A molded shaped CD operates just like our cut CDs. The primary difference between a molded and cut CD is the ability to do offset printing on cut CDs. The only way to tell the two types of shaped CDs apart is to look at the sides of the CD or to look at the back of the CD. A molded CD will have a shiny edge and a cut CD will have a slight texture. If you look at the back of the CD a molded CD will have a thin border of clear plastic whereas a cut CD will have the foil all the way to the edge. The molded CDs hold 50MB of information while the Cut CDs are able to hold as much as 60MB of information.

Notice the thin plastic border around the molded CD.	The cut CDs foil goes out to the edge.
All recordable rectangular Business Card CDs are molded with a capacity of 40MB.