[ale] More Lightscribe for Linux

[Cornelis van Dijk]

I had scores of cd's destroyed by Memorex stick on labels. I discussed
this with a Fry's salesman a few years ago and he recommended
"Stomper" labels, which I have used ever since with no problem. The
Memorex label destruction takes a few years to show up, on audio cd's
it takes the form of missed segments and scratchy sound. Never used
them on dvd's.  Cor

On 7/10/11, Scott Castaline <skotchman at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 07/10/2011 08:42 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>>
>> Pretty sure epson makes an ink jet that can print on optical media.
>> Epson (and HP) are pretty well supported on Linux. The media is not as
>> costly as lightscribe media and multicolored labels look good.
>> I still use stick on labels as I'm too cheap to by another printer.
>>
> I remember reading someplace way back that stick on labels can throw the
> disk off-balance possibly causing damage to the optics or disk itself. I
> was never able to confirm that but I had stopped using stick on labels.
> Anyone have any opinions on this? If this does turn out to be a wife's
> tale I may return to doing the same thing as Jim K.
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