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LaCie 4L User Manual

Summary of 4L

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    Lacie lightscribe labeler for linux 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 applic...

  • Page 2

    2. Using 4l-cli there is one subcommand for every use case commonly encountered when using lightscribe. 2.1 drive enumeration and identification the 4l-cli enumerate subcommand allows to list all the available lightscribe-enabled drives on the system. The drive path allows to identify each drive uni...

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    4l user manual #4l-cli mediainfo /dev/sr0 media present: 1 lightscribe media: 0 oriented for labeling: 0 #4l-cli mediainfo /dev/sr1 media present: 1 lightscribe media: 1 oriented for labeling: 1 shape: disc_12cm manufacturer id: 112 print area inner radius: 23800 print area outer radius: 58700 2.3 p...

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    4l user manual output is as follows: #release/4l-cli print /dev/sr1 ~/edmini30dpi.Bmp title preparing: 100% estimated print time: 151 seconds. Starting drive... Printing: 100% done! Note: this command needs to be run with root privileges to cancel a print while it's running, a sigint signal must be ...

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    4l user manual 3. Using 4l-gui the graphical application, called 4l-gui, allows to print any image on a lightscribe disc. The interface consists in three simple elements : the main window, the print options dialog and the print progress dialog. 3.1 main window here is a screenshot of the main window...

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    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 drop...