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Ended CD-R skipping in my car. Pre-recorded CDs skip only when I hit large bumps while driving. CD-Rs skip more often. Some skip every few seconds on relatively smooth roads. I tried burning at the lowest speeds, different drives, PC and Mac--no luck. These CD-R's play flawlessly, even on bumpy roads. I've tested burns at several speeds, PC & Mac, no skips. I haven't tried to print on these, but I'm very happy.

These don't eject as far out from my slot loading car CD player, I suspect because they are more substantial, but it hasn't caused any real problem.

These rule. I own a Dymo Discpainter and have tried pretty much every inkjet printable disc on the market. I can honestly say that these are the absolute best and produce the highest quality images. Totally smudge proof and vibrant. Great price.

Best printing surface I've come across.
Good colors, smudge resistant (using Epson Stylus Photo 1400)
Burned data first then printed disc.
No problems reading disc after printing.

Compability-wise, I didn't find any flaws with this media. It has no problems burning at 48X speed (that's the highest speed on my burner) and burned discs play fine everywhere I try them.

After I print to the disc using my Epson RX580, the prints looks marvelous. They look nice and shiny and they are hub printable which means it prints all the way to the center hole of the disc. However, after the ink dried (waiting at least 30 minutes), I tried rubbing the printed surface with my finger to check for smudge proof qualities. Without even rubbing very hard, I can easily put hairline scratches on the printed surface which makes that shiny printed spot look dull when you look at the disc at certain angles. I don't get any ink rubbing off, but I can see the rubbing scratch marks just the same as if the surface itself got scratched. After that, I didn't want to try throw water on it to test if it waterproof because the printed surface seemed kind of fragile already.

These discs work great - have printed nearly the whole box and haven't had a problem. Printing w/ 100% coverage - mostly black, but discs hold up great. They also seemed to dry relatively quickly even in this 80% Florida humidity.

Would recommend!