10 Facts About LightScribe

LightScribe is an optical disc recording technology that was created by the Hewlett-Packard Company.

LightScribe method uses the laser in a way similar to when plain data are written to the disc; a greyscale image of the label is etched onto the upper side of the disc using a laser.

Purpose of LightScribe is to allow users to create direct-to-disc labels, using their optical disc writer.

LightScribe was conceived by Hewlett-Packard engineer Daryl Anderson, and the coating's chemistry was developed by Dr Makarand Gore, and brought to market through the joint design efforts of HP's imaging and optical storage divisions, where it was first introduced in January 2004 at the 2004 Consumer Electronics Show.

LightScribe labels burn in concentric circles, moving outward from the center of the disc.

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LightScribe is monochromatic, initially a grey etch on a gold-looking surface.

From late 2006, LightScribe discs are available in various surface colors, under the v1.

Center of every LightScribe disc has a unique code that, together with a sensor in the drive, allows the drive to know the precise rotational position of the disc.

At this point, LightScribe support has not explained which conditions lead to this reaction, nor the precautions that can be taken to avoid it.

LightScribe optical drive was used by Maher El-Kady, a graduate of UCLA in 2012 to successfully turn a specially prepared graphite oxide layer coated onto a DVD into graphene.