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Hello, I am trying to automate the the creation of a label by using the .lsl template, stuffing the data in and my goal is to runing throught the SDK API.

I am currently able to burn a BMP label using the call to "launch_printing_dialog" but that only seems to accept a bmp. Or am I wrong?

Is there a way to directly use the LightScribe Template Labeler programmatically to kick of the final step of the lightscribe burn?

I am having a hickup when I use ImageMagick to convert the .lsl to a BMP and the error messages are not very informing.

I know that you can export the template to a BMP from the Save drop down menu, but I am trying to do this completely automatically.

Has anyone found an API to the Template Labeler?

Thanks


]]> Mon, 07 May 2012 14:59:29 GMT How I create Labels Containing a Track List
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