On 17 February 2014 03:23, Doug <dmcgarrett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 02/16/2014 09:49 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: >> >> On Sun, 16 Feb 2014 21:35:25 -0500 >> Fred Smith wrote: >> >>> Can anyone point me to a site that may still have it? (or other >>> suitable substitute). >> >> I found light scribe labels to be almost utterly invisible >> and really pitiful looking when I tried it once a long time >> ago (using the LaCie software which was available at the time). >> >> Infinitely better looking labels can be made with inkjet >> printable media and an inkjet printer that supports >> media printing (which my Epson Artisan does, though I have >> to run the software in a virtual windows machine). > If it had become widespread It would have the advantage that you could label discs without a printer, using the same device you used to write it. (As someone else pointed out, but the reason is that mass printing techniques are used, they don't use a stack of stick-on labels either.) Since it didn't become widespread it and a printer is a more useful purchase if you already have a burner it remains a bit niche. > One thing to watch out for: the disks are burned with light--probably UV-- > and if you leave them in the sun, full of UV, the writing will fade. So > don't. > > LIghtScribe forever! --doug > > It's burnt using the same laser that's used for the CD read, infra-red. And the laser intensity is important. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LightScribe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_disc Don't leave CD-R in the sun anyway, it's no better for the data dye layer. -- imalone http://ibmalone.blogspot.co.uk -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
