Lightscribe is an HP technology that "labels " directly on a Lightscribe DVD. This requires require a Lightscribe drive (usually in HP desktops and notebooks). Basically you burn content on the writable side and on the label side there is a special coating that the laser can burn text and art (monochromatic) directly on the DVD. Burn DVD, flip, meticulously label...

Inkjet Printable DVDs have a inkjet paper label in which you use an inkjet printer ( an Epson..the only machine I have seen that does this out there) to print directly on the DVD label.

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