The Aleratec 1:2 DVD/CD Copy Cruiser LS is a desktop DVD/CD disc publisher that can copy as many DVDs and CDs as you need and with the LightScribe Disc Labeling technology built in the DVD Recorders you can laser burn custom labels in the same machine. The 1:2 DVD/CD Copy Cruiser LS features the ultimate in flexibility in that it also supports recording and duplication of DVD-RAM discs, popular in backup and rewritable disc applications.

Connecting the 1:2 DVD/CD Copy Cruiser LS to your PC via USB 2.0 and installing the Aleratec DVD/CD Publishing Software Suite, makes it a 1:2 DVD/CD Duplicator with LightScribe technology that can laser burn silkscreen quality labels on your discs and function as an external DVD/CD Recorder. The LightScribe labeling technology produces high resolution labels with superior quality and clarity.

Connecting the 1:2 DVD/CD Copy Cruiser LS to your computer opens the vast array of truly unique features available only from Aleratec. Using the Special Edition Aleratec DVD/CD Publishing Software Suite, you can laser burn two labels simultaneously or you can record two DVD/CD disc creations simultaneously.

With the powerful Aleratec DVD/CD Publishing Software Suite, you can create your own custom labels with text and graphics. To burn labels, attach the 1:2 DVD/CD Copy Cruiser LS to your PC, simply place LightScribe certified media with the label side down in any recorder, and burn any label you have created. The LightScribe laser burned labels are silkscreen quality and offer superior sharpness and clarity. Since you can duplicate up to 2 discs simultaneously or label up to 2 discs simultaneously, per disc production time is dramatically reduced rivaling the far more expensive robotic systems and it is a compact, desktop unit.

As more and more media manufacturers offer LightScribe media, LightScribe media will drop substantially and the 1:2 DVD/CD Copy Cruiser LS will pay for itself on a savings per finished disc basis. If you use an outside duplication service, you will find that you can buy a 1:2 DVD/CD Copy Cruiser LS for less than the cost of about 2 runs of 100 discs each at a service. And if you use a service, smaller runs are cost prohibitive, you cannot always control schedules, etc.

LightScribe labels can be preprinted and added to later. For example you can print your company logo and contact information on a stack of discs. These can be personalized or customized later by simply placing them back in the LightScribe drives in the 1:2 DVD/CD Copy Cruiser LS, creating your custom label addition in the Aleratec DVD/CD Publishing Software Suite and printing the addition to the label. This saves time when you are assembling personalized mailing etc.

More and more business, government and education offices, audio and video professionals, software and game developers, graphic artists, churches and other private organizations, and individual video enthusiasts are looking for a cost effective means to duplicate and publish DVDs and CDs for customers, clients, employees, students, organization members, etc. The need to duplicate and publish both DVDs and CDs in your office, where you have total control of the schedules, quantity and content has been growing since the first Optical Technology Recorders came on the scene.

In most office environments burning a DVD or CD has become commonplace. Just as commonplace is the need to make copies of these DVDs and CDs with custom labels. The usual practice has been to mark your original discs or copies with a disc marking pen or stick on a unprofessional paper label prepared on another machine. A marker can be a fast label solution but it's messy and, depending on your handwriting, more or less illegible. Adhesive labels are a hassle. Even with a special device to apply them, they don't always end up as smooth and even as you would like. With an inkjet printer, you have the expense of ink cartridges to think about. What is needed is quick, easy and cost effective desktop solution that can record discs and make copies with professional labels.

The equipment available to copy discs and label them has required making a substantial investment in a machine that is, only by a stretch of the imagination, “desktop” (even though some of them are called that). More than one person is required to move some of these machines so to get copies you have to go to the machine rather than having the machine at your desk where the work is.

The cost and size of these machines is only the tip of the iceberg. The cost of the consumables required to keep them running is formidable. Most of these duplicators require proprietary supplies, especially expensive ink cartridges or ribbon, in some cases even the recording media. When your duplicator can only use supplies available from the manufacturer of the duplicator itself , prices will always soar to premium levels.

Duplicating a few DVDs and CDs with an attractive, professional looking, custom label at your desk, without cumbersome and expensive equipment and supplies has been a fantasy until the Aleratec Family of LightScribe Publishers. The 1:2 DVD/CD Copy Cruiser LS combines the latest hardware and software technology so you can simply load the Aleratec DVD/CD Publishing Software Suite and attach 1:2 DVD/CD Copy Cruiser LS to your PC to start making copies or recordings and labeling them in the same machine. LightScribe labels are precise, expressive, and easy to make. Once you've burned your first LightScribe label and experienced the amazing result, you'll never want to use a permanent marker or sticky label again. LightScribe makes it easy. It truly is a revolution in disc labeling.

The built in LightScribe-enabled DVD/CD recorders have special lasers that pump light energy into a thin dye coating on the label side of a LightScribe disc. The light from the laser causes a chemical change in the dye coating that shows up as a visible point on the disc. With laser precision, LightScribe delivers closely controlled light energy to multiple points on the disc as it spins in the drive. The result is a high-resolution reproduction of the artwork, text, or photos you composed in the software application. Seeing is believing!

Using Aleratec DVD/CD Publishing Software Suite available only from Aleratec, you can create and burn labels on up to 2 discs simultaneously. Just click on LightScribe Label icon and go to the CD template work area. Now you do your creative design work-imported pictures, copy, and artwork. When you are satisfied with what you have done, click "print." It really is that simple! No ink, no messy markers or adhesive labels . just an amazingly beautiful label right before your eyes. When you need several copies, you can follow the same process labeling as many discs as you need and then duplicating the audio, video or data on the other side of the disc (or vice versa).

The 1:2 DVD/CD Copy Cruiser LS with revolutionary LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling technology is the production DVD/CD Disc Publisher our Prosumer Users have been waiting for. The days of markers and adhesive labels are over. Now there's LightScribe-the only method available to burn elegant, laser-etched CD and DVD labels right at your desk.

The 1:2 DVD/CD Copy Cruiser LS for businesses and individuals:

The applications are limitless, everything from the distribution of business videos, graphics, multimedia files, music productions, to making copies of your home video creations for the family .

Video and Audio Professionals can control their careers by issuing their pre-release DVDs, making demo copies and custom distributions for studios, all without having to rely on outside services to copy their DVDs.

Business, Government, and Education users can create multiple redundant copies of backup data and archive documents, to store safely offsite as recommended by industry experts. Workgroups can distribute large files or videos to other departments. Companies can make copies of training programs and much more.

Software Developers and Game Producers can make copies for beta testing and short run distribution to potential customers.

Graphic Artists can make multiple copies of large image files for review, archiving and distribution to clients and service bureaus.