lightscribe printing on dvds. how's it look? at DVinfo.net

Chris Gorman · May 25th, 2008, 10:27 PM

anyone seen dvds printed with lightscribe? i see you print onto lightscribe media that has a colored or non-color (verbatim) media.

has anyone seen how it looks and if the color media looks better with lightscribe type of printing? i want the most professional looking print job.

Bruce Foreman · May 25th, 2008, 11:11 PM

I have it and sometimes use it with the buff colored media. It can look quite professional but works best with a very contrasty B&W image. And on top of that to suit my tastes I had to run each disk through twice.

Took about 40-42 minutes per disk with the designs I used.

Most of the time I use the white colored inkject printable media (I have a HP 5280 "All In One" scanner, copier, and printer that has a slot and tray for printing on disks.

I much prefer that route although for one or two I still occasionally use lightscribe.

Chris Gorman · May 25th, 2008, 11:30 PM

I happened to read a post where someone said they had to run it thru more than once on some media, but not on verbatim which did a much better job.

Are you using verbatim lightscribe media?

I haven't seen anything called "buff" when shopping for the media. They either don't indicate colored, or offer a sampling of 5 colors, red, yellow, blue, green, orange.

Warren Cook · May 26th, 2008, 06:53 AM

Bruce how do you like the HP 5280? I've been thinking of getting one for my dvd's. Sorry to get off subject.

Matthew Craggs · May 26th, 2008, 08:42 AM

I too have a HP 5280 and I love it. For the price you can't go wrong.

I used to use Lightscribe but after buying the 5280 I would never use it again. Get the right type of media and it looks beautiful.

Bruce Foreman · May 26th, 2008, 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Gorman

I happened to read a post where someone said they had to run it thru more than once on some media, but not on verbatim which did a much better job.

Are you using verbatim lightscribe media?

We don't get much choice here so it's been either HP or Memorex and the color on both is kind of a light tan.

Bruce Foreman · May 26th, 2008, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Warren Cook

Bruce how do you like the HP 5280? I've been thinking of getting one for my dvd's. Sorry to get off subject.

Handiest dang thing I've ever hooked up to a computer. Works as a standard printer, scanner, standalone copy machine, prints on 4x6 photo paper, and on inkjet media faced disks.

This is my second, I had one out of their older 1300 series and it is still working (no printing on disks tho).

May 25th, 2008, 10:27 PM	#1
Chris Gorman Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: oceanside, california, u.s.a. Posts: 115	lightscribe printing on dvds. how's it look? anyone seen dvds printed with lightscribe? i see you print onto lightscribe media that has a colored or non-color (verbatim) media. has anyone seen how it looks and if the color media looks better with lightscribe type of printing? i want the most professional looking print job. __________________ List My Threads

May 25th, 2008, 11:30 PM	#3
Chris Gorman Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: oceanside, california, u.s.a. Posts: 115	lightscribe I happened to read a post where someone said they had to run it thru more than once on some media, but not on verbatim which did a much better job. Are you using verbatim lightscribe media? I haven't seen anything called "buff" when shopping for the media. They either don't indicate colored, or offer a sampling of 5 colors, red, yellow, blue, green, orange. __________________ List My Threads

May 25th, 2008, 11:11 PM	#2
Bruce Foreman Trustee Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: San Angelo Texas Posts: 1,518	I have it and sometimes use it with the buff colored media. It can look quite professional but works best with a very contrasty B&W image. And on top of that to suit my tastes I had to run each disk through twice. Took about 40-42 minutes per disk with the designs I used. Most of the time I use the white colored inkject printable media (I have a HP 5280 "All In One" scanner, copier, and printer that has a slot and tray for printing on disks. I much prefer that route although for one or two I still occasionally use lightscribe.

May 26th, 2008, 06:53 AM	#4
Warren Cook Regular Crew Join Date: May 2007 Location: Yulan, New York Posts: 61	Bruce how do you like the HP 5280? I've been thinking of getting one for my dvd's. Sorry to get off subject.

May 26th, 2008, 08:42 AM	#5
Matthew Craggs Major Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Welland, Ontario Posts: 311	I too have a HP 5280 and I love it. For the price you can't go wrong. I used to use Lightscribe but after buying the 5280 I would never use it again. Get the right type of media and it looks beautiful.