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New HP Drive Lets You Burn Your Own Label

Posted by timothy on from the hold-your-breath-for-linux-drivers dept.

way2trivial writes "Wow -- remember Yamaha's DiscT@2? now HP has a invention to use the DVD laser to etch the flip side of CDs and DVDs. I own a nice Epson to print on CD-R/DVD-Rs, it does full color -- but this looks impressive as hell, even if it is in monochrome"

17 of 257 comments (clear)

  1. piracy is fun by hellmarch · · Score: 4, Funny

    maybe it can copy the do not copy label while you're copying the data

  2. That Rocks by paganizer · · Score: 4, Funny

    I actually read the article, and THAT ROCKS.
    The porn applications alone are mind-boggling.

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    1. Re:That Rocks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      I actually read the article...

      Alright buddy, do that again and we're gonna revoke yourt membership.

    2. Re:That Rocks by FrostedWheat · · Score: 4, Funny

      You can have porn on the CD, and porn *on* the CD.

    3. Re:That Rocks by Blue+Stone · · Score: 4, Funny
      "The porn applications alone are mind-boggling."

      The hole in the middle of the CD.

      Goatse man.

      Oh the horrorr.

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  3. Other uses by CleverNickedName · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll bet it makes perfect toast too.

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  4. i love mum by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    as soon as the printing department hear about this we'll shortly have do it yourself home tatoo kits.. now that'd be cool.

  5. Hmmmmm, just up the power a bit by slycer9 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Am I the only one thinking about yanking the laser and throwing a nice high-power supply on it?

    C'mon guys, instant Lightsaber!!!

    *insert maniacal laughter*

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  6. Hmmm by Realistic_Dragon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Anyone remember the CD bomb from the days when the Anarchists Cookbook circulated?

    Take a CD, cover with gunpowder or phosphor scraped from match heads. Varnish. Insert into CD rom drive.

    Now immagine how well that would work with a laser set to a power high enough to carve images into plastic.

    Kaaaaaaboooom.

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  7. Re:Small business use.... by notestein · · Score: 4, Funny

    A word of advice... Don't label the pirated software your "family" sells.

    You will get caught.

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  8. Hmmm ... by the+bluebrain · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now if it were holograms, I'd be impressed.

    :-)

    / I mean, what we got freakin' LASERs in these things for anyway?

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  9. Cool by barfarf · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now we can get our AOL discs with even MORE style!

  10. All your image ... by elronxenu · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now the RIAA will get all concerned about pirated album covers ...

  11. Re:Cool !! by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 3, Funny

    Only downside it seems is that you cannot use normal CDs

    Perhaps glueing 2 regular CDs back to back would work?

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  12. Re:Cool !! by Nicolas+Pillot · · Score: 2, Funny

    But i like drawing caligraphic text on my CD ! Does it imply i'll be surpassed by TrueType quality text on my CDs ?! If only i was a font, i'd never run out of job. (sigh)

  13. Re:Cool !! by Threni · · Score: 2, Funny

    > labels that aren't positioned exactly in the middle will cause unbalance and lots vibration.

    I like vibrations!

  14. I can't wait... by switcha · · Score: 2, Funny

    to start burning discs with "This side down" etched into the top.

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