Kevin - I was originally thinking of LightScribe as well. However, I think what Joe wants is the REVERSE of your suggestion. Not to Write a Label on a Disc - but, rather - for the drive to LOOK at the Label that is Already on the Disc - which is Within a Drive! Does that makes sense???
-K- -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kevin Cully Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 2:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NF] Special purpose CD/DVD drive I think what you might be looking for is a "lightscribe" burner. http://j.mp/gmCC6n Of course, a sharpie works pretty well too. I'd avoid the stickers for the balance reason you specified. -Kevin On 01/17/2011 02:29 PM, Joe Yoder wrote: > Does anyone happen to know of an optical disc reader with the ability to produce a visual image of the label on the CD/DVD/BlueRay media mounted on the drive? My attempts at Goggling for this have not turned anything up but I suspect that someone with more experience may have better results. > > My application is a database storing information about each disc stored in a disc store. In addition to manually entered basic field information, incorporating an image of the label will be simpler than transcribing all label text into fields in the database. Including label images will allow a retrieval user to make a selection from a screen of thumbnail images rather than via a text search. > > Another approach would be to setup a dedicated camera to take a picture of the label and have it be stored at the time the disc is added to the store. I suspect the Microsoft CDs with holograms will be difficult to photograph - probably to scan as well. It seems that a drive designed for the purpose would be the nicest way to go if there is one available at an affordable price. > > Since I am probably dreaming already I may as well request the capability of adding an ID number to the label while the disc is mounted. This would be an Id specific to the database in which the disc is to be stored. I have been assuming a small self adhesive label applied over the top of the disc label but realize that this may create balance problems. > > Thanks in advance for any input, > > Joe > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/289ea162f5642645b5cf64d624c66a1409df1...@us-ny-mail-002.waitex.net ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
