Method for writing a label on a recordable record carrier (1), the record carrier adhering to a predefined, standardized condition with respect to a physical parameter. The method retrieves label information, parameter information on the physical parameter, which parameter information is of a higher precision than the precision of the physical parameter mentioned in the pre-defined, standardized condition (22), and writing the label information on the optical disc using the parameter information (26). The invention further relates to a device for performing the method. Retrieving parameter information on the physical parameter with a higher precision than the precision of the physical parameter mentioned in the pre-defined, standardized condition enables writing such a label without a significant distortion in the label.