One of the answers says this drive doesn't support Lightscribe, the description says it does. Does this drive support Lightscribe?
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Yes it does. I have it connected to my Mac Min with Mountain Lioni with Parallels 8 to run Windows XP and it it supported by both.
1360588
I have never used the Lightscibe feature, but my recollection is that Lightscribe is part of the software that comes with the drive. Of course, you have to have Lightscribe enabled DVDs to use this feature.
1171071
Nero software is for Windows users, not us Mac folk. Also, the description on Amazon's page says the drive is LightScribe equipped. After two days of trying to make it work, Samsung replied to an enquiry of mine saying, "Unfortunately enough I need to inform you that our SE-S084D model does not come with a integrated lightscribe labeling function.". Other than that (and buying thirty bucks' worth of LightScribe CDs and DVDs) the unit is light small, cheap, and it works fine with my MBA.
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Yes, my Liteon iHAS-324 works with Windows-8 & 8.1. The iHAS-124 bare drive does also. They also made an iHAS-424 which had LightScribe and it also works with Windows-8 & 8.1.
641782
On my Win7Pro machine, Windows did not recognize this as a LightScribe device. (And it is even an HP computer.) But, from the CD that came with the device, I loaded the drivers/Nero application and all is good. (I may have upgraded to newer versions of those, but I don't think so.)
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Very hard to say what you could be doing wrong. In the past, I've had labels that didn't print. It was my fault, but I don't remember what it was.Start over...close and re-open your Lightscribe program, create a new, simple label, just to test. Be sure to select the correct DVD rom drive. Be certain you are actually using a lightscribe blank disc, not calling you stupid...I've done it.Try it again.
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As long as you mean the physical "drive" and not the software driver, the answer is yes. I have played commercial DVDs using this drive that I retrofit into a Dell small form factor computer as I wanted a LightScribe drive. It if will fit in your computer, it should play DVDs with no problem.
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It comes with a light scribe software of some kind. I'm not sure what version because I don't use it. However, I'm sure it'll will work with windows 7 and 8. I have a Mac and needed to install parallels to enable the lightscribe feature. The only thing you need a computer for, with this machine, is for creating lightscribe menus. If you're simply duplicating DVDs, it works on its own.
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1. The one I bought did come with a CD containing a piece of software to help the user to update the firmware. However, when I clicked on it, it said "No update available". I did go to the manufacturer's site but it said there was no update either.2. I have never used LightScribe so I don't know if this drive supports it.
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HP apparently abandoned support for LightScribe some time ago. I used CyberLink LabelPrint 2.5 which has a Lightscribe option and everything worked fine with the drive.
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You need an external DVD/CD player/writer. I happened to have one which does LightScribe, so I was okay. I did not check close enough in the specs to notice it did not come with the DVD/CD Writer.
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Despite what you might have read about this burner, it does NOT do lightscribe.
687051
Yes. However, there exist two models of this DVD RW. When you purchase this model, select correct model - Double Layered RW which only allows you to use LightScribe.For other questions? feel free to ask. Even though I am not a seller, I will be able to answer a lot because I am a computer science research person.
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I am not sure, however HP started the technology but does not support it any longer. LG still manufacture drives with lightscribe although the technology is not very popular.
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Windows 8 would detect this model as an external drive - however you would need lightscribe software for windows 8
914115
Works for me. Are you using light scribe disks and turning them upside down when putting into the drive? Did you download the light scribe part of the software? I don't remember if that was automatic or had to be selected. If nothing works, contact Lite-On support.
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The only machines that I would think that might have an issue would be the Apple machines, but, I suspect that they, too, would not have a problem. Being a USB device makes it, virtually, universal in application. I'm using one in conjunction to the unit installed in my HP laptop, which is also Lightscribe. You will of course need to obtain the Lightscribe software, if you don't already have it, in order to utilize the Lightscribe function. You can obtain it at various sites for downloading. The old Lightscribe.com site is no longer in use, but, the software (most of it) is still available, and updated, from various other sites. The only machines that I would think that might have an issue would be the Apple machines, but, I suspect that they, too, would not have a problem. Being a USB device makes it, virtually, universal in application. I'm using one in conjunction to the unit installed in my HP laptop, which is also Lightscribe. You will of course need to obtain the Lightscribe software, if you don't already have it, in order to utilize the Lightscribe function. You can obtain it at various sites for downloading. The old Lightscribe.com site is no longer in use, but, the software (most of it) is still available,... » Read More The only machines that I would think that might have an issue would be the Apple machines, but, I suspect that they, too, would not have a problem. Being a USB device makes it, virtually, universal in application. I'm using one in conjunction to the unit installed in my HP laptop, which is also Lightscribe. You will of course need to obtain the Lightscribe software, if you don't already have it, in order to utilize the Lightscribe function. You can obtain it at various sites for downloading. The old Lightscribe.com site is no longer in use, but, the software (most of it) is still available, and updated, from various other sites. « Show Less