Re: [us-marketing] I modified the NA label so it would work with Lightscribe

On 05/14/2011 12:09 PM, C. Olofson wrote:
> On 05/14/2011 05:59 AM, drew wrote:
> > On Sat, 2011-05-14 at 08:53 -0400, webmaster for Kracked Press
> > Productions wrote:
> > > I modified the NA label so it would work with Lightscribe.
> > >
> > > I did this since it may be better, for the short term, to use 
> > > Lighscribe
> > > DVDs for burning NA Community Project DVDs for handouts to businesses.
> > > The only problem with this method is it takes about 20 minutes to burn
> > > the label design onto the disc surface, using the "best" option.
> > >
> > > The lettering below the logo had to be moved up since it would be cut
> > > off by the way Lightscribe labels are formatted.  The hole in the 
> > > middle
> > > is larger than a paper label.
> > >
> > > http://libreoffice-na.us/NADVD-bw-lightscribe.jpg
> > >
> > > Hopefully I will be able to borrow an inkjet printer that prints
> > > directly to the disc's surface.  That would be nice, since it would 
> > > make
> > > a good looking colored label, while Lightscribe is a B&W only and does
> > > not like "grayscale" images.
> >
> > Hi Tim,
> >
> > Thanks, that looks rather good - BTW there is some actual B/W artwork
> > available for the Logo that will get rid of that little bit of greyscale
> > shading the conversion produced. Let me know if you want to update that
> > with same, I can work the svg source file to be B/W if you like.
> >
> > Otherwise - I need to catch up with the other mails here this morning.
> >
> > Thanks again
> >
> > Drew
> Thanks for this, Tim.  It looks good and I know I'll be referencing 
> it.  Fyi...
>
> I use LightScribe and like it fairly well.  The time it takes to 
> produce these individually, however, really is a substantial burden.  
> More to the point, though: In my opinion, the fuzziness of even the 
> "best" print job isn't "business-class."  Wonderful for libraries, 
> government agencies, not-for-profits, etc, but a finished LightScribe 
> product smacks of "home grown."  Again, this is imo.
>
> It does bring up something I've been wondering about: production 
> runs.  I'll generate a new topic for that.
>
> thx,
> -Craig
I agree with the image quality for the LightScribe vs. the inkjet 
directly printed media.  But I do not have one of those printers, yet, 
and am still working on borrowing one from a neighbor.  So LightScribe 
or Paper labels are my only options.




--
Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+help@us.libreoffice.org
Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette
List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/us/marketing/
All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted