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FalvinP · 03-19-2007, 12:25 PM

I'm getting to know my new lightscribe dvd burner:

http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16827106045

I engraved my first label, but it seems too light. It looked normal when I previewed it. The media I used was a lightscribe HP DVD +R 16x disk. I used the disk labeler that came with Nero 7 Essentials, which was included with the drive.

The label itself was pretty basic. Two lines of text, with a sepia toned picture as the backround. The photo is pretty faint, with a lot of detail lost. I realize this might have to do with it being a sepia image, but the bold black letters are faint as well.

I googled some lightscribed labels and they looked pretty normal onscreen. I'm wondering if I failed to see some way to make the label darker.

As an aside........ I saved the label in a folder other than the default folder. Today, when I went to open that file, it locked up my system and I had to reboot. I tried opening the fie three times and it did the same thing each time.

I'm running xp pro on this machine.

Any help on getting a better label would be much appreciated.

03-19-2007, 12:25 PM	#1
FalvinP Member (8 bit) Join Date: May 2006 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 188	Lightscribe label too light I'm getting to know my new lightscribe dvd burner: http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16827106045 I engraved my first label, but it seems too light. It looked normal when I previewed it. The media I used was a lightscribe HP DVD +R 16x disk. I used the disk labeler that came with Nero 7 Essentials, which was included with the drive. The label itself was pretty basic. Two lines of text, with a sepia toned picture as the backround. The photo is pretty faint, with a lot of detail lost. I realize this might have to do with it being a sepia image, but the bold black letters are faint as well. I googled some lightscribed labels and they looked pretty normal onscreen. I'm wondering if I failed to see some way to make the label darker. As an aside........ I saved the label in a folder other than the default folder. Today, when I went to open that file, it locked up my system and I had to reboot. I tried opening the fie three times and it did the same thing each time. I'm running xp pro on this machine. Any help on getting a better label would be much appreciated.