Lightscribe Disc Labeling System - Conclusion

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Pros

• Images can be burned with silkscreen quality
• Lightscribe is supported in both CDs as well as DVDs
• Costs of Lightscribe components have dropped significantly
• Media is available at most locations that already sell blank media
• Professional quality text results
• You can record a label and later add additional content
• Free software, templates and updates are available on Lightscribe.com

Cons

• Special drives media and software are needed
• Lightscribe discs are more costly than standard blank media
• Media tends to be faded at lower quality levels
• Media sometimes fades in direct sunlight
• Does not create labels as it creates the disc
• Lightscribe puts double duty on your drive, and could significantly decrease lifetime of drive under heavy, abnormal use

Conclusion

Lightscribe does offer a new way to create labels on your discs. It strays away from sloppy handwriting, having slide CDs into printers, or glue stickers to the disc. The Lightscribe disc labeling system offers the best method of creating a label, but at the expense of discs and time needed. With the extra trouble, you may find yourself limiting your Lightscribe projects down to more professional and presentable projects like resumes digital artwork for clients, and of course archival purposes.

In the end, Lightscribe is not for everyone. I believe anyone who is distributing their own creative media, is trying to make their current media much more attractive and professional to pick up a Lightscribe disc and get creative with their labels; it’s a much better way than any sharpie and usually has a better presentation that an sticker label. It’s only competition that I can see is direct inkjet printable media, but then again, you’ve paid much more than you would for a Lightscribe system.

As I wrote in sharpie, most users should just stick with markers. They are usually sufficient and come in so many colors. It’s the fastest and simplest way to label your discs.

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