Test : LightScribe 1.2 CD-R and an "old" burner

[ItalianJob]

In a local store, I find a box of 10 Philips 52X 700Mb CD-R "LightScribe 1.2" for 15 euros.




As for my old "Philips CD-R LS v1.0", it's Moser Baer that made the "data" side :


So will my "old" LS burner (a LG GSA-4166 firmware 1.02 - DVD 16X, 5X DVD-RAM and LightScribe ) support LS 1.2 ?

Let's see ! I flip the disc and...

The Nero Cover Designer 2.3.1.3 preview doesn't work :

(There's a direct link to download a new updated "LH_HSI.exe" driver.)

The "about" windows shows "unsupported disc" :


So my old LightScribe driver (LH_HSI.exe 1.4.62.1) that worked fine with LS v1.0 is dead for v1.2 discs... Well, so, I update the driver (1.4.62.1 => 1.4.124.1 ) and restart Windows...

And... and... and... It runs again The LS v1.2 disc is seen, the Nero Cover Designer preview works and seems fast.


I have now to do a real "print" test, but I'm sure it will work fine...

[Ian]

Yeah, its not so much the drive, but the LightScribe drivers.

This reminds me that I have some color discs that I still need to try.