Printing on Specially-made DVD inserts

[RedSwirl]

Because I coudln't find regular glossy photo paper I went out and found these special glossy sheets that are cut to the exact measurements of standard DVD cases.

By going into Photoshop and setting the Printer to Borderless Photo I've been able to get the printer to print to the exact edges of the paper getting the right size, but I can't seem to get the positioning right or keep the paper straight when it's in the printer.

Has anyone else try to do this or should I just go out and get some 8.5 x 11 photo paper?

[rwiggum]

I was just thinking of this last night, and I thought of a possible technique.

1.) Open a case in Photoshop. Make sure the dimensions stay exactly the same.
2.) Paint the entire page so that it is all white.
3.) Using a line tool, draw a black border around the entire image.
4.) Print the page on normal 8x11 paper.
5.) Check the size. Make sure that the specialty paper is the exact size of the black border on the page.
6.) Attatch the specialty paper to the regular paper on top of the border with a few pieces of double-sided scotch tape.
7.) Put the page back into the printer so that the specialty paper is where it needs to be for the image to be printed onto it.
8.) Open the cover you want to print
9.) Print the cover using the exact settings you used earlier.

Let me know if this works.

[sheep2001]

and all that is easier than using regular paper how?

you can get DVD case paper with perforation around the edge, but they end up looking a little.....scruffy.

If your printer doesn't support odd sized paper with borderless printing, i wouldn't bother - it will always feed a little odd, and end up getting chewed in the printer - however pretty much all printers these days have a movable guide for the sheet feeder - just make sure this is tight up against the side of your paper.

[rwiggum]

I just tried my method and I'm pleased to report that it works like a charm. What's more, since I don't actually have specialty paper, I just used the back of another game slip cover that I wasn't using anymore, so it worked despite the folds and creases. The only unfortunate part is that I was running low on Ink, so I'll have to do it again.