How does Lightscribe work?
Creating great
CD Labels with LightScribe is really easy. You can design your own, or
take advantage of the free templates and designs available for download
from galleries on the web.
Once you have your designs, It takes just 3 simple steps:
WRITE SPEED
DVD+R 20x
DVD+RW 8x
DVD-R 20x
DVD-RW 6x
DVD+R DL 10x
DVD-R DL 10x
DVD-RAM 12x
CD-R 16x 48x
CD-RW 32x
READ SPEED
DVD-ROM(Single/Dual)16x/12x max
DVD-Video(CSS Compliant Disc) 8x max. (Single/Dual layer)
DVD-R/-RW/-R DL 16x/12x/12x max.
DVD+R/+RW/+R DL 16x/ 12x/12x max.
DVD-RAM (Ver. 2.0 & Higher ) 5x, 12x PCAV
CD-R/RW/ROM 48x/40x/48xmax.
CD-DA (DAE) 40x max.
Sustained Transfer Rate
DVD-ROM 22.16 Mbytes/s (16x) max
CD-ROM 7,200 kB/s (48x) max
Access Time
DVD-ROM (SL/DL) 140/175 ms
DVD-RAM 200 ms (Ver. 2.0 & Higher )
CD-ROM 120 ms
Interface Type External (Host) USB 2.0 (480Mbits/s)
Compatibility
Mac OS X 10.3 and Later with USB2.0