| These also have the capacity to hold, 400 | | | | The CD's used for production are white-faced |
| hi-res pictures, 140 short/average length | | | | printable discs. These can be used for |
| songs and computer data of up to 750MB. On | | | | inkjet, screen and litho CD printing. These |
| top of this, CD duplication, CD copying and | | | | usually measure 120 x 120mm with a |
| CD printing can all be implemented using | | | | centre-hole diameter of 22mm. These have |
| compact discs to backup, duplicate and | | | | superseded the discs with a centre-hole |
| customize information stored on a CD. | | | | measuring 37mm. There is a "little brother" |
| | | | to this type of disc which is exactly the |
| Video CD (VCD) and Super Video CD (SVCD) are | | | | same but smaller. These measure 80mm across, |
| another 2 formats of CD's. VCD hold video and | | | | with a centre-hole diameter of 15mm. The |
| audio content (like a small film but the | | | | other format is silver discs. Although some |
| quality is low) and SVCD is a much a higher | | | | printers can print colour onto silver discs, |
| quality version. | | | | the most common process for printing onto |
| | | | silver discs is Thermal. |