LSI Converter

Extract text from LightScribe label images (LSI)


Drop or upload your .LSI file
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How to extract text from your LSI file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your LSI file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert LSI to another file type

To convert LSI label images to another format, you need HP LightScribe Software or other Page Layout software.

Convert a file to LSI

To convert other file formats to the "Legacy Disc Label" file type, you need software like HP LightScribe Software or a similar tool.


About LSI files

A .LSI file is a proprietary disk label image used by Hewlett-Packard (HP) LightScribe technology. It contains the monochromatic graphics and text designed to be laser-etched onto the top side of specially coated CDs and DVDs. Historically, these layouts were managed by software like the HP LightScribe Template Labeler. You can read more about the technology on Wikipedia: LightScribe. The .LSI format is severely outdated and presents major disadvantages today. LightScribe hardware was largely discontinued by 2013, making these files practically useless on modern operating systems. They require a proprietary environment to open, are completely unsupported by modern web browsers, and cannot be easily imported into standard graphic editors. Users urgently need to convert these files to standard formats like JPG, PNG, or PDF to archive the label artwork or print it using conventional desktop printers. Note that hardware-specific laser-etching commands will be lost during conversion, and the output will be flattened raster artwork. Because .LSI is a closed, proprietary format heavily tied to legacy hardware print drivers, standard online converters almost always fail to process it. Just drag and drop your file into convert.guru to identify the format, view its binary structure, and attempt to extract the internal artwork. If our analysis detects supported underlying or embedded image data, viewing or conversion may still be successfully completed without needing a vintage PC.

Convert.Guru analyzes your LSI file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted LWL, CIFF and LAA files.


FAQ

If you want to convert LSI file to TMP, TEMP, CACHE, LOG, BAK, OLD, NEW, PART, DOWNLOAD, CRDOWNLOAD, LOCK or PID, you can use HP LightScribe Software or similar software from the "Disc Label Artwork Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert DEVICE, CACHE, SOCK, SYMLINK, PID, MOUNT, FIFO, LOG, PIPE, TMP, JUNCTION or TEMP files to LSI, try HP LightScribe Software or another comparable tool in the "Disc Label Artwork Storage" category.



The LSI Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our LSI converter.