I just installed a SAMSUNG SH-S202N lightscribe drive in to my Mac Pro. Used Lacie's labeler to create and print on to the disc. Did a full disc with an image and it took 19 minutes. I then did a single line of text on one side, and a 5 tiny lines on the other side and it still took 19 minutes.... what gives? anybody experience similar results? And can anybody suggest better software to print the labels?
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Lightscribe - SLOW no matter what i print
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illegallydead
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That's lightscribe for you man. Slow as heck. I think maybe the reason it takes so long no matter what is that it just spins through the whole disc pixel-by-pixel, and the act of burning the image on apparently doesn't slow it down / speed it up. Certainly not the best option in my book.
If I ever need good looking labels, me thinks I'll get a direct-print system; something like an inkjet that can feed in a white-top CD/DVD and print on it in glorious, beautiful color. After using lightscribe a few times, it just doesn't look good enough to wait so long for...
No real suggestion on a software, I ditched my burner long before I went Mac (and I ain't goin' back 😀... well, maybe, my wallet can be very persuasive 😀)
I had a feeling that was the problem. Confirmed it by burning one with the text hugging the center and it said 3 minutes on the 'normal' mode. and 4 on the high quality mode.
UMHurricanes34
macrumors 68000
Lightscribe is just slow. I experience the same times as you.
I have a LaCie Porsche Design external and it's just sloooooooooooow.
I was thinking about upgrading my second SuperDrive to a Lightscribe drive but I don't know at this point.
I have a LaCie Porsche Design external and it's just sloooooooooooow.
I was thinking about upgrading my second SuperDrive to a Lightscribe drive but I don't know at this point.