Customer Reviews

Avery CD Labels for Laser Printers, White, 100 Disc Labels and 200 Spine Labels (5698)

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4 star:		(3)
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1 star:		(3)

 

 

According to Avery customer representative, these CD labels are only for black & white laser printers. For color printers you must buy #6692. Laser colors will peel/flake off from # 5698.

I have gone through about 145 of these labels from two different orders I've made on Amazon. I've used them to label DVD-R discs that I've transferred much of my older VHS tapes to.

I did not encounter any problems with printing out labels for my DVD discs, so I'm puzzled by one reviewer's comments. I did notice the majority of the time that when trying to print out Spine labels the text never quite lines up.

But, even when they did print out O.K. I never really found a use for those spine labels considering the type of clear single case that I use.

They are fine if you make your image larger than needed as they aren't perfectly aligned, so you will have white on one edge if you don't get your image overlapping on all sides.

Handy but requires some practice in order to mount the label correctly. Mounting tool they sell for this label is useless.

Avery Labels for CD/DVDs are just what I wanted and a lot cheaper from Amazon.

Apparently, Avery has boneheads working for them, according to some of the reviews. I bought these 5698 labels specifically for my Samsung color laser printer. I couldn't find any Neato labels in stores, so I got these at an office supply store.

I made 125+ DVDs of our stage production. First, I tried the downloaded template for Word. What a waste of time. I ended up creating the labels using Avery Design Pro 5 and a template from the software. A snapshot from the video imported into the design easily. I sat at my computer for many hours burning discs, and printing labels. It all went without a single hitch. I used another brand applicator to apply the labels. A couple of the other reviewers must not know what they're doing, judging from some of the simple problems they had.

Since I can't find the other labels I used before, I use these 5698s from Avery now. Amazon has a much better price than the office supply store did. Better by $10 for 100 labels. Since I needed these in a hurry, I bought them locally. Amazon gets my orders from now on.

Works great with my Samsung Laser printer. The only possible glitch is that you must print two labels at the same time as there are two labels on each sheet and a warning to not run the sheet through the printer a second time. Also, my printer was not doing a very good job of lining up the labels until I found a free, easy to use, online program. Use [...] for the template to make DVD labels. Use Sure Thing to make DVD liner notes.

I purchased these over the cheaper Ink Jet labels specifically because they were designed for laser printers. The first label I printed was a mess of peeling toner within seconds of being applied to a disc. A day later, the toner still peels off by rubbing a finger gently over anything printed. Maybe its my specific Samsung printer which has the issue, but I've never experienced this issue with standard paper.

I plan on returning these labels and may try the color laser labels.

I added an extra star simply because the label itself is well manufactured, easy to apply (even with just a jewel case).

I ordered Avery 5698 because Amazon's picture and description very clearly show this product is designed for CD -and- DVD. The product I received was indeed 5698, but the package doesn't match the Amazon photo. These (5698) are CD -only- labels. I called Avery and the CSR said that Avery no longer makes a Laser-printer-compatible label for DVDs: it was discontinued years ago, she said, but didn't have the product number in her computer system, hmm! She claimed no knowledge of the Amazon web site but said it must be wrong but she couldn't check. It's hard to believe somebody at Amazon is using Photoshop to alter the product appearances, and is misrepresenting the product description! That doesn't make sense. I think Avery screwed up. SEE ALSO Bill's review of Avery 5692, which has a similar problem of misrepresentation.