[新聞]雷射標籤DVD燒錄器面世
 

2004.09.16 工商時報
HP雷射標籤DVD燒錄器面世
本報記者/上海十五日專電


HP今年秋季Big BangIII發表會就像是時裝秀一樣，讓外界一窺未來IT產品「時尚」趨勢，其中除了以多媒體應用為核心的系統產品，最耀眼的莫過於具有雷射標籤功能的DVD燒錄器和全新以Vivera命名的一系列噴墨印表機墨水匣。

過去HP所推出的龍捲風光碟機計畫已正式商品化，HP此次Big BangIII便推出單面雙層、八倍速DVD燒錄器，具有DVD雷射標籤功能（Light Scribe），在稍錄影音資訊後，拋棄傳統以印表機列印光碟片封面的方式，直接以雷射光束將圖案刻蝕在光碟片表面，而此技術則是由HP與飛利浦（Philips）合作開發。


HP表示，這款DVD 420e預計明年上市，不過以目前市面上皆已推出十六倍速燒錄速度的機種，DVD 420e八倍速紀錄、四倍速重複紀錄的規格應該只是過渡，未來可能上市時直接以十六倍速搶攻市場。而目前HP DVD燒錄器代工廠之一的明基，則透過飛利浦明基（PBDS）首先取得這項技術，預計在近期之內量產，而明基可能將成為HP此產品最大的受惠廠商。

而另一受人矚目的產品則是，過去HP改良式新款墨水匣，而過去從未有「名字」的墨水匣也首次以「Vivera」現身。HP表示，Vivera結合鮮豔逼真「Vivi」以及代表持久永不褪色的「era」命名，而新款卡匣也確實能提高現有黑白列印兩倍及彩色列印四成的速度，不但是噴嘴更多、噴墨面積也較舊款更大。

一般認為，此次HP首次將耗材墨水匣命名，代表逐漸重視這項產品的市場策略和地位，由於競爭對手愛普生（EPSON）推出號稱可維持八十年不褪色的「魔珠墨水」，以及日前IBM以HP雷射碳粉匣為攻擊目標，更讓HP意識到鞏固耗材市場的急迫性。

一台應該是蠻貴的....
如果價格不會比相片印表機加燒錄機貴的話..倒是可以考慮看看~(想太多了...

LightScribe的相關資料：

官方網站
http://www.lightscribe.com/

想要印一張LightScribe光碟，你會需要
1. LS燒錄機
2. LS光碟片
3. LS印刷軟體
一般的光碟片也是可以燒的，只是不要指望表面可以印圖案

印文字一張約2分鐘，全版照片約20分鐘
印刷例：http://www.lightscribe.com/images/famLabBig.jpg

目前已加入的合作廠商如下：
Optical Drives
(既然有Philips就表示有BenQ，本來聽說LiteOn跟Sony也有加入...結果最後沒有？)
Hitachi-LG Data Storage Inc.
Philips Optical Storage
Toshiba Data Storage

Media
(徠X跟精X應該還在觀望中)
CMC Magnetics Corporation
Mitsubishi Chemical Company
Moser Baer India Limited
Imation
Memorex
Hewlett-Packard

Software
(可以發現軟體部分以影像製作部分居多，應該是打算推這個市場)
CyberLink
InterVideo
MicroVision Development
Roxio
Sonic Solutions

個人推測機器跟軟體應該不貴，因為機構本身是不需要改多少，改韌體應該就夠了。
軟體的話應該也是加功能，所以正式版就會支援，跟支援DL燒錄一樣。
貴的是空片.....因為表面還要加特殊Coating，而且還要繳一大筆權利金。
初期來說，空片的金額應該不會讓User產生太大的興趣
目前LS最大的競爭者是噴墨印刷�***子沒有比較貴，又容易取得。
新的噴墨印表機如CANON跟EPSON都可以印光碟片，而且還全彩，
LS是128階單色，雖然防水...但是我很懷疑一般人會拿DVD片去沾水玩。
如果HP不要貪太多權利金，也許還有機會把這個技術推到所有的燒錄機上。

補貼PC World新聞：
LightScribe Simplifies CD/DVD Labeling

HP's invention, due in drives soon, lets users burn labels directly onto discs.

Melissa J. Perenson, PC World
Monday, January 12, 2004
Tired of figuring out how to neatly and efficiently label your CDs and DVDs? Hewlett-Packard has come up with a simple solution: Use the same laser that burned the data to make the label for the other side of the disc.

A technology called LightScribe enables drives to burn a silk-screen-like, high-contrast label on the topside of CD or DVD media with a LightScribe dye coating. After completing a data burn, users are prompted to flip the disc over so they can burn a label onto it.


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The first LightScribe-enabled drives and media are expected to be on the market in about six months. A number of manufacturers have already licensed the technology to integrate into their DVD drives, media, and software. Among them are Hitachi-LG, Toshiba, Mitsubishi, MicroVision, Moser Baer India, and Sonic Solutions. HP estimates that a drive that supports the new technology will cost as little as an additional $10, and a disc will cost about a dime more.


Inspired Invention
Announced last week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the practical yet elegant LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling technology was developed in a joint effort by HP's Imaging and Printing group and the company's Personal Systems group.

"We actually got frustrated with putting labels on a disc, ourselves," says Kent Henscheid, LightScribe marketing manager, of the invention by project manager and engineer Daryl Anderson.

Any consumer who burns discs faces the problem of disc labeling, Henscheid notes.

"Consumers told us over and over again that they were grabbing a felt pen or putting an adhesive label on. Daryl's brainchild was to come up with a way we could make a label using the laser on the optical drive," he says.

Anderson notes that the direct-burn method avoids label clutter.

"There are no consumables like ink or ink jet cartridges; the only consumable is the disc itself," Anderson says. "The discs have a thin, laser-sensitive layer on the label side of the disc."


Safer Labels
Burning a label directly onto the disc has its advantages. The newest burners spin so fast that applying an adhesive label risks the disc's integrity.

Plus, since the drive itself creates the label, this technology can be implemented in devices other than PC drives.

"LightScribe is not fixed to a desktop setting; it goes to the laptop or the DVD recorder in your living room," Henscheid says. By contrast, "printing an adhesive label is typically done in a desktop environment, where you're tethered to a printer."

LightScribe differs from Yamaha's Disc T@2 technology, introduced over a year ago on the CRW-F1 CD-RW drive. In that case, the laser burns a label on the disc's underside, reducing the amount of data the disc can store. Also, to view the label, you must expose the disc's underside, making it easier to compromise the data it contains with accidental scratches or scuffs.


Other Applications
"No doubt, pens will continue to exist, and some people will keep scribbling labels on a disc or print on ink-jet-receptive media, Henscheid adds. But, he says, "we expect to see this technology show up as an embedded technology across all disciplines in the year to come."

Although PC peripherals will be first to use LightScribe, Henscheid expects it also to show up in consumer electronics products. Stereo component CD recording decks and set-top DVD recorders will be slower to follow, but can still use LightScribe's capabilities.

"In our conversations with consumer electronics providers, they get it," Henscheid says. "The question is the manufacturing and integration process, since product preparation for next Christmas is already under way. I believe that by next CES, you'll see this technology integrated into the remote-control, 10-foot experience."

See PC World's ongoing CES coverage.

Ramon G. McLeod contributed to this report.

還要專用的空片，才能用

那不就跟噴墨的差不多意思，誘因不大

不過至少多一個選擇也不錯，不過暫不考處這玩意，還是先用噴墨的頂著先

請問泉野明大:

所謂"雷射標籤DVD"是指在空片上做標題嗎?

你好，野明大是騎在我身上的...不是我，以下暫時代她回答：

你把這個技術想像成一張雙面的光碟片，只不過一面是燒資料，
另一面是燒圖案就好了。

因為空片會燒認證碼，所以一般的片子無法幫你燒圖案，
何況要有特殊Coating才燒得出來。

最新消息指出TSST(東芝三星)已經開始在做筆記型電腦用的LS燒錄機。

這東西有點像是之前Yamaha F1的那種燒圖的功能。

燒錄機應該是很好解決，成本也不會增加太多。真正的問題在空片，只要量無法衝大，價格肯定會貴到不像話!

而且，只有單色，且速度過慢。看來還是可印式印表機會比較好用，換算之後的價格也比較便宜，且有速度和彩色的優勢。

有關增加的成本問題，目前看到一些新聞...
光碟片方面約增加：人民幣2元、日圓10元、歐元0.1元
燒錄機方面約增加：人民幣150元、日圓1200元
換算之後，光碟片約會增加新台幣5~8元，燒錄機增加500元左右

如果是這樣的話 那還可以接受