Patent ID: 7015939
Filing Date: 2006-03-21
Classification: B41J,G11B

Abstract:
1. A method for use with an optical drive configured to write data on an optical medium having a data side and an opposing label side, wherein a user forms visible information, the visible information being used to form at least part of a label, the method comprising the acts of: arranging, in the optical drive, the label side of the optical medium relative to an optical pickup; receiving image data relating to the visible information; rotating, via the optical drive, the optical medium at a first constant angular velocity; and forming, with a laser beam of the optical pickup using the received image data, the visible information on the label side of the optical medium while rotating the optical medium at the first constant angular velocity, wherein the optical pickup operates at a first power level when changing a visible light characteristic of the optical medium to form the visible information and the optical pickup operates at a lower power level when not changing a visible light characteristic of the optical medium, and wherein a tracking servo operation is turned off while the optical pickup forms the visible information.