Included Software (Win): Roxio Easy Media Creator 7 Roxio DVDMax Player SureThing CD & DVD LabelerĮxtras: FireWire and USB 2.0 cables, 1 blank LightScribe CD-R, 1 blank LightScribe DVD+R Strengths
Included Software (Mac): Roxio Toast Lite 6.0, LaCie LightScribe Labeler Maximum Speeds (manufacturer reported) Write: CD-R 48X CD-RW 32X DVD-R/+R 16X DVD+RW 8X DVD-RW 6X DVD+R DL 8X DVD-R DL 4X Maximum Speeds (manufacturer reported) Read: CD 48X DVD 16X Write Formats: CD-R/RW, DVDR/RW single-layer, DVDR dual-layer
LACIE LIGHTSCRIBE LABELER MAC OS
Operating System: Win 98SE/Me/2000/XP Mac OS 9/X 10.1.2 or later The same laser that burns data to CDs also etches the image and text onto the label side. These CDs and DVDs have a reactive dye coating that changes color when infrared laser light hits it.
LightScribe burners require specific LightScribe media. Happy with our graphic creation we clicked "print," a window prompted us to insert the special LightScribe media upside down in the burner's tray and away it burned. We then composited some curved text, which ran parallel with the curve of the disc, over the image.
LACIE LIGHTSCRIBE LABELER PDF
Without looking at the included PDF user's manual, we were able to design a "label" using one of our own photos from a point-and-shoot camera on our hard drive. Installation was quick and easy, and within fifteen minutes, we made our way through the SureThing CD & DVD Labeler SE software. We plugged the burner into the wall, attached the FireWire cable from an average powered PC to the d2 drive and inserted the single DVD-ROM containing both the Mac and PC burning software and "label" creation programs. The slightly larger-than-a-bread-toaster red and sliver box contained the silvery-gray burner, a 6-pin to 6-pin FireWire cable, a USB 2.0 cable, power supply, some blank LightScribe media and a DVD-ROM containing the drivers, user's manual, a Quick Install Guide as well as supporting software. The recorder burns CD-R/CD-RW, DVD-5 (single layer)RW and DVD-9 (double layer)R media. LaCie licensed the technology from HP and developed the affordable d2 DVDRW 16x Double Layer FireWire drive. Luckily, Hewlett-Packard invented LightScribe technology, a professional looking alternative to all of the above. One can get by using a permanent marker for personal use or sharing with family and friends, but if you need to look remotely professional (weddings, demo reels, etc.,) the Sharpie is not going to cut it.
Ink printing technology has really come a long way in the last couple of years, but that involves expensive ink cartridges. Yet we continue to see these 5-inch, home-burned optical discs with paper glued to the top of them. "Do not use paper labels on your DVD," we say in our magazine, at our seminars, at our Expos and just about anywhere else we can say it.
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