Patent ID: 8262218

Claim:
An optical recording/reproducing apparatus, comprising: a housing comprising an opening configured to receive an optical disc; an optical disc drive unit positioned within the housing and configured to record/reproduce information with respect to a recording surface of the optical disc and support the optical disc during the recording/reproduction of the information; a label printer module positioned within the housing and configured to print a label on a label surface of the optical disc; and an optical disc support apparatus positioned within the housing, configured to be separated from the optical disc during recording/reproduction of the information, and configured to support the optical disc during printing of the label, such that the label surface of the optical disc is located at a printable position with respect to the label printer module; wherein, while the optical disc is received in the opening, the optical disc drive unit is configured to support the optical disc during the recording/reproduction of information and the optical disc support apparatus is configured to support the optical disc during printing of the label.