Printing Equipment:
Blank Media Printing uses specially designed printers specifically for optical disc printing. Our printing equipment utilizes zero record service handling, this means, your discs are not touched by human hands and therefore, no surface contamination. This ensures a higher quality product. Alot of other well known companies such as Disc Makers, Bison Disc, Microforum, etc. use converted flat top printers which are designed for large format printing, read more:

Here’s why a custom-built CD printing system is far superior to a flatbed printer for optical discs:

Precision: Designed for round media, not flat objects

A CD printing machine is engineered specifically to hold and handle round optical discs.
Each disc is seated in a precision jig that aligns the center hole, ensuring that every print is perfectly centered.

Flatbed printers were built for flat sheets, not objects with holes in the middle. CDs must be taped, glued, or placed in makeshift holders, which causes:

  • Off-center artwork
  • ​Crooked logos
  • Variable print placement from disc to disc

That ruins professional appearance and brand consistency.

Print quality: Ink goes where it’s supposed to

Custom CD printers use disc-safe inks designed to bond to polycarbonate and lacquer coatings without attacking the disc.

Flatbed printers often use UV or solvent inks meant for metal, plastic sheets, or signage. On CDs these can:

  • Eat into the protective layer
  • Weaken the reflective layer
  • Cause long-term data failure
  • Changes the birefringence (Learn More Here) caused by non use of UV Cold Cure™technology.

That’s catastrophic if you’re distributing music, software, legal evidence, or archival material. The Infra Red (IR) from non Cold Cure™ UV lamps changes the mechanical properties of optical discs thus reducing the playability and life of the disc.

Speed and automation

CD printers are built for production:

  • Auto-loaders handle hundreds or thousands of discs
  • Print queues run continuously
  • Drying is optimized for disc coatings

Flatbeds require:

  • Manual placement of each disc
  • Tape or jig alignment
  • Cleaning ink overspray
  • Repositioning every time

A shop using flatbeds cannot scale efficiently or consistently.

CD printing systems are calibrated for:

  • Hub-printable discs
  • Full-face printable discs
  • Proper ink density around the center ring

Flatbeds struggle with:

  • The raised hub
  • Uneven height
  • This leads to blotching, smearing, and rejected discs.

Professional acceptance

Replication plants, distributors, government agencies, and evidence handlers expect discs printed on certified disc printing systems.

Flatbed-printed Discs are often rejected because:

  • They fail durability tests
  • They smear
  • They look amateur
  • They cannot be trusted for long-term storage

Bottom line

A custom CD printing machine is:

  • More accurate
  • More durable
  • Faster
  • Safer for the data
  • Visually superior
  • Accepted by professional markets

A flatbed printer is a workaround that sacrifices:

  • Quality
  • Consistency
  • Reliability
  • Longevity

If you’re selling discs or using them for anything important, the difference isn’t subtle—it’s night and day.

Don't trust your data on inferior printed discs that have been printed on a flatbed printer!

 

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