Need app to label DVD's

On Sun, 06 May 2012 08:46:23 -0700, Mike Easter
wrote:

Mike Easter wrote:

T i m wrote:

Mike Easter

Jeffrey Needle wrote:

At dinner yesterday someone mentioned an app for Windows that
she uses that actually puts any text directly on to a DVD
platter, rather than having to label the case.

I have various Windows apps that (make to) print -1- labels for the
optical disk case -2- labels which stick directly to the optical
(using CD Stomper to position) -3- do LightScribe.

My personal preference for my usage is a Sharpie pen.

The clues for me were the mention of 'rather than having to label
the case' and that the 'she' was a 'Windows user' so (probably)
wouldn't be using something as specific and unrewarding as Light
scribe.

It is less clear to me what you are talking about than what /he/ is
talking about. Are you referring to anything in my 1, 2, 3 above?

We will see. ;-)

I see from another post that you apparently are thinking about, for some
reason, a windows app that prints CD Stomper type labels.

No, I was referring to this bit of information seen in the link I
provided (at no point did I mention or suggest the use of 'labels').

"CD-LabelPrint is a software for creating labels, *which specializes
in printing directly to the CD media*."

This was included with the info:

"If it is the latter I can't help re Linux but my Canon ip4000 allows
you to print directly onto a CD via a carrier ... "

Linux also has a number of apps which can print those labels.

But does it have that many apps that let you print directly to
printable media on all makes and models of printers that support such?

Cheers, T i m

On 05/06/2012 06:31 AM, Mike Easter wrote:

Jeffrey Needle wrote:

Hi. At dinner yesterday someone mentioned an app for Windows that she
uses that actually puts any text directly on to a DVD platter, rather
than having to label the case.

Does anyone know if there is such an app for Linux, and whether it will
run on older hardware (Dell Dimension 3000)?

Are you referring to (such as) LightScribe?

The tech requires a LS equipped burner and LS-tech disks and LS software.

There is Win, Mac, and Linux LS software at the LS site if you have the
other ingredients.

http://www.lightscribe.com/

The competition is LabelFlash and DiscT.

I have a LightScribe DVD drive on my HP. Used to use LightScribe a lot
when I first got the machine. I dual boot with Mint on that machine and
could probably get the LightScribe software to use in Mint, but it takes
too damn long to burn a label on a disc. I bought a pack of Sharpies and
called it a day. Sharpies work with all operating systems as far as I
know :-)

*Hemidactylus*

On 05/06/2012 10:42 AM, Mike Easter wrote:

T i m wrote:

Mike Easter

Jeffrey Needle wrote:

Hi. At dinner yesterday someone mentioned an app for Windows that
she uses that actually puts any text directly on to a DVD
platter, rather than having to label the case.

I have various Windows apps that (make to) print -1- labels for the
optical disk case -2- labels which stick directly to the optical (using
CD Stomper to position) -3- do LightScribe.

My personal preference for my usage is a Sharpie pen.

+1

LightScribe is nice and fancy, but it takes seconds to write with a pen.
And there were times (in Windows) when the LightScribe software failed
to recognize the disc, due to dust or a finger smudge or maybe a bad mood.


*Hemidactylus*

On 05/06/2012 01:12 PM, Larry Blanchard wrote:

On Sun, 06 May 2012 07:42:53 -0700, Mike Easter wrote:

My personal preference for my usage is a Sharpie pen.

Works for me as well :-).

Unless you're in a garage band and want to make fancy looking demo CDs
to impress the chicks or talent scouts from the music industry, I see
nothing wrong with a Sharpie.

*Hemidactylus*

T i m wrote:

Mike Easter

I don't know what you mean 'as specific and unrewarding as Light
scribe'

'Specific' as in 'specifically LightScribe and 'unrewarding' as the
results you get fore the effort when using LightScribe over (of you
like that sort of thing) directly printable media or even sticky
labels.

Presumably you mean because the LS result is sortofa dim gray without
much contrast (I read). I've never used my lightscribe function because
I've never bought any LS disks because I buy my disks on sale for a
fraction of the cost I find LS disks on sale. Consequently, I've never
actually /seen/ a LS result.

I've heard that because of the way the tech is able to identify where it
is on the disk, one is able to run the same LS burn over and over again
and get a better sharper contrast.

Sharpies all the way for me. I suppose that if I were going to give a
disk to someone for some purpose, I would do it a little 'prettier'.



Mike Easter