Guide step by step——What is LightScribe® Direct Disc Labeling?

**NeroExpert** Tue Mar 27, 2012 4:11 am

LightScribe® Direct Disc Labeling is an exciting disc labeling technology that enables you to burn silkscreen-quality labels directly on your CDs and DVDs providing easy to create professional quality no-hassle labels.

With LightScribe®, you can burn your data, music or video onto a CD or DVD, then simply flip the disc over, put it back into the drive, and burn your newly created label design directly onto the disc.

Create unique LightScribe® labels in just a few steps:

1. Launching the program

To start Nero CoverDesigner via Nero StartSmart, proceed as follows:

Click the StartSmart icon.
→ The Nero StartSmart window opens.

Click the button.
→ The list of Nero applications appears.

Guide step by step——What is LightScribe® Direct Disc Labeling? Knowledge-center-lightscribe-01

Nero StartSmart window

Select the Nero CoverDesigner entry in the selection list.
The Nero Nero CoverDesigner window opens.
→ You have launched Nero CoverDesigner via Nero StartSmart.

2. Creating LightScribe® labels

To create a LightScribe® label, proceed as follows:

Create a new document with the LightScribe® document type.
The document contains a Disc 1 tab with the cover element for the disc label.
Design the disc label as desired.

To design the disc element, you can insert objects in the drawing area. To do this, proceed as follows:

a. To insert a picture:

Click the icon on the toolbar.
→ The Open browser window appears.
Select an image file and then click the Open button.
→ The Open window closes. The mouse pointer changes to a crosshair with a camera symbol, and the frame of the selected image is displayed around the pointer.
Click in the drawing area.
→ The selected picture is inserted.

b. To insert a text box:

Click the icon on the toolbar.
→ The mouse pointer changes to a crosshair with "Abc."
Click in the drawing area and drag the mouse pointer.
→ The Properties window, containing the Text Box tab, opens.
Enter the text in the input area.
Specify the text options.
Click the OK button.
→ The text box is inserted with the text that you entered.

These are just two examples. For more details, have a look at the Nero CoverDesigner manual, chapter 12.1.

3. Printing LightScribe® labels
To print a LightScribe® label, proceed as follows:

Click the icon on the toolbar.
→ The LightScribe® Print Properties window opens.
Set the desired print options.
Insert a recordable LightScribe® disc into the LightScribe® recorder with the label side facing down.
Click the Print button.
→ The printing process begins. You can monitor the process status with the progress bar. As soon as printing is finished, the Nero – LightScribe® window opens and displays a message about the result of the printing process.
Click the OK button.
→ You have successfully created and printed a custom LightScribe® label.

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