For those of you with more Lightscribe experience, do you find the labels to be kind of light/wimpy/low contrast? Is that the norm?
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I agree that they are way too light. Now I buy them in colors and put artwork on them. Baseball team logo for trips to a ballgame etc.For normal use I buy Tayo Yuden white inkjet printable CDs and have never had a problem writing with a felt tip pen on them. I have NEVER had one go bad on me. Expensive but worth it.Just my solution, more or less not LightScribe for music CDs.BTW, the LG SATA GH24LS70 burner excels at over-burning CDs (with the right CDs). I bought a 2nd one for stock since I wasn't seeing them around much any more.
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yes somewhat. It seems that the print is usually darker on cd's than it is on DVD's. There should be an option in the Lightscribe software to choose how dark to print. Even at the darkest setting though, it is not really dark.
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it depends. some are better quality than the others, all depends on the pictures you are lightscribing
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If you go to lightscribe web site and download software and template labeler and the labels, you will get a control panel. There you can change contrastup or down.
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If you go to lightscribe web site and download software and template labeler and the labels, you will get a control panel. There you can change contrast up or down.
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Yes, it's normal for them ro be lighter than you'd like. It helps a lot to view them under bright light. But lightscribe is still better than a felt pen or a label sticker that can come off & jam a dvd drive.
1040751
The writing is small and hards to read. I am holding out for additional software before making a final judgement.
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No, they are a dull Gold finish, the inscribing comes out darker Gold with quite a few fonts available on the Lightscribe software. I have had great success with this brand, 100 % no rejects on over 150 discs so far. Great choice. The blue is only the merchandise label, not a disc
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Dawn, the drive is great and easy to set up. The included Nero labeling software is okay, but Cyberlink Label Print is great. Regarding dvd's, I have had no problem with any brand of Lightscibe discs (cd or dvd). Drive is recommended.
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From my research before ordering, it appears that the "v1" model of this drive had Lightscribe capability, while "v2" does not. There are a lot of complaints on various sellers websites from the transition period when folks ordered based on "v1" product descriptions and received "v2" drives. I ordered and received a "v2" drive, and it does not have any reference to Lightscribe anywhere on the box or case or in the manual. So, no; it does not currently have Lightscribe.
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No. 'Lightscribe' media is a specific beast and getting harder to find.I should note that you can still burn CD's and DVD's as you would with ANY modern burner; however the 'lightscribe' feature requires you to use 'lightscibe' media.
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Yes it is, but the price is quite high. I only paid $50.00 from mine from Southfield computer. They have a brick and motor store in Mich, give them a call and see if they have any left.. The machine was built over 5 years ago but was NIB. Another consideration is that Lightscribe prints only in gray color. I get CD/DVD labels from Avery and print in multiple colors and put the label on the disk it plays quite well.
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VERY WELL! Go to google and type in "lightscribe label" then click the images option. You'll see pictures of actual labels.
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That's hard to answer since everyone's use is different. When I change it, it's usually because the red has gotten too light to read, but the black is still reasonably dark. But that seems to be true of other brands too. Maybe I just have too many negative entries.
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Lightscribe website has the drivers for download. But you will need layout software too just like you were making cd labels. They have that as well, a very limited free one. But if you are going to do much of that, a good piece of 3rd party software would serve you better. I went that route for custom design ability. They list several compatible ones on the site.
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I had to change the settings on my printer to be more vibrant. I don't think it had anything to do with how old the pkg. was. Try to darken your image before printing and "up" the color tones.
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The photos stacked to show color of lighting are wrong the others are correct! ? is also / Key and the \ is above the enter key. I hope this helps....Barry
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I have no clue. I didn't ever see a light to begin with. I use mine for the large print.
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From my research before ordering, it appears that the "v1" model of this drive had Lightscribe capability, while "v2" does not. There are a lot of complaints on various sellers websites from the transition period when folks ordered based on "v1" product descriptions and received "v2" drives.I ordered and received a "v2" drive, and it does not have any reference to Lightscribe anywhere on the box or case or in the manual. So, no; it does not currently have Lightscribe.
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I have never used Lightscribe, but I think that it requires a special coating on the disc. Taiyo Yuden has such a disc type, usually slightly more expensive.
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I print them for work, on an HP Color LaserJet. They come out pretty good, except sometimes the sheets stick together when they feed so I have to watch them carefully. I do a lot of desktop design so I can set up the labels in Adobe InDesign exactly as I want them to print on the sheet. Not all software probably gives you that option.
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what dvd drive are you using? try updating the firmware on your dvd burner. These disk use the latest 1.2 lightscribe standard. can you describe more on the zero properly printed labels
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You have to download the software from an HP sponsored site now. They bought the company. You should be able to google it. The original Lightscribe site does not work anymore.