lite-scribe question.

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 28 December 2007, Kam Leo wrote:
>On Dec 28, 2007 2:14 PM, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net> wrote:
>> On Friday 28 December 2007, Beartooth wrote:
>> >On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:37:22 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> >> My LITE-ON drive does both sides of the disk.
>> >
>> >       Which lite-on? I have the DVDRW SOHW-832-S. With brasero, it
>> >didn't see any disk (these are cheapo bulk DVD-Rs) when one side was up,
>> >and told me the other was unwriteable -- with two disks. With K3B, it
>> >says it has written the .iso, and is verifying it. I haven't tried any
>> >other app yet.
>>
>> Talking about the label side here, lite-scribe disks have a generally gold
>> colored burnable surace on the top side that can have a label image
>> written on.  Its also slower to burn than the regular data side, at least
>> here.
>>
>> They are also in the 2 to 3 buck range per disk, not quite your basic $29
>> a 100 packs in spindles disks.  Darn it.
>>
>> >--
>> >Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert
>>
>> --
>> Cheers, Gene
>
>Let us know how your label turns out. I have avoided light-scribe
>media because of the higher media cost, the limited contrast range of
>the label, and that writing the label takes more time than the data. I
>use printable media instead. Advantages: The label supports color,
>added protection for the data layer due to printable surface, takes
>less than a minute to print the label, and the media costs just a bit
>more than regular discs.

Labels are ok, but like you said, monochrome and low contrast.  As for 
printable media, unforch my fav printer is an elderly epson C82, which has no 
disk tray.  Its color output when I'm doing photo's on good paper is however 
a completely sellable product.  I also have a c88 that may be just as good, 
but is 6 color and again, no cd tray, and its had paper feed problems from 
the gitgo.  So far, the R series Epsons which does do cd's, is not doing all 
that great on the color.  Everything but this C series uses a red ink matrix 
that is decidedly orange, in one or two examples I've looked at, even worse 
than whatever HP used for reds in the deskjets, that stuff was horrible 
color.  Someday that c82 will die I suppose, and I'll hold a 3 day wake for 
it when it does. Over 2 thousand in 24 lb paper, and another thousand in ink 
through it now and its still keeps acting like a new one.

-- 
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