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See I’m in a band and we are doing recording I’ve got all that stuff but we have all of our recordings and were ready to create a cd. Heres the problem we want a professional looking CD. But I don’t know how to make the nice CD labels, nice jewel case labels. So if someone could tell me how to make a good CD. I would like to know the programs and the hardware I would need to get and whatever else I need to know.
A Lightscribe enabled drive and a Lightscribe disc is what you need. The BenQ 1655 and the Lite-On 165H6S are the 2 available Lightscribe enabled drives available. There might be HP’s available too but am not sure. Not sure abt the cost of Lightscribe media too - IIRC, a Lightscribe CD-R costs Rs.30.
There are quite a few different alternatives. Firstly there are printers that can print to a cd paper label. Here’s a brief list then there is Screen printing as well as this one . Now AFA Lightscribe is concerned here’s slightly old literature on the same as well as a shoot-out of some of the drive comparison here . Also some templates & stuff for lightscribe.
Another alternative is LabelFlash . This is a slightly newer technology compared to Lightscribe. The media & players supporting it are still rare. Here's a good [article](http://www.cdfreaks.com/article/249) to get introduced to it & have some idea about it.
Lastly, there's Yamaha's DiscT but don't know if tht is a work in progress or stalled. Some news [here](http://www.yamahamultimedia.com/yec/tech/discta2_01.asp)
Disclaimer :- Not affliated with any of the companies, results collated from Google & wikipedia
