Blu-ray Disc Duplicators With Lightscribe Printing Capability

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You wouldn't shell out for a brand-new, huge flat panel television, only to attach obsolete rabbit ear antennas as your only means of reception. And you're not likely to purchase a new sports car with a 20-year-old transmission. So if you've decided to invest in the cutting edge technology of disc duplication-Blu-Ray-you won't want to leave the printing of your discs to antiquated means. Lightscribe technology provides an efficient and professional solution to your disc-printing needs, making it ideally compatible for the Blu-Ray format.

Let's take a look at the Blu-Ray format itself-what makes it so special? Blu-Ray discs, like DVDs and CDs before them, are a type of storage media used to store or playback a wide variety of content including video, audio, photographs, documents, and more.

You're probably most familiar with the Blu-Ray format thanks to the home video market, where it is quickly usurping DVDs as the media of choice. Blu-Ray discs are designed for hi-definition content, allowing them to offer the most richly detailed video and audio experience available. If your business involves producing and distributing ...
... multimedia content-whether you're a film production company, a wedding videographer, a video game production company, or anything in between-chances are you're planning on making the switch from DVD to Blu-Ray media, if you haven't done so already.

Blu-Ray duplication involves reproducing discs in varying quantities for distribution. This can be anywhere from a small handful of discs at a time (perhaps if you're a wedding videographer) to duplicating thousands of discs in a single run (in the case of a film production company). Just as the quantities vary, so does the equipment for the task. While a business that only needs to produce a very limited number of discs at once might be well served with a small, single-disc Blu-Ray duplicator, operations with more advanced needs might require several duplicator towers capable of simultaneously burning numerous discs.

Burning the data onto the Blu-Ray disc is only part of the process, however. In most cases, you're going to want to make sure that your discs have an attractive appearance to match their high quality content. Whether this involves a simple and elegant text title printed on the disc or an elaborate, colorful image, you're probably going to need a label.

Until recently, there were two primary methods for printing labels on the surface of discs-inkjet printing and thermal printing. Inkjet has traditionally been the cheapest choice and as a result, it became quite popular, especially in terms of personal disc printing. Thermal printing offers a higher quality image than inkjet and found popularity in the professional market. Because inkjet printing is prone to smearing, thermal printing became the standard for those wanting their discs to have a professional appearance. However, thermal printing's position in the marketplace is quickly being overshadowed by Lighscribe printing which is proving to be a great, affordable solution for top-quality disc printing for both personal and professional use.

Lightscribe technology allows a user to print directly onto the label-side surface of a disc, etching text and images onto the disc via a laser. Lightscribe printing does not smear or run and best of all, the Lightscribe printing process does not require additional equipment or time to operate, provided you're using a Blu-Ray disc duplicator with Lightscribe printing capability.

A Lighscribe-equipped Blu-Ray duplicator allows you to print a label directly onto the surface of the disc while it is still in the same drive that performs the duplication process. Not only is this much less time consuming than other methods but the efficiency of the process renders it less costly than other means.

Although it is several years old, Lightscribe printing did not immediately catch on, due to its initial limitations. Originally, a Lightscribe drive needed to be attached to a computer in order to function properly. This was a serious detriment to larger operations where multiple disc duplicator towers are run independently of a computer, as an excessive number of attached drives tends to decrease a computer's performance.

However, these drawbacks have been washed away with the introduction of Lightscribe-capable multi-drive duplication towers.

With a multi-drive tower, you can now duplicate and print up to 15 Blu-Ray discs simultaneously. This not only eliminates the frustration of waiting up to 15 minutes for a single disc but guarantees you'll be able to affordably and easily produce the highest quality discs available, with attractive exteriors to match all the high definition content.
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