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peter762033 · 21-04-2006

What would happen if i used a lightscribe burner to burn a picture on a standard blank dvd, not ones which are meant for lightscribe drives?

*eltranquil* · 21-04-2006

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Originally Posted by peter762033

What would happen if i used a lightscribe burner to burn a picture on a standard blank dvd, not ones which are meant for lightscribe drives?

The burner would simply refuse to do that.

Regards,

ET

peter762033 · 21-04-2006

ok thanks

rwmlau · 21-06-2006

Would it attempt the label if I first used a printer to print the alignment bar code on the disc? (Not that there is any practical purpose if I have a printer anyway)

*DrageMester* · 21-06-2006

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Originally Posted by rwmlau

Would it attempt the label if I first used a printer to print the alignment bar code on the disc? (Not that there is any practical purpose if I have a printer anyway)

You cannot burn a LightScribe label onto media that doesn't have the special LightScribe coating - not matter what you do!

Whether you can trick the drive into thinking, that a disc is a LightScribe disc even when it's not, is beside the point - if you should somehow manage to trick the drive, which I don't think is likely, you would not get a label on that disc anyway and you might damage your drive.

If you want to burn LightScribe labels you have to get LightScribe media!

*_chef_* · 21-06-2006

Yup, Lightscribe discs have an extra coating, you may could say special top layer...

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