Lightscribe - Club CDFreaks

greeg · 24-11-2006

Forumsters,
have bought and tried burning images to lightscribe discs using Nero,but without success.
No image appears on the disc after burning,even the burn preview image is in black and white.Can anyone help.Regards

Cressida · 24-11-2006

Are you using Lightscribe-compatible discs (and not inkjet printables for example)? Lightscribe images are essentially black and white (printed on a golden - or more recently also colored - background).

greeg · 24-11-2006

Yeah they are golden in colour.They are also described on the label as"Lightscribe DVD+R".

Cressida · 24-11-2006

And you are flipping them around in the drive for labeling? (just making sure)

greeg · 24-11-2006

Yes.Just thought,it does it only work with black and white images as i was trying colour?

BeardedKirklander · 24-11-2006

http://www.lightscribe.com/

I'd download the SureThing 4 SE package along with the latest driver, latest Contrast Enhancement utility and see how that works.

I have not had as good of luck with Nero, but SureThing works great.

BTW, they have a really nice label gallery you can get test images from:

http://www.lightscribe.com/ideas/lab...ry.aspx?id=219

http://www.lightscribe.com/ideas/lab...ry.aspx?id=322

Strongbox is my fave, I think, for general labeling.

greeg · 24-11-2006

Will try,l'll let you know how it goes.Regards

Cressida · 24-11-2006

Well, you don't have to use B/W images, but LS doesn't print in color. The "color" is provided by the labeling surface only. Only recently colored discs, other than the well known golden, have been introduced (you'll find a review about them here on CDFreaks).

If Nero shows no errors (you do get the Lightscribe icon in Nero, right?), then there may be a problem with your drive. You can try updating to the latest LS System Software from lightscribe.com (if you don't already have).

descarlau · 27-01-2008

Cannot find strongbox with links provided. Can anyone help?
I too would like to use strongbox. Thanks.

24-11-2006	#1 (permalink)
greeg New on Forum Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 18	Lightscribe <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> Forumsters, have bought and tried burning images to lightscribe discs using Nero,but without success. No image appears on the disc after burning,even the burn preview image is in black and white.Can anyone help.Regards

24-11-2006	#2 (permalink)
Cressida CD Freak Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Almost there Posts: 4,444	Re: Lightscribe Are you using Lightscribe-compatible discs (and not inkjet printables for example)? Lightscribe images are essentially black and white (printed on a golden - or more recently also colored - background).

24-11-2006	#3 (permalink)
greeg New on Forum Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 18	Re: Lightscribe Yeah they are golden in colour.They are also described on the label as"Lightscribe DVD+R".

24-11-2006	#4 (permalink)
Cressida CD Freak Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Almost there Posts: 4,444	Re: Lightscribe And you are flipping them around in the drive for labeling? (just making sure)

24-11-2006	#5 (permalink)
greeg New on Forum Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 18	Re: Lightscribe Yes.Just thought,it does it only work with black and white images as i was trying colour?

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24-11-2006	#6 (permalink)
BeardedKirklander CD Freak Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: United States Posts: 2,949	Re: Lightscribe http://www.lightscribe.com/ I'd download the SureThing 4 SE package along with the latest driver, latest Contrast Enhancement utility and see how that works. I have not had as good of luck with Nero, but SureThing works great. BTW, they have a really nice label gallery you can get test images from: http://www.lightscribe.com/ideas/lab...ry.aspx?id=219 http://www.lightscribe.com/ideas/lab...ry.aspx?id=322 Strongbox is my fave, I think, for general labeling.

24-11-2006	#7 (permalink)
greeg New on Forum Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 18	Re: Lightscribe Will try,l'll let you know how it goes.Regards

24-11-2006	#8 (permalink)
Cressida CD Freak Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Almost there Posts: 4,444	Re: Lightscribe Well, you don't have to use B/W images, but LS doesn't print in color. The "color" is provided by the labeling surface only. Only recently colored discs, other than the well known golden, have been introduced (you'll find a review about them here on CDFreaks). If Nero shows no errors (you do get the Lightscribe icon in Nero, right?), then there may be a problem with your drive. You can try updating to the latest LS System Software from lightscribe.com (if you don't already have).

27-01-2008	#9 (permalink)
descarlau New on Forum Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2	Re: Lightscribe Cannot find strongbox with links provided. Can anyone help? I too would like to use strongbox. Thanks.

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