Because if you want to give (or even sell) a disk handwritten labels look tacky to say the least. Also my handwriting skills leave a lot to be desired.

For other contributors - no I don't have a lightscribe drive but need to add a cd/dvd writer to my wife's machine and wondered whether to buy one. I suppose that they are much the same price as other types so nothing would be lost by trying. then it's a good deal cheaper to buy and run a new DVD writer than it is to buy a new printer.

Thanks for the help to those that did help.

MickLL