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ヘルプ:LightScribe の使用方法

LightScribe 対応の CD/DVD ドライブを使用すると DiscLabel で LightScribe 用のメディアを直接印刷することができます。注意:Mac の内臓ドライブは LightScribe 対応ではありません。外部の LightScribe ドライブが必要になります。

LightScribe はラベルプリンタの代わりに高品質なカスタムラベルのイメージを直接CDやDVDのレーベル面に、レーザーと最新の書き込みシステムを用いてディスク表面のコーティングに科学的変化をおこすことで、ラベルイメージを正確にレーベル面に描画します。

LightScribe は、特殊コーティングを施したディスクと SmileOnMyMac の DiscLabel CD/DVD ラベルソフトウェアで、プロフェッショナルなラベルを作成します。通常の記憶面への書き込みの後に、ドライブにディスクを反転させて挿入するだけで、レーベル面に文字や絵、写真などから作成したオリジナルイメージを印刷することができます。

注意:DiscLabel を起動する前に LightScribe ドライブの電源を入れて下さい。

LightScribe 用のメディアのラベル設定

LightScribe 印刷を最適化させるため、DiscLabel の内臓テンプレートを使用することをお勧めします。CD/DVD ラベル上のテキストフォーマットも直接修正することができます。

注意:LightScribe ドライバーの最新バージョンをインストールして下さい。最新バージョンはhttp://www.bridge1.com/disclabel.html からダウンロードできます。

  1. ファイル→新規デザインコマンドを選択します。
  2. テンプレートのポップアップメニューから「LightScribe」オプションを選択します。
  3. どれかのテンプレートを選択します:
    • 各ラベル種類の空テンプレート(コンテンツ、前面、タイトルのみ)
    • 各ラベル種類のテキストテンプレート
      LightScribe 用のテンプレートを他の DiscLabel テンプレートと同様に修正したり、拡張したりできます。
  4. 選択ボタンをクリックして DiscLabel の編集モードへ切り替えます。

If you already have a design you wish to optimize for one of the LightScribe label sizes or if you want to create your own design, you can set a custom boundary.

  1. Click Inspector inspectorand then the Track Format tab.
  2. Click Options.
    track formatting

  3. From CD Boundary for Text Formatting, choose one of the LightScribe boundary settings.

The only way in which this affects your label is by constraining text region clipping and wrapping. You will want to use this with most of the DiscLabel templates to ensure that text in rectangular blocks correctly fits within the constraints of the LightScribe media.

 

Printing with LightScribe

To print, you must be in DiscLabel Print mode and have added LightScribe to your Media list. (See "Selecting Print Media")

  1. Choose one of the LightScribe label options as your choice of label from the Media list:
    • LightScribe Title Label: Covers an area large enough to hold a title.
    • LightScribe Content Label: Covers an area large enough to hold a title and track titles.
    • LightScribe Full Label: Covers the entire printable surface.

Note: LightScribe provides these three different label sizes (also termed modes) to choose from depending upon how much information and creative expression you want each label to have. The label burn time will increase as more of the disc area is covered.

  1. Drag the design you want to print from the column on the left onto media slot window on the right, if it does not already appear
  2. Click Print. The LightScribe print dialog will automatically generate a preview for you, suited to the media in the selected drive.
  3. Adjust the contrast of the final label with the Contrast selector if necessary.
    • Draft: Provides the fastest burn time with lowest contrast. Use for utility labels.
    • Normal: Provides moderate burn time with good contrast. Use for professional labels.
    • Best: Provides the sharpest contrast with the longest burn time. Use for important business transactions, gifts and personal treasures.
    • You can also increase the contrast by moving the Enhance slider to the right. This applies a contrast filter to your design before it is passed to the LightScribe driver for printing. In particular this will help to increase text readability and improve weak image contrast.
      Note: The higher the burn quality, the longer the label burn time is.
  4. To print your label, click Print in the LightScribe dialog. A progress bar and timer shows how long it is before printing is complete.

Label Print Times

The label print time varies with the amount of information contained on the label, the placement of the information on the label, the contrast level selected, the LightScribe disc used and the drive.

The LightScribe system burns the image in concentric, circular rings from the inside diameter to the outside diameter of the label surface. Rings that contain no image data are skipped. A simple, circular title, such as a LightScribe Title Label, is accomplished most quickly because the information is limited to a circular rings close to the inside diameter. The density of the rings is adjusted according to the contrast level selection so higher contrast is achieved through more densely packaged rings. The LightScribe disc itself and the drive compatibilities also influence the label burn time.

You can always complete other tasks on your computer while a label is burning.

LightScribe Media Troubleshooting

The LightScribe system requires the use of LightScribe-enabled discs. LightScribe uses control features in the center/hub of the disc to identify media as LightScribe media. If your system does not seem to recognize the media as LightScribe media, take the following steps.

  • Make sure the disc is a LightScribe-enabled disc. LightScribe media will have the LightScribe logo in the inner hub area. There will also be visible control features inside, and adjacent to, the coated label area.
  • Make sure the disc is properly oriented in the drive. The label side, which contains a special coating, should be face down in the drive.
  • Clean the center area (hub) of the disc. Use a lint-free cloth to wipe the hub area and remove any dirt or smudges that may be covering the control features.
  • If these steps do not fix the problem, try another LightScribe disc.


 
 
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