AMI

Yesterday I had the joy of visiting AMI. For those of you wondering what that stands for it is American Media International. They are the big boys when it comes to duplicating or replicating(thats the big term I guess) in the the media business. Other than having our art work laughed at, it was a great trip. The sales lady gave us a tour of the facility. They actually make the cd on spot. Who knew! Right? And the actual audio or video(they replicate dvd also)is stamped into the cd, then a layer of some sort of apoxy is squeezed out of top of it then drys under a uv light. Brillant!! It is totally different from burning a cd at home. Then after the audio is stamped onto the cd then it goes to add the silk screen to the top of the cd. Think of a 6 color printing except for cds. I tried to find a picture of press however I didn't see anything like the one I saw there. Anyway, the process takes less than a couple of seconds to put together. It was a great time.