Arsen,
I have never used printable CDs, but I/we, wife and I do many DVD and CDs using a dedicated software called ShureThing.
This application coupled with purchasing CD printable labels, large center hole or small one, works perfectly.

Fred

An interesting concept; profiling the actual printable CD as if it was printing paper.
I had never even thought of something like that until now.
I thought you were having trouble getting a round image to print for you.

The only thought that comes to me is perhaps, the printable CD manufacturer or distributor offers a pack of a few sheets of the material that is affixed to the CD or that is embedded in the CD for printing.
Then you could print your target on that material and profile it.

Best,
Fred

There is a huge difference between "printable media" I am talking about, and paper stickers designed to slowly decay your CDs. Abandoned those years ago.

As to using printable labels, also see the discussion athttp://ddisoftware.com/tech/articles/october-2009-pigment-vs-dye-today/15/

Some CD/DVD labels like CD Stomper Matte labels are plain white with no printed areas outlining the punchouts.  On ones like those, you could easily print something like a 5x7 target and let it print right over the perforations and the perforations wouldn't interfere significantly.  If you have other labels that have gray print on them outlining the edge of the CD, the center punch, etc. obviously you can't print over those and there's really no way to profile that type of CD or DVD label because there isn't enough contiguous "virgin" white space available to print the target.  I guess even then, you could get clever if you were desperate enough and take a couple sheets, cut out some fitting white areas, and piece them together carefully, attaching them contiguously to a plain sheet of paper to create enough plain white label area to print a target on it.  If you don't have gaps, that might even work.

But in the end, if you are really interested in getting a profile for CD/DVD labels, I'd just find a package of labels that doesn't have template designs printed over the label areas: ones that look like a plain sheet of white paper from a distance.  Then just print the target on that and profile.  The CD Stomper Matte White CD Labels (SKU 72782 98102) that I bought at Staples have a plain white surface, but hopefully there are other options because honestly, those are horrible as they seem designed to impart maximum difficulty when actually applying them to the disks (very low quality perforations and no thought put into easy peeling).

Regards,
Mike

Thanks Mike, but as Ray said, the discs I use are printable discs, not labels.

Hey guys,
I am curious about something.

My neighbors have well over 3000 DVDs in the house with movies all labeled and all in professional looking DVD cases like you buy in the store.
I print the case covers and the DVD labels for him.
I use the Let Printer Manage the color, and driver set to ICM...... for all the case covers which are 7.50 high by 10.50 long.
I make the DVD disk labels by buying good quality labels from a company called NEATO.
If I buy good quality labels, then Let Printer manage color would work fine.
I use a program called Shure thing. This is so accurate (placement) to the millimeter and can be adjusted .01 mm at a time to get it really centered....
All that is a preamble.... BTW the R1800 will print on the printable DVD blanks.

Where do I get the images from?
Where do I get round disk labels from?
 
I get them from 2 sites for free.
Where did they get them from?
Uploaded by many people all over the world from scans of what they bought, or some are custom designed which is another hobby people have.
The scan colors and the scan quality vary from person to person and scan to scan.
In other words, if I ask for cover and disk images for a movie, "The King's Speech", I will have probably a dozen choices sent in by a dozen different people. That is only region 1!
So I ask you, how fussy are you going to be with profiling a hard printable disk, or trying to make a round target with a hole in the middle when your source material is, at best, subject to scrutiny?

I don't mean to be picky, but ..... real life is real life!!

Fred