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HP's LightScribe technology might have more to offer in the near future

A recent document from HP reveals that the company may soon be ready to jump into the world of Lightscribe with color.  LightScribe is one of several competing technologies that allow a CD or DVD recorder laser to burn an image onto the label side of the disc.   The technology allows for grayscale recording, meaning there is some depth to the image burned onto the disc, but color still remains elusive. HP, the major advocate of LightScribe, has the following excerpt on its website:

Can LightScribe create a label in color?

Currently LightScribe technology is available only in grayscale, creating an image that resembles a black-and-white photograph. LightScribe’s development strategy does include future announcements about additional capabilities; however, business and legal requirements prevent publication of more specific information at this time.

Currently, a full disc image takes 36 minutes to burn on LightScribe media with just one color.  This new color technology would need adoption from both the recorders and the disc media providers -- the dyes in the media would need to react to different wavelengths from the write laser to produce different colors.


Ritek, Taiwan's largest optical media provider, sent DailyTech a statement claiming the company would adopt such media if the devices became popular enough to warrant it.  Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, the parent company of Verbatim, also indicated the company would adopt such media if devices became available.