您是否想知道是否可以在光盘背面刻录标签？由于(Due)LightScribe 和 LabelFlash(LightScribe and LabelFlash)等技术，这不仅是可能的，而且非常容易。在本教程中，我将展示如何使用支持LightScribe的光盘刻录驱动器在DVD背面刻录自定义标签。(custom label)所涉及的步骤对于 CD 也是相同的。
LightScribe 与 LabelFlash
在光盘背面刻录自定义标签有两种重要技术：
- 首先是惠普在 2004 年发明的LightScribe。这项技术主要用于惠普和华硕的笔记本电脑(HP and ASUS laptops)。有一些制造商在他们的桌面系统上使用它，也有一些CD/DVD生产商将其用于内部和外部刻录机。可以在此处(here)找到使用该技术的公司的完整列表。2011 年，HP 决定停止在其桌面系统中提供LightScribe兼容驱动器。如今(Nowadays)，此类驱动器主要存在于他们的笔记本电脑中。
- LabelFlash是一种非常相似的技术，由NEC在 2005 年发明。它主要用于东芝和 Gateway(Toshiba and Gateway)的笔记本电脑中。不过，使用这项技术的公司数量较少。完整列表可在此处(here)找到。
由于LightScribe是两者中使用更广泛的一种，本教程的其余部分将重点介绍如何使用该技术来刻录标签。为使用LabelFlash(LabelFlash)创建了一个单独的教程。您可以在此处找到它：如何使用LabelFlash在DVD(DVDs)背面(Back)刻录标签(Burn Labels)。
使用 LightScribe 的先决条件
首先，您需要一台带有支持LightScribe的(LightScribe)CD 或 DVD 刻录(CD or DVD writer)机的计算机。如果您不知道它是否支持LightScribe，请查看您的计算机制造商网站上提到的技术规格。
如果这没有帮助，请安装LightScribe 系统软件(LightScribe System Software)。完成后，您将在开始菜单(Start Menu)中找到LightScribe 控制面板(LightScribe Control Panel)实用程序。打开它并转到“系统信息(System Information)”选项卡。
如果它显示正在识别LightScribe 驱动器(LightScribe drive)，那么您很幸运。如果不支持，则您无法刻录光盘标签(disc label)，因为您的光盘刻录驱动器不支持此技术。这就是我发现我的桌面DVD 刻录(DVD writer)机也支持LightScribe的原因。想象一下(Imagine)我得到的惊喜！
LightScribe 系统软件(LightScribe System Software)仅用作驱动程序，并允许使用支持LightScribe的刻录软件刻录自定义光盘标签。
接下来，您需要知道如何刻录此类标签的软件。不幸的是，大多数免费光盘刻录(disc burning)应用程序没有使用LightScribe的功能。因此(Therefore)，您最好的选择是使用名为LightScribe Simple Labeler的独立免费应用程序。您只能使用它来刻录标签。
此外，大多数商业光盘刻录套件将提供对此技术的支持，并提供大量(technology and lots)用于创建自定义标签的模板。
最后但同样重要的是，您需要购买支持LightScribe的高(LightScribe)灵敏度光盘(sensitivity discs)。在普通光盘上，您无法打印自定义标签。一些不错的带有LightScribe的(LightScribe)DVD(DVDs)如下：Verbatim LightScribe 16x DVD+R Media - 4.7GB - 120mm Standard - 10 Pack Spindle。
如果您查看这些光盘的背面，您会注意到它们上面没有任何印刷内容。它们只有一种颜色，表面看起来与普通光盘略有不同。
如何在光盘(Disc)背面(Back)刻录自定义标签(Custom Label)
现在您已经安装了LightScribe 光盘(LightScribe disc)和所有必需的软件，让我们看看如何使用LightScribe Simple Labeler在光盘背面刻录基本标签。
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转到Start Menu -> All Programs -> LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling -> LightScribe Simple Labeler。启动应用程序后，单击Next。
LightScribe Simple Labeler(LightScribe Simple Labeler)允许您编写两个文本条目并选择一个边框来分隔它们。在顶部文本(Top Text)字段中，输入要显示在光盘顶部的文本。然后，填写底部文本(Bottom Text)字段，并在底部写上您想要的内容。
选择您希望在两个文本字段之间设置的边框，然后按Next。您将在光盘背面看到标签外观的预览。如果您对预览不满意，请按返回(Back)并进行必要的调整。
在按下刻录标签(Burn Label)按钮之前，将光盘倒置(upside-down)插入刻录单元(burning unit)。确保(Make)不要将其插入到与将数据刻录到其上时相同的位置。
一旦标签刻录过程(label burning process)开始，您会看到一个进度窗口(progress window)。该过程不应超过两分钟。
完成后，按退出(Quit)并将光盘从光盘刻录驱动器中取出。您创建的标签印在其背面。
创建更好看的标签的提示(Better Looking Labels)
为了使用光盘标签获得更好的对比度和更暗的图像(contrast and darker images)，有些人建议将相同的标签多次刻录到光盘上。我担心这行不通，因为在每次刻录期间，刻录过程可能会从不同的位置开始。然而，事实并非如此。如果您使用完全相同的标签，使用相同的刻录应用程序(burning application)，标签将打印在相同的坐标处。因此，提示确实可以提高光盘标签的质量。
如果您想要更多创意标签，还有另一个免费应用程序可用。它被命名为LightScribe Template Labeler。
您可以使用此应用程序创建更特殊的光盘标签(disc label)，然后使用LightScribe Simple Labeler进行刻录。
在哪里可以找到 Lightscribe DVD
一些读者抱怨现在很难找到LightScribe 光盘。(LightScribe discs)幸运的是，你会在亚马逊(Amazon)上找到很多。如果您来自美国，请试试这个包装：HP Lightscribe DVD-R - 50 Pack Cake Box。如果您来自英国，请试试这个包：HP LightScribe DVD-Rs - Tub of 50。我们查看了亚马逊(Amazon)上所有可用的优惠，这些包似乎提供了最好的价值。
结论
LightScribe是一种用于刻录光盘标签的令人惊讶的常见技术。许多人拥有支持 LightScribe(LightScribe support)的驱动器，但他们不知道或不知道如何使用它在 CD 或DVD(DVDs)的背面打印标签。我希望您发现本教程很有用。对于其他有关光盘刻录(disc burning)的精彩文章，请不要犹豫，阅读下面的建议。
How to Burn Labels on the Back of Your Discs (CDs & DVDs)
Have you wondеred if it is possible tо burn a label on the back of your discs? Due tо technologies such as LightScribe and LabelFlash, it is not only posѕible but it is also very easy. In this tutorial, I will show how to bυrn a custom label on the back of a DVD, using a LightScribe capable disc burning drive. The steps involved arе the same also for CDs.
LightScribe vs. LabelFlash
There are two important technologies for burning custom labels on the back of a disc:
- First, there is LightScribe, invented by HP in 2004. This technology is used mostly in HP and ASUS laptops. There are some manufacturers using it on their desktop systems as well as producers of CD/DVD writers using it for their internal and external writers. A complete list of companies using this technology can be found here. In 2011, HP decided to discontinue providing LightScribe compatible drives in their desktop systems. Nowadays, such drives are found mostly in their laptops.
- LabelFlash is very similar technology, invented by NEC in 2005. It is used mostly in laptops from Toshiba and Gateway. The number of companies using this technology is smaller though. The complete list can be found here.
Since LightScribe is the more widely used of the two, the rest of this tutorial will focus on how to use this technology to burn labels. A separate tutorial was created for using LabelFlash. You can find it here: How to Burn Labels on the Back of your DVDs with LabelFlash.
Prerequisites for Using LightScribe
First, you need a computer with a CD or DVD writer with support for LightScribe. If you don't know whether it supports LightScribe or not, look at the technical specifications mentioned on the website of your computer's manufacturer.
If that doesn't help, then install the LightScribe System Software. Once done, you will find a LightScribe Control Panel utility in your Start Menu. Open it and go to the System Information tab.
If it displays a LightScribe drive being identified, then you are in luck. If it doesn't, then you cannot burn a disc label as your disc burning drive doesn't support this technology. This is how I found out that also my desktop DVD writer supports LightScribe. Imagine the pleasant surprise I had!
The LightScribe System Software functions only as a driver and allows burning software with support for LightScribe to burn custom disc labels.
Next, you need software that knows how to burn such labels. Unfortunately, most free disc burning applications do not have features for using LightScribe. Therefore, your best choice is to use a separate free application called LightScribe Simple Labeler. You can use it only to burn labels.
Also, most commercial disc burning suites will provide support for this technology and lots of templates for creating custom labels.
Last but not least, you need to purchase high sensitivity discs with support for LightScribe. On normal discs you cannot print custom labels. Some decent DVDs with LightScribe are the following: Verbatim LightScribe 16x DVD+R Media - 4.7GB - 120mm Standard - 10 Pack Spindle.
If you look on the back of these discs, you notice that they have nothing printed on them. They have one color and their surface seems slightly different than that of normal discs.
How to Burn a Custom Label on the Back of a Disc
Now that you have a LightScribe disc and all the required software installed, let's see how to use the LightScribe Simple Labeler to burn a basic label on the back of the disc.
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Go to Start Menu -> All Programs -> LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling -> LightScribe Simple Labeler. Once the application is launched, click Next.
The LightScribe Simple Labeler allows you to write two text entries and select a border to separate them. In the Top Text field, enter the text you want displayed on the top of the disc. Then, complete the Bottom Text field with what you want written on the bottom.
Select the border you would like to have between the two text fields and press Next. You will see a preview of how the label will look on the back of your disc. If you are not happy with the preview, press Back and make the necessary adjustments.
Before you press the Burn Label button, insert the disc upside-down, in the burning unit. Make sure you do not insert it in the same position as when you burn data onto it.
Once the label burning process is started, you are shown a progress window. The process should not take longer than two minutes.
When done, press Quit and take the disc out of the disc burning drive. The label you created is printed on its back.
Tips for Creating Better Looking Labels
In order to get better contrast and darker images with your disc labels, some recommend to burn the same label to the disc multiple times. I was afraid this wouldn't work, as the burning process might start at a different position during each burn. However, that is not the case. If you use exactly the same label, with the same burning application, the label will be printed at the same coordinates. Therefore, the tip does work to improve the quality of your disc labels.
If you want more creative labels, there is another free application available. It is named LightScribe Template Labeler.
You can use this application to create a more special disc label and then do the burning with the LightScribe Simple Labeler.
Where to Find Lightscribe DVDs
Some readers complained that LightScribe discs are hard to find nowadays. Luckily, you will find plenty of them on Amazon. If you are from the US, try this pack: HP Lightscribe DVD-R - 50 Pack Cake Box. If you are from the UK, try this pack: HP LightScribe DVD-Rs - Tub of 50. We looked at all the offers available on Amazon and these packs seemed to offer the best value.
Conclusion
LightScribe is a surprisingly common technology for burning disc labels. Many people have drives with LightScribe support but they don't know about it or they don't know how to use it to print labels on the back of their CDs or DVDs. I hope you found this tutorial useful. For other great articles on disc burning, don't hesitate to read our recommendations below.
