HP, the world’s largest technology company, is one of our main partners for laptop computers and many other products.  HP brings you many new features on their laptops and desktops.  Forget markers and adhesives. With this innovative technology, it's easy to make affordable, silkscreen-quality disc labels without a printer. LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling technology burns labels directly onto your CDs and DVDs with laser-etched precision, using the same disc drive that burns your data. No more markers Your discs will be adorned with attractive gray-scale images similar to black-and-white photography. And now you can take your creativity and individuality one step further with a new spectrum of colored-background LightScribe CDs! Leave no file behind LightScribe is a complete system that enables you to burn labels directly onto discs. Three elements of the LightScribe system work together to make precise, high-quality labels: Hardware - LightScribe-enabled optical disc drives,  Software - LightScribe-supported software applications, and Media -  LightScribe-specific discs with a thin dye coating *Note: The LightScribe-enabled DVD drive and software come pre-installed on certain HP PC's while LightScribe media is sold separately.

Some of the HP PC's with LightScribe DVD drives are:   

HP Pavilion dv4t Special edition series and

HP Pavilion dv7z series

Here is how and where the Lightscribe story began...

Ten years ago it was pretty amazing to be able to print and attach paper labels to discs. But as creating CDs and DVDs became more common, the home-disc-labeling process began to feel cumbersome. At least that's what one innovator, Daryl Anderson at HP, thought. He found himself wondering, "What if a device could be developed that would both burn and label discs -- wouldn't that be efficient?" The answer, of course, was a resounding yes, and soon LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling was born. It's called LightScribe for short, and it arrived in stores in 2005.   It can now be found by clicking the HP computers links on our site.  You no longer need to use sticky, cumbersome printed labels, and you don't need good penmanship or felt-tip markers, either. LightScribe lets you use the same device to burn and label your CDs and DVDs. Once you burn your data, you simply turn your disc over for labeling. LightScribe is not expensive. Whether you buy a computer or an aftermarket DVD writer, when you compare prices you'll be pleased to discover that you may only pay a few dollars more to get a LightScribe-enabled DVD writer. The specially-coated LightScribe CDs and DVDs only cost a bit more than ordinary CD-Rs and DVD-Rs. In practice, the costs are easily offset by savings on inkjet ink, laser toner, and label sheets. Not the same old printed label LightScribe media include DVDs and CDs and can be easily distinguished by the LightScribe logo.  Look for the logo on LightScribe media. The label side of LightScribe media is coated with a light-sensitive dye that is altered when it's exposed to laser light. A high-resolution laser etching process takes place, starting from the middle of the disc and working outward. The result is a gray-scale image. When you're done labeling a disc with LightScribe you'll notice that the background, or unlabeled portion of your disc, is a gold color -- the original color of the LightScribe disc surface. Printed portions appear nearly black, with varying degrees of opacity to produce lights and darks. Some people think the finished label looks similar to sepia photographs of old. The labels have a distinct high-tech look to them: dark on gold. Once created, the LightScribe label is permanent. You can add to the design later by re-inserting the disc and re-labeling with LightScribe, but darkened areas cannot be lightened once they're scribed. The label is smudge-proof, since there's no ink or toner involved. There's no stickiness, since no adhesives are used, and the design is well-placed because you didn't have to line up and attach a separate label.  HP CD-R LightScribe mv1.2 media create labels with text, photos, and art on your PC, then use HP's exclusive LightScribe technology to transfer them to these discs. When you finish writing a CD, just turn it over; the same drive burns the label. To take advantage of LightScribe technology, you’ll need a LightScribe-enabled disc drive, LightScribe-enabled discs, and supporting software.  

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