Why Does LightScribe Matter?
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has created a new technology for labelling recordable optical discs, called LightScribe. Why does it matter? Why do we need a new process for labelling recordable discs. Recordable CDs and DVDs have been plagued with the problem of labelling them since their inception. Most of the currently available solutions are rife with problems. If you use a stick-on label, the label may delaminate and fly into various parts of your high-speed drive. The chemicals that make the label sticky may slowly seep into the media, causing eventual data corruption. A poorly shaped or placed label may also cause balance problems for the drive when it spins up to high speeds. Writing on discs is plausible, but not particularly attractive. Pressing too hard while writing can damage the disc, and using the wrong kind of ink can again cause chemical seepage that may lead to data corruption. Various other commercial gadgets for labelling discs are of dubious reliability. For example, if you r
