Labelflash

In Labelflash, the standard recording head of an optical drive is repurposed to burn images onto a layer of dye made for this purpose on the top of proprietary Labelflash optical media.{{Cite journal|last1=Kubo|first1=Hiroshi|last2=Shibata|first2=Michihiro|last3=et|first3=al|display-authors=2|date=June 2007|title=New Laser Labeling Technology for Recordable Digital Versatile Disc|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/239054916|journal=Japanese Journal of Applied Physics|volume=46|issue=6B|pages=3926–3927|doi=10.1143/JJAP.46.3926|bibcode=2007JaJAP..46.3926K |s2cid=120501504 |via=ResearchGate}} The dye is 0.6mm below the surface so as to protect it from the elements.{{Cite web|url=https://www.belightsoft.com/products/resources/lightscribe-vs-labelflash|title=LightScribe VS. Labelflash: A Disc Labeling Cold War|last=East III|first=Raymond|date=2009-07-01|website=Belight|language=en|access-date=2018-11-12}}

The resolution is adjustable between 300 and 1800 dpi (dots per inch). Up to 256 monochromatic shades can be used in the image."[http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A141256966/GPS?sid=wikipedia Integrator Trade Only - Hardware - DVD rewriter - NEC ND4551. Fast DVD rewriter with built-in label writer. Rating: 5 out of 5]." Computer Reseller News [UK], 23 Jan. 2006, p. 38. General OneFile. Accessed 12 Nov. 2018. The labeling process takes 7 minutes at the lowest resolution and a half hour at the highest. Labelflash is backwards compatible with Yamaha's earlier DiscT@2 technology—this allows Labelflash-compatible optical drives to engrave onto the data side of discs as well.

According to Yamaha, a new iteration of Labelflash which supported four color printing was in the works—however, as Labelflash support was discontinued in 2017, this never came to fruition.

The technology is often compared with Hewlett-Packard's LightScribe, released one year earlier. After its release, Labelflash was not available in the United States until 2007,"[http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A164944722/GPS?sid=wikipedia Fujifilm Rolls Out Labelflash DVD Media to U.S. Market]" Wireless News, 13 June 2007. General OneFile. Accessed 12 Nov. 2018. giving HP a three-year head start in the US market. Furthermore, worldwide, proprietary Labelflash optical media cost double that of comparable LightScribe media, at US$2.40 per disc,{{Cite news|url=https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/labelflash-lightscribe-dvd,1219.html|title=Labelflash vs LightScribe DVD/CD Labeling|last=Moersch|first=Siggy|date=2006-02-14|work=Tom's Hardware|access-date=2018-11-12|language=en}} which Tom's Hardware called an "exorbitant" price that made printing "painful" as test prints were not worth doing. Commenting on the price, Engadget's Marc Perton said he'd "stick with [his] Sharpie for now."{{Cite news|url=https://www.engadget.com/2006/02/14/labelflash-vs-lightscribe-toms-goes-for-the-burn/|title=LabelFlash vs. LightScribe: Tom's goes for the burn|last=Perton|first=Marc|date=2006-02-14|work=Engadget|access-date=2018-11-12|language=en-US}}

Reviewers, such as Gordon Laing for Personal Computer World, also noted that when compared to LightScribe, Labelflash images looked more "unnatural" and less "vibrant".{{Cite news|url=https://archive.org/details/Personal_Computer_World_2006-05_VNU_Business_Publications_GB|title=Add style with flash labels|last=Laing|first=Gordon|date=2006-05-01|work=Personal Computer World|access-date=2018-11-12|pages=[https://archive.org/details/Personal_Computer_World_2006-05_VNU_Business_Publications_GB/page/n44 51], 124}}

• DiscT@2
• LabelTag
• LightScribe

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090716211258/http://labelflash.jp/ Official Labelflash site]

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