Re: Labeling backup DVD+RW's
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 08:59:39PM EST, Richard Hector wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 19:49 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On 01/11/09 19:24, Richard Hector wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 20:03 -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> > >> On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 05:29:54PM +1300, Richard Hector wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> I'd be tempted to just write on something that never needs erasing -
> > >>> either a name that makes sense in a repeating cycle (eg 'Monday',
> > >>> 'Tuesday' etc) or just an index number, and keep a separate record of
> > >>> which disk you need for which date. Otherwise you increase the risk of
> > >>> damaging the disk.
> > >> What, no barcode reader in a burner?
> > >
> > > I'm not very good at writing barcodes :-)
> > >
> > > And I have nothing that will print on a CD/DVD. And I don't like the
> > > idea of putting sticky labels on a disk that spins that fast.
Me neither .. sounds like asking for trouble.
> > See if Lightscribe works for you.
>
> [note that I'm not actually in need of a solution at this time]
>
> My (laptop) burner claims to do lightscribe - but it needs special
> (expensive?) disks, doesn't it? And produces labels that the drive still
> can't read?
I'm pretty sure mine isn't .. but I have no evidence to the contrary either.
I've heard lightscribe burning takes for ever..
> I'm not actually sure where this thread is going any more though :-)
:-)
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