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Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 03:09:05 +0200 (CEST)

On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Rohit Khare wrote:

> I suppose this is a modern equivalent to line-printer artwork; I was 
> imagining using a CD-RW drive to use the outer track, say, to spell out 
> the disc title, creation time, etc. It would sure beat feeding CDs 
> through a laser printer :-)

There are commercial burners which can be labeled that way. Patterns in 
the unburnt section.