"little condensation on my fingers smudged it.." "the slightest damp finger smudged mine.." I suggest that for those who have bought it, try and make a spare copy just in case. What I mant to say here is that, in this case "dye" ink is use and the inkjet coating on the paper is of inferior quality. The good one are usually "semi glossy". The worst of it is that eventually over a period of time (depending on environmental storage and handling), this dye ink would soak thru the label paper and sit on the silk layer of the disc...and eventually 'might' get thru the silkscreen layer thus damaging the disc. Same like writing with a normal marker on disc which eats into the silkscreen layer of any blank disc..unless those markers used are for Cds only. Yes, better inkjet ink should be used like "Pigment" ink which is water proof. Normal dye ink however becomes "water resistance" when used with photographic coated labels (which is hard to get for CDs label)and you can prink at photographic quality. Talk about having aproduct looks professional for such disc, it may be good that "lightscribe" be used which is common these days (after you burn your data, flip the disc onto the other side and inscribe your labeling) and with this, you do not have to worry about long storage when it comes to ink damaging your disk. Hope the above is of some help.