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LaCie 4L User Manual

LaCie 4L User Manual

Lightscribe labeler for linux
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4L consists in two distincts parts.
■ The first part is a command-line based tool, 4L-cli, providing all the LightScribe functionnalities through a small set of subcommands.
Only BMP images can be printed with 4L-cli.
■ The second part, 4L-gui, is a graphical application that allows to load, scale and print an existing image file on a LightScribe disc. Several of
the most common image formats are supported (BMP, PNG, JPEG and GIF).

1. Minimum Requirements

LaCie LightScribe Labeler for Linux (4L) has been validated on Linux Mandriva 2006/ Fedora Core 4/SUSE 10/Unbuntu 5.10.
4L should run on any x86-based Linux distribution using Linux kernel 2.6 and RPM.
LACIE LIGHTSCRIBE LABELER FOR LINUX
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1 Minimum Requirements
2.1 Drive enumeration and identification
3.2 The Print & Preview Dialog
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  • Page 1 Only BMP images can be printed with 4L-cli. ■ The second part, 4L-gui, is a graphical application that allows to load, scale and print an existing image file on a LightScribe disc. Several of the most common image formats are supported (BMP, PNG, JPEG and GIF).

  • Page 2: Using 4L-Cli

    Drive outer radius: 59000 In case you have several LightScribe drives of the same model connected at the same time, you can use the 4L-cli open <drive_path> subcommand, to open the tray of the corresponding drive, allowing you to physically identify the drive.

  • Page 3: Printing Information

    If the media is more recent than the installed LightScribe software, it may happen that only generic printing is available. In this case, only the generic values will be present in the output. 2.4 Printing The main functionnality of 4L-cli is obviously label printing. The print subcommand is used here. Its usage is : 4L-cli print [-q <best|medium|draft>] [-g] [-s <fit_auto|fit_height|fit_width|no_fit|DPI>]...

  • Page 4: Previewing

    Aborting... Stopped! 2.5 Previewing It is possible to generate a preview instead of printing by using the 4L-cli preview subcommand. An image file is generated, allowing to check the final result before actually printing. The command usage is : 4L-cli preview [-q <best|medium|draft>]...

  • Page 5: Using 4L-Gui

    • two action buttons : ■ Open an image file : this allows you to select an image file to print. (If you start 4L-gui from a console, you can also specify the image file you would like to open as an argument).

  • Page 6: The Print & Preview Dialog

    4L User Manual 3.2 The Print & Preview Dialog This is the Print Dialog, shown with the preview pane open : It features : • A Printer Drive dropdown menu, to select the LightScribe enabled drive on which you want to print your label. You can click the refresh button (the rotating arrow) near the dropdown box if you need to detect an external drive that you just plugged.

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