What is the best way to label optical disks?
The simplest and cheapest way to label disks is with a soft or felt tip marker. Ballpoint pens are frowned upon because they can damage the disks. For a more professional look circular labels are available that can be printed on an inkjet printer. There are specialized printers that, when using printable disks, can print directly onto the disk. Hewlett Packard is pushing a new technology, called LightScribe, in which labels can be etched directly onto the disk in the same drive in which the disk was burned.
