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lightscribe CD DVD fingerprints show up all over the disk

I cant believe how many fingerprints are on my cd- I only made it yesterday, and was looking at it today and I saw all the fingerprints that show up. There has to be a solution to this, I researched it and found out that this happens to lots of people. It also is not media dependent (people say a particular brand works fine, doesn't show any fingerprints, but they go buy another batch of the same brand media, and that batch shows all the fingerprints).

Does anyone know of a solution for this?

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hathehariken

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hydrive

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Thanks, looks like it may be due to a defect in the cd manufacturing however- it appears that when I wash the cd's, cd's with only a few minor prints visable come out great- even after getting the entire cd wet. But the cd's with darker finger prints leave water stains throughout the entire entire cd, even if the area had no prints on it, for these it looks like the liquid removed a layer of material or something. I am guessing maybe its a coating that is missing on the cd, and without the top coating, the cd is effected with even the slightest bit of oil and the reaction causes a print. I can wash my hands, touch the cd, and within 24 hours see a good print on some of these.

Good advice though, it works for some of them.

hydrive

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Thanks