Questions about Light Scribe?

Question

I have questions about the lightscribe tech. Do you have one? Does it really work? Does it burn only in black and white, or does it burn in color now too? If you do have a cd/dvd drive with lightscribe, what kind drive did you get? Any other information about it, I would really thank you. I am thinking of buying a cd/dvd burner with lightscribe tech on it, but I am new to it. Please help!

Answer 1

The answers above are good - I too use Lightscribe regularly. I would like to note a couple things:
1. It only prints black on special Gold lightscribe CD's
2. Depending on the quality you choose (there's a good/better/best option - the best gives you the darkest and cleanest print) it can take time to burn the label. I burned a picture on a CD at best quality and it took over 1/2 hour!
3. If you are looking for professional, distributable CD's, you're better off getting printable White CD's and a nice inkjet with a CD adapter. But if you are looking to catalog your own collection of software for personal use, or perhaps in-house software distribution on a small scale, this is an excellent solution.

Answer 2

LightScribe is a technology developed by Helwett-Packard and involves having the ability to "burn" images directly to a disc. In order to do this you must have these necessary 3 things:

LightScribe disc burner
LightScribe discs (normal discs will not work)
LightScribe software

How does it work? After (or before) you have burned you music, videos, etc onto a LightScribe enabled cd, you turn your disc over and using the software you can burn tect, photos, or whatever visual effects you would like onto the disc. Since ink is not involved, the image is "silkscreen", meaning basically, all one color, with darker areas representing the images. Quality is surprisingly well when it comes to the images that are burned, however currently it cannot be done in color.

Right now, LightScribe is only available in gold discs, however, green, blue, and red discs will be out shortly, and rumor has it, that eventually Lightscribe will be in color.

LightScribe has become a very popular disc-labeling means, but right now only HP and Compaq (made by HP) computers come with LightScribe. However, you can purchase internal or external LightScribe drives that easily plug into your current computer that will allow you to burn or watch/listen to dvds and cds. I would recommend to you an external drive since all you need is a USB port on you computer to run it.

I've included a link below to HP's website that shows the Super-Multi HP DVD840e external drive (this drive is compatable with any kind of disc). It's a very good drive that includes everything you'll need to start labeling your own discs will Lighscribe. I've also included another link that will go into more detail about Lightscribe and how it works. Enjoy!

Answer 3

It works just the same as a normal CD-R but of course you can print on the disc surface. I have an HP lightscribe. It prints in a goldish-blackish color and only on special lightscribe discs. No you can't print in color.

If you want all the information about it, visit the official website by clicking the link below:

Answer 4

I'm sure that Lightscribe has its uses and applications. I have quite a few friends that purchased them. Recently, I did as recommended above - bought a printer (for $69) that will print on 'printable white' CDs and DVDs. My friends with LIghtScribe units are amazed - it costs me considerably less ( the disks are much less expensive than LightScribe disks ) and looks much better.

Answer 5

CD/DVD burners and media with lightscribe means that you can directly put labels on the CD/DVD media discs instead of have to print labels or writing names on them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightscribe

Answer 6

We just love our lightscribe! We created a photo montoge CD for my mother's funeral...and was able to make a bunch of copies with a picture of her scribed on it. People just loved it!