[libreoffice-marketing] Re: [us-marketing] any USA person able to make/print DVD for people?

There is a very affordable print on demand service called
Kunaki<http://www.kunaki.com/> in
NY that specializes in automated small run DVD burning.    They burn data
as well as movie files.   When you add shipping via US Mail, the total per
disc is  around $5 (US only).  $1 dollar for the disc and $ 4.30 for
shipping.

I like that Kunaki would always be available, they even offer a
publish-at-no-cost solution, which would let people order directly from
Kunaki.

Alternatively, I do have replicator and printer at home, and am willing to
fill in short term for small orders.

Chris Walsh
301-646-9065
cswalsh@gmail.com


On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster <
webmaster@krackedpress.com> wrote:

> On 12/31/2013 08:20 PM, Jean Weber wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 6:49 AM, Kracked_P_P---webmaster
> > <webmaster@krackedpress.com> wrote:
> >
> > > As the person who creates the NA-DVD .iso, I have offered to burn and
> > > media
> > > print labels for the DVD[s] if people cannot download the file[s] for LO
> > > installs.
> > >
> > > I have a printer that will print on the printable DVD media so it looks
> > > professional.
> > >
> > > Right at this time, I have had a severe health setback and cannot make
> > > these
> > > DVDs for the next few months, or more.
> > >
> > > So, is there any USA person who might be willing to take the NA-DVD .iso
> > > file,
> > > 1- download it,
> > > 2 - use the included label file[s] to print directly into the media,
> > > 3 - and ship it to USA people who would like the DVD.
> > >
> > > I charge the person Priority mail rates and a fee for the media [etc.].
> > >  So
> > > this is not a free service.
> > >
> > > There are people who wants the DVD [4.1.4 or 4.0.6] right now, but I have
> > > been in and out of the hospital and have difficulty going to the doctor
> > > office, let alone the post office.  So I could use a volunteer to do this
> > > type of work.
> > >
> > > The NA-DVD project was designed to make the DVD available, in both a .iso
> > > download file and a physical media that users could get access to.  The
> > > .iso
> > > file part is on the LO server system, but the providing of the physical
> > > media is the issue at this time.
> > >
> > > To be honest, if there was someone in Canada and the other English
> > > speaking
> > > regions that could do this for their regions/countries, it would be
> > > welcome.
> > >
> > > So, with my health issues, I can no longer provide the burned/printed
> > > media,
> > > for the at least a month or two, or longer.
> > >
> > > So is there anyone in the USA who would be willing to make and ship the
> > > physical LO NA-DVD project DVD[s]?
> > >
> > > Tim Lungstrom
> >
> > Tim, sorry to hear about your health problems. Hope you improve as
> > quickly as possible.
> >
> > All, this may be a good incentive for us to investigate commercial
> > services that will burn, label, and ship single or multiple DVDs. For
> > example, http://www.publishmymedia.com/index.html (Note: I know
> > nothing about that particular service and have never used them; it's
> > just an example of what's available.) No doubt some, or most, charge
> > too much in upfront (setup) costs to be viable, but worth
> > investigating I think. If I have time over the next few weeks, I'll
> > investigate it myself.
> >
> > --Jean
> I think some of these print on demand services we looked into and the
> costs were not good for the single disc ordering.  But that was last year,
>
> Also, every few months we have a new version of LO to deal with for a DVD.
>  Right now, the 4.1.x line is ready[?] to take over the distribution of LO
> from the "stable" 4.0.6 version of the DVD.  At least that is what it looks
> like on the "lists".  So if we make a print-on-demand service DVD available
> for 4.1.4, it will be replaced by 4.1.5 or 4.1.6?
>
> As for just burning the DVD and handing them out. . . .  Well, that is a
> good thing to do for friends, but for businesses you need something more
> professional looking.  The DVD contains the label artwork so after you
> download the DVD .iso file, you can burn the DVD onto printable media and
> then use your media printing "printer" to print the "professional looking"
> label.  You can get a Canon printer that prints onto CDs and DVDs for under
> $100 USD.  I have two of them, but only use one.  [ The other one does not
> make it easy to print on media and was bought as a "spare" printer when I
> need it.]  Also Epson has printers that will print on DVDs.  I have one
> that does not print well anymore, but I keep it around for its standalone
> FAX option.
>
> I bought my Epson Artisan 810 as my first DVD printer and when it kept
> giving me an error message about the "ink pads are near end of life", well
> I looked into buying a new non-Epson printer.  I bought a Canon MG6220.  It
> is easier to use than the Epson was for printing onto a DVD.  Then I has
> the idea about getting ahead of the "game" and buying a "spare" printer.
>  That was a Canon 5420.  It is no as easy to print onto DVDs as the other
> one, but it will do if I have no other option.  That printer is now on my
> media "shelf" in my bedroom.  That way I can use my laptop in bed and not
> need to go into the other room to get any printouts.  Some days that "walk"
> is "difficult" to do.
>
> The real issue for the DVDs is the fact that some people have slow
> Internet speeds and even downloading the Windows install files may take a
> very long time for them.  Some people may need a professional looking DVD
> to present to their boss[es] instead of downloading the files from an
> online source.  So having a source withing your area of the world, where
> the postage/shipping would not be too much, it a key.  In the USA, I could
> ship a DVD, by mail, from New York State to Texas for a small fee.  But to
> ship it across the border to Canada [one forth the distance] would make the
> shipping cost be about $20 USD, for the Priority mailing I have boxes for.
>  If I went to "normal mail" the DVD "box" could take 6 weeks or more just
> to go a few hundred miles to Canada, instead of a few days for 1500
> miles[?] to Texas and for much less shipping costs.  Sending the box UPS or
> FedEx would cost more since I would have to buy the DVD boxes, which the
> post office supplies for free with Priority Mailing [if you order the boxes
> online].
>
> Yesterday, after some issues with the connection between here and Germany,
> I uploaded the 4.1.4 .iso file to the "proper" server folder/directory and
> now it it up to the mirror cycle [and other things] to get the file
> available on the 4.1.4 DVD download page. It usually take a few days, but
> it looks like it hit the system just right and it is online now.
>
> http://www.libreoffice.org/download/?type=box&version=4.1.4
>
> I have been handing out my 4.0.6 DVDs, but [when I am well enough] I could
> now hand out 4.1.4 DVDs.  I have not tested it out on my Ubuntu desktop,
> yet, but the small tests on Windows 7 seems to be fine.  I have a problem
> with Fonts, that is some versions of LO have trouble with someone having
> over 400 font files installed and dealing with that number in the different
> methods to edit the font used.  Actually, with all of the different
> internal font "styles", one package I have tells me that my 400+ font files
> actually represent about 900 font names and style combinations.  That is
> what some version of LO has problems dealing with.  I am slowing paring
> down that list.  4.0.6 works fine, but the last real test for the 4.1.x
> line has issues.
>
>
>
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