What is Lightscribe ?

What is LightScribe?

Here's a question that many people can't answer.

LightScribe is an innovative technology that uses a special disc drive, special media, and label-making software to burn labels directly onto CDs and DVDs.

Because the labels are laser-etched—not printed—there's no ink, no smudging, and no peeling.

Your labels can be whatever you want them to be. Create one-of-a-kind designs with your own photos, text, and artwork using your label-making software.

 

How it works ?

The laser inside a CD/DVD disc drive with LightScribe technology focuses light energy onto a thin dye coating on the label side of the disc. Only LightScribe media has this special coating.

The light from the laser causes a chemical change in the dye coating that shows up on the disc. With laser precision, the drive renders the text and images that you created for the label.

There are three different layout modes for burning labels:

• Full mode. Although it takes longer, this is the mode to use for a full-disc image.

• Content mode. Perfect for creating artful borders around the center of the disc.

• Title mode. Great for a small amount of text or graphics. This is the quickest mode.

LightScribe labels burn in concentric circles, moving outward from the center of the disc. Images with the largest diameters will take longest to burn.

 

What do you need ?

LightScribe Enabled Drive

You must have a LightScribe-enabled disc drive (either built into your desktop or notebook PC or an external drive).

LightScribe System Software

Now that you have the LightScribe enabled drive you will need the LightScribe System Software (LSS), which is similar to a driver.

Labeling Application The type of LightScribe software you use will depend on what's bundled with your hardware. Media LightScribe CDs and DVDs have a special coating that interacts with the laser in your LightScribe-enabled disc drive. You must use LightScribe CDs and DVDs in order to burn a label onto your discs. A few things to remember about LightScribe media: LightScribe label designs appear grayscale (like a black-and-white photograph). LightScribe CDs come in gold, yellow, orange, green, red, and blue. LightScribe DVDs available in multi-color packs including red, green, blue, yellow, and orange backgrounds!   And to make everything easier, we made a tutorial for all the users facing problems with the LightScribe system :