[ale] More Lightscribe for Linux

[arxaaron at gmail.com (aaron)]

On 2011/07/11, at 07:33 , Jim Kinney wrote:

> I've heard all of this before but have never heard evidence
>
> supporting a failure. Lables are a pain to install especially
>
> if there are many to do.
>
I had an employer who made me use stick on labels on
our disks for a while.  Despite best care in application,
the stick on labeled discs failed at a significant rate.
Not just balance, but overall weight of the disk can be
a factor with some players.

peace
aaron




> On Jul 10, 2011 11:07 PM, "Scott Castaline" <skotchman at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
> > On 07/10/2011 08:42 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> >>
> >> Pretty sure epson makes an ink jet that can print on optical media.
> >> Epson (and HP) are pretty well supported on Linux. The media is  
> not as
> >> costly as lightscribe media and multicolored labels look good.
> >> I still use stick on labels as I'm too cheap to by another printer.
> >>
> > I remember reading someplace way back that stick on labels can  
> throw the
> > disk off-balance possibly causing damage to the optics or disk  
> itself. I
> > was never able to confirm that but I had stopped using stick on  
> labels.
> > Anyone have any opinions on this? If this does turn out to be a  
> wife's
> > tale I may return to doing the same thing as Jim K.
> > _______________________________________________
> > Ale mailing list
> > Ale at ale.org
> > http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> > See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
> > http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale at ale.org
> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo