Patent ID: 6864907

Claim:
A label printer system for a disk storage medium including a thermally-sensitive layer and embedded disk information with pre-recorded data formed on at least a portion of a surface of said disk storage medium, the label printer system comprising; a laser head for reading and writing positioned below the disk storage medium and for determining an orientation of the disk storage medium; a rotational drive for rotating said disk storage medium; a transverse drive including the laser head for moving a laser substantially transversely with respect to said disk storage medium; a memory including a symbol set and a label printer driver; and a processor communicating with said memory, said rotational drive, said transverse drive, and said laser, and wherein said processor uses said label printer driver to control said rotational drive and said transverse drive in order to thermally write said symbol set to said thermally-sensitive layer of said disk storage medium if said disk storage medium is detected as inverted using said laser at a laser power read from the pre-recorded data with the laser.