Question on using lightscribe to print DVD label

I am a new user of the lightscribe method of labeling disks. My Epson
R320 printer is crapping out, so I thought I would try a different
method that did not require a printer. So I bought a LG lightscribe
SATA 22X DVD Burner (OEM).

What I find is that I can't print color labels with a color graphic.
The results I am getting are not true B/W, but sort of a sepia. I
have tried NERO 7 and Acoustica (DEMOS).

So. I am thinking, did I mis-understand something? Will lightscribe
printing even produce colors? Or am I missing a setting or two in the
programs? Are the DEMO copies of the programs short this function? Is
the problem the drive and/or its driver?

After four tries, I figure I should ask, before I go any further.

Thanks

Duke

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:28:05 -0400, jw@eldorado.com wrote:

>I am a new user of the lightscribe method of labeling disks. My Epson
>R320 printer is crapping out, so I thought I would try a different
>method that did not require a printer. So I bought a LG lightscribe
>SATA 22X DVD Burner (OEM).
>
>What I find is that I can't print color labels with a color graphic.
>The results I am getting are not true B/W, but sort of a sepia. I
>have tried NERO 7 and Acoustica (DEMOS).
>
>So. I am thinking, did I mis-understand something? Will lightscribe
>printing even produce colors? Or am I missing a setting or two in the
>programs? Are the DEMO copies of the programs short this function? Is
>the problem the drive and/or its driver?
>
>After four tries, I figure I should ask, before I go any further.
>
>Thanks
>
>Duke

It's not the program, Lightscribe can't do color. You start
out with the base color of the top of the disc and make a
greyscale image onto it.

jw@eldorado.com wrote:
> I am a new user of the lightscribe method of labeling disks. My Epson
> R320 printer is crapping out, so I thought I would try a different
> method that did not require a printer. So I bought a LG lightscribe
> SATA 22X DVD Burner (OEM).
>
> What I find is that I can't print color labels with a color graphic.
> The results I am getting are not true B/W, but sort of a sepia. I
> have tried NERO 7 and Acoustica (DEMOS).
>
> So. I am thinking, did I mis-understand something? Will lightscribe
> printing even produce colors? Or am I missing a setting or two in the
> programs? Are the DEMO copies of the programs short this function? Is
> the problem the drive and/or its driver?
>
> After four tries, I figure I should ask, before I go any further.
>
> Thanks
>
> Duke

For the foreseeable future this is probably as close to "color" lightscribe
printing as you will get:

http://club.cdfreaks.com/f123/cdfrea...scribe-197155/

Personally, I don't care about color printing, monochrome does all I need,
so I use a Casio disk printer and silver CDs and DVDs. The one time I did
try lightscribe it took so long that I was sure that the computer,
software, or drive had crashed somehow.

--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
http://johnmcgaw.com

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:56:17 -0400, kony <spam@spam.com> wrote:


>It's not the program, Lightscribe can't do color. You start
>out with the base color of the top of the disc and make a
>greyscale image onto it.


What mis-lead me was that the programs have a menu selection for
COLOR. and the display is in color of course.

Thanks

Duke

kony wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:28:05 -0400, jw@eldorado.com wrote:
>
>> I am a new user of the lightscribe method of labeling disks. My Epson
>> R320 printer is crapping out, so I thought I would try a different
>> method that did not require a printer. So I bought a LG lightscribe
>> SATA 22X DVD Burner (OEM).
>>
>> What I find is that I can't print color labels with a color graphic.
>> The results I am getting are not true B/W, but sort of a sepia. I
>> have tried NERO 7 and Acoustica (DEMOS).
>>
>> So. I am thinking, did I mis-understand something? Will lightscribe
>> printing even produce colors? Or am I missing a setting or two in the
>> programs? Are the DEMO copies of the programs short this function? Is
>> the problem the drive and/or its driver?
>>
>> After four tries, I figure I should ask, before I go any further.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Duke
>
> It's not the program, Lightscribe can't do color. You start
> out with the base color of the top of the disc and make a
> greyscale image onto it.

They have pictures here, of what you can do. They take a pack of
media, with all different base colors, and burn test labels.

http://www.cdfreaks.com/review/156-P...Color--Blue-2/

Now that I've seen it, its a good thing I'm too cheap to buy
that kind of media :-) My drive has LightScribe, but I've
never tried it. Just the thought of waiting extra minutes
for a cheesy label, never appealed to me.

Paul

<jw@eldorado.com> wrote in message
news:cs7085h8u1vapp65j5bubjdpb996ljko2d@4ax.com...
>I am a new user of the lightscribe method of labeling disks. My Epson
> R320 printer is crapping out, so I thought I would try a different
> method that did not require a printer. So I bought a LG lightscribe
> SATA 22X DVD Burner (OEM).
>
> What I find is that I can't print color labels with a color graphic.
> The results I am getting are not true B/W, but sort of a sepia. I
> have tried NERO 7 and Acoustica (DEMOS).
>
> So. I am thinking, did I mis-understand something? Will lightscribe
> printing even produce colors? Or am I missing a setting or two in the
> programs? Are the DEMO copies of the programs short this function? Is
> the problem the drive and/or its driver?
>
> After four tries, I figure I should ask, before I go any further.
>
> Thanks
>
> Duke

You might find this interesting:

http://global.dymo.com/enUS/DiscPainter/default.html

Luck;
Ken

Paul wrote:
> kony wrote:
>> On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:28:05 -0400, jw@eldorado.com wrote:
>>
>>> I am a new user of the lightscribe method of labeling disks. My Epson
>>> R320 printer is crapping out, so I thought I would try a different
>>> method that did not require a printer. So I bought a LG lightscribe
>>> SATA 22X DVD Burner (OEM).
>>>
>>> What I find is that I can't print color labels with a color graphic.
>>> The results I am getting are not true B/W, but sort of a sepia. I
>>> have tried NERO 7 and Acoustica (DEMOS).
>>>
>>> So. I am thinking, did I mis-understand something? Will lightscribe
>>> printing even produce colors? Or am I missing a setting or two in the
>>> programs? Are the DEMO copies of the programs short this function? Is
>>> the problem the drive and/or its driver?
>>>
>>> After four tries, I figure I should ask, before I go any further.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Duke
>>
>> It's not the program, Lightscribe can't do color. You start
>> out with the base color of the top of the disc and make a
>> greyscale image onto it.
>
> They have pictures here, of what you can do. They take a pack of
> media, with all different base colors, and burn test labels.
>
> http://www.cdfreaks.com/review/156-P...Color--Blue-2/
>
>
> Now that I've seen it, its a good thing I'm too cheap to buy
> that kind of media :-) My drive has LightScribe, but I've
> never tried it. Just the thought of waiting extra minutes
> for a cheesy label, never appealed to me.

Lightscribe has it's problems, to be sure, but I've been able to get
some good results. Black on white line art with clearly delineated
regions of color looks best. Unfortunately, or maybe I should just say
incidentally, the future does not look bright for Lightscribe.

In addition to the other cited problems/limitations of Lightscribe, I've
noticed that media detection is a little flakey for CD-Rs. On four
seperate drives, from three manufacturers, I've noticed that CD-R
detection (the Lightscribe side) is hit or miss. This happens on
several different batches of media. Perhaps I've just been unlucky, but
that appears to be some sort of systematic problem.

Asus looks like they're not producing new Lightscribe-enabled models,
and I would not be shocked to see other manufacturers follow suit.

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:52:18 -0500, "Ken Maltby"
<kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote:


>
> You might find this interesting:
>
>http://global.dymo.com/enUS/DiscPainter/default.html
>
>Luck;
> Ken
>

It's beginning to look like I need to go the route of buying a new
disk-labeling printer. I guess the burning part of the LG Lightscribe
drive will make the drive not a total waste.

Duke

On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:52:18 -0500, "Ken Maltby"
<kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote:


> You might find this interesting:
>
>http://global.dymo.com/enUS/DiscPainter/default.html
>
>Luck;
> Ken
>

Pretty expensive-at least to this penny-pincher
Thanks

Duke

<jw@eldorado.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:52:18 -0500, "Ken Maltby"
> <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>
>> You might find this interesting:
>>
>>http://global.dymo.com/enUS/DiscPainter/default.html
>>
>>Luck;
>> Ken
>>
>
> Pretty expensive-at least to this penny-pincher
> Thanks
>
> Duke

$280 is a little steep for me as well, but my R200 is
still running, and I don't burn that many DVDs I need
to put a real label on, anymore. You might get lucky
with the street price or find a refurbished unit on sale.

Luck;
Ken