Which way inkjet or lightscribe

[DavidEC]

As both need special discs
[unless I missed the thread to treat retail non-inkjet media to allow inkjet printing]

I am thinking of getting either a direct inkjet printer...

Or a new/second DVD Burner with 'Lightscribe'

While the inkjet allows for color... it seems that you have to treat the disc after to keep the image from becoming damaged in every day family use.

The current Lightscribe discs only come in a single color..

I had been using paper [neato] labels for some time with out troubles _BUT_ for some reason I have started having troubles with playback?? From labels used from my current package of label stock....



???

So if you were going to change your labeling... which would you go with??

[psx_pirate]

inkjet printing .... full colour ... disks are cheaper than lightscribes ... lightscribe can take a long time to print .... it is not neccessary to treat inkjet printable disks after printing as long as you dont touch the printed surface until the ink is completely dry (its best if you don't touch it for 24 hours on the silver printables altho i find that a couple of hours is fine on the white matte printable disks)

[Bodysurf]

InkJet.

I use a Sharpie to identify all of my recordable DVDs and the InkJet Printables work great for that.

[yoda313]

I use a Sharpie to identify all of my recordable DVDs and the InkJet Printables work great for that.

Really? I don't even bother with a dvd printer. I just use the sharpie on the label side. I can read it just fine.

[mats.hogberg]

Really? I don't even bother with a dvd printer. I just use the sharpie on the label side. I can read it just fine.

Second that. Cheaper, simpler. People buy faster and faster burners, seem more and more concerned with "why does it take so long to <any process over 5 minutes here>" but spend thrice the time designing cool labels - I don't get it.

/Mats

[DavidEC]

inkjet printing .... full colour ... disks are cheaper than lightscribes ... lightscribe can take a long time to print .... it is not neccessary to treat inkjet printable disks after printing as long as you dont touch the printed surface until the ink is completely dry (its best if you don't touch it for 24 hours on the silver printables altho i find that a couple of hours is fine on the white matte printable disks)

We are talking about kids...

They want pictures on the disc(s) and you never know what is on their hands when they touch the disc(s) {main reason the kids only get back ups for their use}

[slacker]

For those people who market, sell and distribute their video productions on dvds, the ability to create attractive discs is a given. I'm not going to distribute my dvds with sub-standard text and graphics. For everyday personal use I would use a Sharpie as well.

The Lightscribe discs come in several colors. The laser printing time has been lessened with Verbatim's newly released discs. And as long as you keep the discs out of the sun, the text and images should last forever.

On the other hand, working with one color can get boring and limit your creativity. Epson has the r800 which utilizes Ultra-Chrome Hi-gloss inks which are archive quality and should last 100 years.

I use both depending on the project. And I have a Sharpie.

Mark

[Bodyslide]

Inkjet and either a CIS or Refillable Carts

[TheCoffeemann]

Of all of my backups, i have found one universal problem; All the discs i have labeled (DVD's) with an injet sticker(cd stomper) almost all of them are unreadable at some point. I mean i have used Fuji, ridika,verbatim tiayo yuden it doesnt matter. Sticker Labels have made them into coasters! I use my favorite thing now A SHARPEE!

Second that. Cheaper, simpler. People buy faster and faster burners, seem more and more concerned with "why does it take so long to <any process over 5 minutes here>" but spend thrice the time designing cool labels - I don't get it. smile.gif

I coudn't agee more

We are talking about kids...

They want pictures on the disc(s)

Want colors? Sharpies come in a wide varietyhttp://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0003WN0DO.01-A23NLORBGXOLEO._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[DavidEC]

Other than the "Sharpier Guy" {hey if you want to hand draw pictures/graphics and readable text on my back up discs free of charge I will ship them to you}

Is there anyway to 'coat' the 150+ retail discs that I currently have so that they can be ink jet printed on... a white/clear spray paint?

I read in another thread here that once printed I will want to spray a clear over coat on the disc to seal the inkjet image from little finger.

[psx_pirate]

Of all of my backups, i have found one universal problem; All the discs i have labeled (DVD's) with an injet sticker(cd stomper) almost all of them are unreadable at some point. I mean i have used Fuji, ridika,verbatim tiayo yuden it doesnt matter. Sticker Labels have made them into coasters! I use my favorite thing now A SHARPEE!

Stick on labels isn't the subject here ... we are talking about printing direct to the disk (using printable disks not labels) ... but you're right about sticky labels causing problems ... used them for a while until one came off the disk inside my standalone dvd player and caursed major damage ... also they do seem to affect the playable life of disks ... i backed up all my disks that had labels onto disks without labels after finding that the labeled disks didn't play properly several months after first burning/labeling

i also use a sharpie for personal backups ... but for those ppl that want nice labels i use inkjet printable disks and epson R200 printer ... no complaints so far

[ROF]

Neither.

I use sharpies only.

Lightscribe is too slow, inkjet is a waste of ink. The money spent on either is better spent on other components, toner for paper prints, media, or things outside the technology sector. I've been using the same sharpie for over a year now. It cost me under a $1USD. I'd like to see an inkjet do that.

[JimJohnD]

“Treating the disc.”

I have found a very easy way of adding some protection to my ink-jet printed discs. Wax paper. Simply let your disc dry for 24 hours and then take a 3” x 3” piece of wax paper and rub it around the surface of the disk. If you hold the disc up to a bright light you can see there you might have missed a spot. Works great. Granted it won’t work if you are using your discs as coasters but a drop here and there wipes right off if you get it right away.