[ale] LightScribe for Linux

[Michael Trausch]

You can set the DPI in the GIMP, too. At image creation time is the best
bet.

Any time I create images in the GIMP, I create them at 600 dpi. I will crop
and/or scale down as necessary for the final product. I always save as xcf
(native GIMP format) for the original, and only ever save things as
png/gif/jpeg/whatever when I am exporting a final graphic.

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On Jun 28, 2011 12:43 PM, "Cornelis van Dijk" <cor.angela0 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks to all that replied. I tried Inkscape yesterday, but I am only
> halfway with that. I appears that one can actually set the pixels per
> inch on Inkscape, so far I had it at 60, which gives the same
> miserable results as the gimp, at least on my regular hp printer. Not
> tried to actually burn a label, The burner is Memorex lightscribe.
> Cor
>
> On 6/27/11, arxaaron <arxaaron at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 2011/06/27, at 14:24 , Lightner, Jeff wrote:
>>
>>> Not sure what LightScribe is...
>> [snip]
>>
>> Light scribe drives (using Light Scribe media) let you
>> burn the disk labeling info into the top side of the disk
>> (strictly gray scale) as well as burn the data into the
>> bottom side.
>>
>> I've always gone with color ink jet printing for my disk
>> labeling using Epson printer models that support this
>> as they provide good quality. The Light Scribe labeling
>> I've seen was pretty marginal in comparison. Kind of a
>> gimmick in my view, but still nice that there are printer
>> drivers under Linux that support it.
>>
>> With any printing, resolution of the image file you
>> start with is key to the quality. With the exception
>> of plotters, I imagine that any printer (or printer driver)
>> will be effectively working from a big bitmap for output,
>> whether that is rendered from structured format like
>> Post Script or a scaled bitmap image.
>>
>> peace
>> aaron
>>
>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, 2011-06-27 at 13:46 -0400, Cornelis van Dijk wrote:
>>>> Anyone familiar with LightScribe for Linux, such as "4L-gui"?
>>>> I have a hard time getting reasonably sharp lettering using the
>>>> "Gimp".
>>>> Problem is that "4L-gui" will only accept things like "gif", "jpeg",
>>>> etc,
>>>> but no regular text or "postcript".
>>>>
>>>> I know there are LightScribe forums, but they use Windows and Nero,
>>>> which I would like to avoid if possible.
>>>>
>>>> What image editor besides Gimp would work?
>>>
>>> You could try InkScape.
>>>
>>> However, I expect that you're actually running into one of two
>>> problems:
>>>
>>> 1. You are exporting the image from the GIMP in a low resolution,
>>> such as 72 dpi (a standard resolution for Web graphics, but not
>>> for print purposes).
>>>
>>> 2. Your drive is not capable of extremely high resolution on
>>> LightScribe imaging.
>>>
>>> Try to create the image as a 300 dpi (or even 600 dpi) graphic, and
>>> try
>>> using that graphic as the source for the process. Also make sure that
>>> you use the highest quality setting, which will take about 20 to 30
>>> minutes to create the lightscribe label.
>>>
>>> --- Mike
>>
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