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Burn the CD on Both Sides

Posted by michael on from the crispy-on-the-outside-with-a-moist-chewy-center dept.

apocal writes "How cool wouldn't it be to be able to burn the label on your cd using the same laser you used to burn the cd in the first place? Well, I guess this technology called LightScribe will be coming soon. 'Suppose you have just created a compilation CD of a dozen or so of your favorite songs. Now you want to make a label that contains the song titles, artists' names, and some personal information and design elements to make it special. First, burn your tracks onto the data side of the disc. Then open your favorite LightScribe-enabled label-making software and go to the CD template work area. Now you do all of your creative design workcompose pictures, copy, artwork whatever. When you are satisfied with what you have done, take the disc out of your drive, flip it over to the label side and put it back in the drive. Now go back to your label-making software, and simply click print.'"

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  1. Did you really have to give an example? by stevejsmith · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This reads more like an advertisement - do you really need to spell out to us a "possible use" for this? Don't think you could have left that up to our imaginations?

  2. Re:No thanks by polyp2000 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In your own words ...

    I just can't see this technology being common when you need special media - sorry, try again.

    I just buy inkjet coated CDR/DVDRs now.

    No further comment...

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  3. disc labelling by ajs318 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    CDs are for listening to {if they contain music}, or backing up files to. They are not for looking at. DVDs arguably are for looking at, but only with the aid of a device {placeholder for robot joke}. I think I'll stick with my trusty OHP marker, if it's all the same to you guys. I don't need fancy gimmicks. In fact, most of the DVD+RWs I use with my TV recorder are totally unlabelled! I simply write the name of the film on the paper inlay, and never, ever take more than one disc at a time out of its box. For time-shifting regular programmes, I just use the same one disc over and over again ..... I haven't yet run afoul of the limited-write thing.

    Of course, if it's something special, then I'll add a self-adhesive paper label, printed separately using a template I knocked up in OpenOffice.org Draw. And given that printing the label is likely to be as expensive as burning the disc, I'm glad it's a separate process as this cuts down on muck-ups.

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  4. Re:Reminds me of.. by adeydas · · Score: 3, Insightful

    this one will never take off either. there are tons of printers and softwares that will do the same job, so i don't see why people should switch over...

  5. Re:Reminds me of.. by Badflash · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Wouldn't it be more usefull to have dual sided CD rom burning writers? Like those DVDs? It could get to 1.4gb instead of 700mb... :)

  6. Re:No thanks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think that Sharpie has come out with a technology for labeling your media.

  7. bottled water taste test... by Physics+Dude · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I drink bottled water because it tastes better.

    A few years ago, I read about some blinded taste tests of popular bottled waters and water from other sources. The results? The number one best tasting water...New York City tap water. ;)

    Also, studies by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) found that bottled waters tended to be less safe from a microbiological-purity standpoint. You can read more in a Scientific Amierican artlcle here