Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Lightscribe Drive

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Posted by Bob Brown (Member # 1205) on 01-18-2005, 04:20 PM:

Does anyone know if these drives are available for purchase? I am thinking of upgrading my burner and would like to try one. Anyone have any opinions on these drives?

Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 01-18-2005, 04:47 PM:

It might help if we knew what you are taking about. At least it would help me, anyway.

Posted by David Stambaugh (Member # 1102) on 01-18-2005, 05:02 PM:

LightScribe is a burner drive capable of also laser-etching a custom label on the disc. Requires special LightScribe media. If the price isn't outrageous, this is actually pretty neat-o.

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 01-18-2005, 05:51 PM:

That's pretty interesting. However my Epson R300 printer does a magnificent job of printing on cds. And at only $200 I think it was, it's a great bang for the buck.

Posted by Eric Webb (Member # 2772) on 01-18-2005, 08:10 PM:

Seems like all you need is the LightScribe cds or dvds to use it

Posted by Scott Norwood (Member # 30) on 01-18-2005, 08:28 PM:

Hmm...my Sharpie has done a great job of labelling CDs and it was only $1 or so.... Even better bang for the buck! [Smile]

Posted by Sam Graham (Member # 2889) on 01-18-2005, 08:31 PM:

I just saw a commercial for HP PC's with Lightscribe drives. Apparently HP is behind this technology.

According to the FAQ on the website, you need specific Lightscribe-enabled discs and drives.

Also, according to the FAQ, it only burns in grayscale.

Looks cool, but for now, I'll stick with my Sharpie.

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 01-18-2005, 11:31 PM:

Given HP's reputation for making coasters, that doesn't sound like a very good idea. [Razz]

Posted by Adam Wilbert (Member # 1184) on 01-19-2005, 12:48 AM:

its an interesting idea to use the same laser that burns the cd to burn an image on the reverse surface. It seems that it could be a straightforward process to make them full color by adding different colored dye layers that the laser burns off sequentially... like when I scratch the emulsion off of a movie to see the colorful squiggly lines! [Eek!]