Why is my lightscribe so light

Yes the LightScribe writer its self is cheap but the discs are expensive. The contrast can be increased to make the etching stand out more, but also choosing a good image as the source helps a lot, something with lots of contrast. Each to his own, but I think saying it has many problems is misleading, and may be off putting to new users. I have a lightscribe drive on my computer. Anyone have any thougts on this? Other wise the drive has had no issues works fine in all applications I use it for.

Discs made by Ritek or based around a Ritek dye including European Traxdatas have some of the best compatibility around, and are popular for DVD Video use for that reason.

If you are using the Print Lightscribe Label option in Nero, go to the file tab and select "preferences". This will show up, and here is where you can set your program defaults. Also i found that putting an image on the disc gave me low contrast, but if used it as a "background properties image" it came out better. To get to the background properties right click on the label portion and select "background properties".

I know lightscribe is coming out with new media that is supposed to provide much better contrast, and come in different disc colors, but it will not print a label in total color.

MaxBurn , Feb 12, I do not have the lightscribe option on my preferences It looks just like the image you show, except after the undo i DO NOT have the Lightscribe tab. This is very strange since when i burn my CDs with startsmart, before it even starts burning it asks me to create my image and then it burns the cd, then asks me to flip it over and do the lightscribe label.

So why would i not have that tab in preferences? Increasing contrast probably won't help too much if your original picture already has good contrast when viewed on your monitor. A second burn will help out a lot, but be prepared to wait about 1 hour for both burns.

Any that you've burned only once can be burned again if you saved your Lightscribe file. If you are starting with a color picture you should convert to grayscale, then adjust contrast. I ment the preferences in nero after you have gone here first. You should see this in your EXTRAS tab on start smart if you have an LS drive: after that, it should open up the LS printing software, and under it's preferences is the stuff shown in the prior post.

I hope thats what you mean.. Just doesnt give you the option. You must log in or sign up to reply here. Show Ignored Content.

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