An intermediate for an optical recording medium, according to the present
invention, is an intermediate produced beforehand for manufacturing an
optical recording medium that has a central mounting hole formed in a
central portion thereof and one or more kinds of functional layers formed
on a surface thereof, for enabling at least one of information recording
and information reproduction. The intermediate has a provisional central
hole, which is smaller in diameter than the central mounting hole, formed
in a central portion thereof. This makes it possible to drop resin in the
vicinity of the center of the intermediate without using a disk-shaped
member, in performing spin coating on the intermediate, whereby it is
possible to make the layer of applied resin substantially uniform in
thickness.