Lightscribe

[S1ght]

Hi everyone,

Does anyone use lightscribe here and if so could you maybe comment on how effective it is? Cause I have a Hp Lightscribe DVD drive and was wondering if the lightscribe part will even be useful or not.

Thanx in advance
S1ght

 

[JStrike]

I have a Lacie Lightscribe. But it only came with the Windows software disks. Lacie refuses to mail me the disks or provide me with a download. So I am pretty anti Lightscribe at the moment

 

[Fudzy]

Aren't the disks more expensive as well?

Rather buy a Canon IP4200 inkjet printer, I recall Game had them for less than R800. They print directly onto the surface of printable discs and do a damn good job at that.

 

[JStrike]

Yep, the disks do cost more

 

[MielieSpoor]

Epson has got some verygood printers available for printing on printable discs as well

 

[S1ght]

hmmm....about R6 a cd

 

[Fudzy]

I'm sure they do Whatever you choose, compare the price of the cartridges before hand. The printer may be cheap but the replacement cartridges might cost you more

 

[S1ght]

Apart from all that, has anyone tried printing like a picture on a cd using lightscribe?

 

[Fudzy]

Yes, remember it has to convert the picture into monochrome and I found it didn't handle shading very well. (Would've thought it would process it as a half-tone, instead it just turned it off)

 

[Edwe]

I've seen LightScribe in action - very disappointing, as far as I'm concerned and the discs are ridiculously expensive. I'd recommend a disc labeling system or (if you can afford it) a high quality inkjet disc printer.

 

[Fudzy]

Here's the Lightscribe gallery, to be honest I'm quite impressed with what they've done.

http://lightscribe.com/ideas/labelgallery.aspx

 

[BobJones]

I have a Lacie Lightscribe. But it only came with the Windows software disks. Lacie refuses to mail me the disks or provide me with a download. So I am pretty anti Lightscribe at the moment

Lacie lightscribe software available here. Anything else u need?

 

[Wisemansa]

yeah imo it looks cool

 

[Voodoo]

I bought a lightscribe drive, paid premium for the cd's and was not very impressed with the results. In my opinion, it is not worth it.

Cheerz
Voodoo

 

[S1ght]

Just did my first lightscribe cd and I think that it actually works quite well except for the part that it doesn't do colour and on best quality it takes 20 mins...