CD Stomper Pro Labeling System

There are difficulties, however.

First, the preferred kind of CD labels--those included with the package and made by CD Stomper--have adhesive not entirely harmonious with the Memorex brand of CD-R's. Long term, the instruction manual warns you, the adhesive may become less sticky on the Memorex CD-R's surface.

Second, the software is a memory hog. You've really gotta empty your system tray before you run it. Unless you have something over 40% of system resources free, you won't be able to preview graphical elements. Worse, you may think that the graphic element is going to print, but then it doesn't, making you waste labels. When system resources drop extremely low, merely attempting to use the "insert Graphics" command will make the software crash. Repeatedly. (By contrast Corel Draw had little difficulty functioning properly in a system resource-poor environment, despite being a much more fully-functioned editing package. Clearly, this is not the world's most robust program.)

Third, the software isn't so revolutionary that you care to try to re-run it after it crashes. While it makes the process of CD labeling more convenient, I'd rather just have a template to use in concert with more serious--and more stable--graphical software, like Illustrator or CorelDraw. Nothing this software does can't be done ten times better by full-featured graphic editors.

And fourth, should CDs labelled with this product come into contact with moisture, the label will be adversely affected. This isn't exactly the fault of the good people at Stomp--it's symptomatic of anything printed on an inkjet printer--but it's worth mentioning that people trying to make more professional labels would be advised to choose other solutions.

Now, having said all this, I would still definitely recommend the product for its intended audience. Home users will enjoy this software. Most people could probably make attractive labels within 30 minutes of installing the software. The interface *is* intuitive and convenient. The artwork included for backgrounds is in many cases actually stunning. As long as you give the software plenty of system resources to work with, and can accept the potential impermanence of your labels, you'll probably find little fault with this product.


Nice Labels & Easy to Use   July 21, 2000
J. Morgan (Millburn, NJ USA)
18 out of 20 found this review helpful

This is really a fun program to use. If you like to 'burn' your own CD's, you can make very attractive, colorful labels for the CD itself and the jewel case insert. Unlike one of the other reviewers, I found no difficulty at all running the software on my system; nor do I find it to be a memory hog. No crashes or freezes at all (I suppose this may be related to the particular system, in all fairness). You can make very colorful labels from the CD, which has many choices of art and layout, and customize them to your heart's delight. This is especially nice if you want to present a custom made CD as a gift to someone, or for business purposes. For business use, there is more conservative label artwork; and for the 'wilder' projects, there is appropriate artwork, as well, with much in between. It is very user friendly, easy and intuitive to use. I think you'll like it a lot!


THIS IS THE FULL VERSION SYSYTEM! GREAT!   January 28, 2000
A Wild Heart that will Never be Broken (Kentucky)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful

I just got mine and am VERY Happy. This is the complete package that includes the applicator, the software,and a HUGE amount of stickers(for the cds as well as jewel case inserts. This is a great price and you get it directly from Amazon, so you get it quickly and you get the great costumer service. Again this IS The COMPLETE system, This is a great product. Five Stars all around!


Very nice product   November 16, 2000
11 out of 11 found this review helpful

I think this is as good as it gets. The software is good, the label applicator is second to none and the learn time should be around an hour. What I do is hit the coversite.com to get my labels then use the picture tool to paste the pic over the template then hit print. The kit comes with plenty of cd labels to last for awhile and a handful of jewel case inserts as well. Replacement labels can be bought from the stomp site and is not as expensive one might think. You cant go wrong with this one. As always, check for software updates. There is one for this. Also have a good printer. I have the HP 900c for around $200 is great. I had the 600c which was terrible compared to my new one.


Mac Version is Mediocre...   July 8, 2002
9 out of 9 found this review helpful

I don't know how good the PC version of this program is, but I have to say the Mac version is rather awkward and poor. Yes, you *can* print decent looking labels and jewelcase liners with the software-- and the stomper device itself does work quite well. But, the software user interface is terrible. Basic actions like cut-and-paste aren't permitted, let alone drag-and drop. If you accidentally start using the wrong template, you can't convert to another one (let alone cut-and-paste the data), you have to start over from scratch. The clip art and patterns provided are OK, but unremarkable-- and I haven't seen a lot of support out there (i.e. new patterns or clip art to download).

In short, it works. But there surely must be something better out there, no?