CD Stomper Pro Labeling System | 
 enlarge | From: STOMP INC
Category: Software
Buy New: $9.04
New (8) Used (4) from $4.74
Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 1745
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Nt, Macintosh, Linux, Unix, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows 95
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Linux
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 12 x 9 x 2.3
Model: 98101
UPC: 631625981018
EAN: 0631625981018
ASIN: B00002SA8D
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: A Brand new item factory sealed. Gift quality,
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Amazon.com Product Description
Stomp's CD Stomper Pro Labeling System is CD-labeling software offering stand-alone design and print utilities, not just templates. Print alignment and registration are built in, so you are guaranteed quality labels every time. CD Stomper Pro provides 1270 predesigned artwork samples and enables you to create curved, angled, arched, and drop-angle text. This application supports multiple file formats for importing images, including JPEG, TIFF, BMP WMF, PCX, and EPS. CD Stomper Pro also supports both CD Label and Jewel Case Insert Design. It works with both PC and Macintosh platforms.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 23 more reviews...
 Warning to users July 26, 2007
Doug (White Plains, NY United States)
As a person who spent months of aggrevation dealing with this company, I'd like to offer a warning to anyone considering using this product.
In 2003, I purchased this software as part of a "CD STOMPER" package. Moments after installing it, I was told I needed an upgrade. After spending an unecessary amount of time getting the upgrade via online download, the problems continued. Without getting into detail, the long and short of it was that the product was not functioning as described: Images were being resized without my consent, and printed images were consistently poor in quality even when the source files were 600dpi.
After multiple attempts to contact tech support via the website, an employee finally answered me in one of the online forums. Unfortunately, not only was the help ineffective, but his responses were few and far between. Eventually, anything I posted was ignored. In addition, users with similar issues were also ignored.
I then tried contacting the company via email, and the responses were even slower. I decided to try the website once more, only to find that my IP had been banned from posting. I was furious, and decided to call the company ASAP.
After getting the runaround, I was told QUOTE: "my comments were not constructive to the tech support forum," and that, technically I was "not a click n design customer." According to the person on the phone, I had purchased their software as part of a "CD STOMPER" package that was put together by Avery. When I told them that I was using an upgrade that Click N' Design had been given to me DIRECTLY BY STOMP via registered online download, the person on the phone claimed that I was "really not supposed to have that version," and that I was "given that version out of the goodness of their hearts" (no lie). They then indicated that access to the tech support area of their site was banned, and that I wasn't a customer. I told them that if I was ignored, I'd be forced to contact the local office of the Better Business Bureau, and I hung up.
Shortly thereafter, I forwarded my concerns to the Avery corporation, as well as any corporate contacts for the Stomp, Inc. company who put out Click 'n' Design. Avery in particular was shocked and dismayed at the behavior of Stomp, Inc. After months of back and forth, the company finally decided to issue me a refund for the initial package purchase I made.
In closing, I must say that anyone and everyone should avoid this product and company. Their product was faulty, their tech support was rude and innefective, and their customer relations department was insulting and uneducated.
Don't make the same mistake I did, folks.
BEWARE! Stick-on labels can destroy your disks! April 8, 2007
D. Reinstein (Fairfax, CA USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Before discovering the reality of the warning expressed in the title of this brief - but I believe important - review, I used several different brands and types of print-and-stick-on disk labeling systems. The CD Stomper Pro is among the best of the six or seven I tried. That is to say, the software it comes with is pretty easy to use and creating attractive labels for your CDs and DVDs is pretty easy - as is the basic application of them using the "stomper" itself, a plastic device that holds the sticky label in correct position so it can be placed on the disk with minimal effort.
IF you decide, after reading this review, to continue to either use or consider using this type of disk-labeling system, be aware that each manufacturer has it's own proprietary 'blanks' - that is, the sticky backed paper labels, while all round and standard disk diameter, are plotted out idiosyncratically on each companies templates. So, the ones you need to use with CD Stomper are NOT compatible with ANY other labeling system. This can be important as the prices for the blank sheets vary considerably. Also, some companies produce blank sheets (and the necessary software) that include options of printing labels for CD cases and narrow side-of-case title label blanks. Others do not. So - IF you are going to use these things, shop carefully. Not just for price, but for the accompanying software and labeling options each one provides.
That being said, the MAIN agenda in writing this review is to try to dissuade you from using these sticky labels at all! All of them (there is no one brand exception that I have been able to identify) will throw the balance of the disk off - some by quite a lot. Over time, this will make many of them unreadable on your standard CD and DVD players. Also, the glue itself causes the plastic of the disk to actually decompose. Again, this is not something you would notice right away - but over time, the quality and overall playability of the information, pictures or videos on the disk will become compromised.
Simply put, while the CD Stomper is among the best of what it is - what it is should be avoided.
Alternatives that will NOT damage your disks - either today or into the future, include 1) simply water-based markers, or - for those of you who, like myself, prefer a more professional looking identification of your disk, investing in either an ink jet or thermal printer might be worth your while. (I have a review posted of mine, The Signature Z1 by Primera - a thermal printer that I have been entirely satisfied with.) Additionally, some computers now come with drives and the necessary software to use a system patented as "LightScribe" which allows you to print directly onto the disk while it is still in your computer's drive.
In any event - eschew these stick-on labeling systems. You have worked too hard to produce your disks and don't want them ruined by sticking extra weight and chemicals on them.
 Don't believe what you read... the FREE software is GREAT January 16, 2007
Otto Kubik (Los Angeles, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have been using the free version of software for years, and find it to be great. I didn't encounter any of the install issues noted, work in a Windows XP Pro environment, and it has been flawless. Because I went directly to the web and downloaded it, perhaps the issues were resolved. Don't forget, the shelf life for paper is a LONG time... In order to receive the latest version of software requires a download, so go directly there and get it. In fact, this way you can try it before buying.
I suppose there is a newer version available than the 4.8.23 I use, but who needs it? This version is sufficiently feature rich for most users. I do NOT use their canned label formats and create my own, customized for each CD/DVD I burn. Maybe these folks have other system or user knowledge issues? I don't think it's the software. I admit composition is a challenge initially, but once you learn the software, it is really pretty flexible. After all, knowledge is power. This is true in all things.
BEWARE MAC USERS!! WON'T WORK WITH TIGER UPGRADES April 20, 2006
Carrie W. (Nashville, TN)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This software trumpets on the box that it will work with Mac, then lists in tiny font at the bottom of the package that the ONLY!!!! version of OS X that will run it is 10.1.
Version 10.1 was the original version of OS X that came out at least three years ago. There are no upgrades available.
Unfortunately for me I didn't notice this problem until I went to use the product six months after I bought it, too late for a refund. It completely will not work on my system, so I'm out the $40 or so I spent on the software and labels. DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT, is the bottom line here.
Win XP users, BEWARE February 25, 2006
gencus (USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The software on this system apparently works only rarely with the home version of Windows XP. After exchanging this product twice (for a total of 3 tries with 3 separate fresh software discs from 3 separate CD Stomper packages), I found out the hard way that there is an as yet insurmountable issue with at least one aspect of the installation phase. A quick check online revealed revealed that other XP users have the same problem with the disc hanging, then aborting while installing at least one of the font files, in my case a font file designated ' almontew '. After several exasperating tries with each of the 3 copies of the software, I gave up and returned the whole package for a refund. Avoid this one and save yourself both time and grief.
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