Lightscribe Discs

LightScribe technology is to produce an optical discdata in the dark and stored protected from scratches.
recording using a specially coated recordable CDs andWill be saved in this way, the label should last the life
a DVD of laser-etched labels with text or graphicsof the disk in a real application.
discs in comparison with labels and printable.LightScribe labels in concentric circles toward the
The method uses the LightScribe laser in the samecenter of the glass. to burn images of larger diameter,
way if the raw data is on the hard drive, a grayscalethe longest.
image of the label is written, placed the tip of the disc.LightScribe discs is monochromatic, in a gray one
First, the discs only in a sepia color, but today areengraved with the gold surface. Since late 2006,
available in several colors.LightScribe discs, available in various colors of surfaces
The purpose of LightScribe is to enable users to jumpin the specification v1.2. Engraving is always in shades
labels on disc (instead of stickers), with their optical discof gray.
writer. Special discs and a compatible disc writerCurrently, he is not a LightScribe label can be replaced
needed. Before or after the recording of data, theby a new design, but it is possible to add more content
playback of the disc, the user rotates the disk and addto a label, which is already burned.
the label down. The laser and then to produce on theThe center of each disc LightScribe has a special
label in a way to record an image.code that the device can know the exact position of
LightScribe discs was developed by Hewlett-Packardrotation of the disc. This in combination with the
engineer Daryl Anderson and chemical coatingshardware of the device lets you know the exact
developed by Dr. Makarand Gore and marketed by aposition can from the center out, and the disc also
joint effort of the image design of HP and opticallabeled while spinning at high speed be with these
storage divisions in 2004. Anderson is no longerarticles. It also serves a secondary purpose: The same
actively participate in Lightscribe.disc can be labeled with the same label again several
It was the first CD directly labeling that users cantimes. Each subsequent identification of the blacks
record images from a laser disc label. DiscT @ 2darker and align generally better images and burn each
technology has since about 2002, but DiscT @ 2other perfectly.
allows users to store the unused portion of the dataIt is interesting that the multiple registration of the
on the disc. In 2005 he was the main competitorresulting image dark enough to show over the edge of
Labelflash LightScribe.the disc when it is illuminated. This can be used to
The surface of a LightScribe disc is coated with adisplay images in a useful light green or white.
reactive dye that changes color when it absorbsAnother interesting change is added to the label on the
780nm infrared laser light. The label engraved show nodisc space were burned in a light-sensitive PCB and
noticeable fading on exposure to indoor lighting for atset the page (CDR) with ultraviolet light, producing a
least two years. Optical media should always in aboard for the cost of a blank LightScribe and
protective sleeve or case that keeps the contents ofPCB-containing equipment.