Patent ID: 7471305

Claim:
A method of forming a label of an optical medium using an optical drive configured to write data on an optical medium, wherein a user forms visible information, the visible information being used to form at least part of the label, the method comprising the acts of: providing the optical medium having a data layer and label layer; arranging the optical medium in the optical drive to irradiate a laser beam of an optical pickup on the label layer; 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 the laser beam of the optical pickup using the received image data, the visible information in the label layer 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.