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Primera Bravo Se User Manual

Automated optical disc duplication & printing system
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020608-510963-(04)
AUTOPRINTER
Automated Optical Disc
Automated Optical Disc
Duplication & Printing System
Duplication & Printing System
© 2008 All rights reserved

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  • Page 1 020608-510963-(04) AUTOPRINTER Automated Optical Disc Automated Optical Disc Duplication & Printing System Duplication & Printing System © 2008 All rights reserved...
  • Page 2 PANELS. NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. OPERATE THE UNIT WITH ONLY THE PROPER ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS AS LABELED ON THE PRINTER AND AC ADAPTER. CAUTION! THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS A LASER DIODE OF A HIGHER CLASS THAN 1. TO ENSURE CONTINUED SAFETY, DO NOT REMOVE ANY COVERS OR ATTEMPT TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE INSIDE OF THIS PRODUCT.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    A. Tutorial: Copy a CD or DVD ...14 B. Using PTPublisher ...19 C. Creating a Print Label Using SureThing ...21 D. Advanced Printer Driver Functions ...22 E. Using Other Graphics Programs ...28 Section 4: Creating Discs on a Mac ...29 A.
  • Page 4 Interactive Feature in this PDF Document There are interactive features that will allow you to jump to different locations within the document. Each listing in the Table of Contents is interactive. Place the cursor on either the words or the page number. A small hand with a pointing finger icon appears.

  • Page 5: Section 1: Getting Started

    Section 1: Getting Started THANK YOU… ...for purchasing the Bravo perfect all-in-one solution for producing professional looking CD-R and DVD-R discs. A wide variety of disc formats are supported, including audio CDs, Video Cds, data discs and more. Operation is simple and completely automatic once a job has been started.

  • Page 6: Unpacking And Inspection

    B. UNPACKING AND INSPECTION While unpacking your Publisher, inspect the carton to ensure that no damage has occurred during shipping. Make sure that all supplied accessories are included with your unit. The following items should be included: • Disc Publisher •...

  • Page 7: Identifying The Parts

    Extendable Output Bin The Robotic Disc Transporter moves discs from the Input Bin, to a CD/DVD Recorder, to the printer, and finally to the Output Bin. The CD/DVD Recorder is automatically loaded and unloaded by the Publisher's Robotic Disc Transporter.

  • Page 8: Rear Panel

    Press it quickly to turn power back on. When already powered on quickly pressing the power button will open and close the printer tray. When the front cover is opened, the Power/Ink Button is used to position the Cartridge Carrier for easy ink cartridge replacement.

  • Page 9: Pc System Requirements

    PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Before getting started, it is important for you to verify that your PC meets the minimum system requirements. Here's what you need in order to successfully copy discs at 8x or above with the PTPublisher software: • 700 MHz or faster Pentium III/IV processor running Windows 2000 or XP .

  • Page 10: Overview Of Operation

    Recorder Tray. The Recorder Tray will close, and the Printer Tray will open. The Robotic Disc Transporter will lower the disc into the Printer Tray, and the Printer Tray will then automatically close. 6. If publishing more than one disc, the Robotic Disc Transporter will load the Recorder Drive with a blank disc from the Input Bin to start recording the next round.
  • Page 11 Output Bin. 9. The Robotic Disc Transporter will now load the second recorded disc into the Printer Tray for printing. 10. The process starts over and repeats until all blank discs are gone or the number you have specified via software are copied and printed.

  • Page 12: Section 2: Hardware And Software Setup

    B. INSTALLING THE MAC SOFTWARE Please note that your user account must have administrative rights to properly install a new printer. You can check with your system administrator or check with Apple support to confirm whether or not your account has administrative rights.

  • Page 13: Hardware Setup

    CD/DVD media. However, different brands of discs have different printable coatings. Because of this, you may need to adjust the printer driver settings to accommodate your specific brand of CD/DVD media. Refer to Section 3-D and 4-D for further printer driver information.
  • Page 14 Refer to the following steps when loading discs in to the Publisher: • Open the front cover of the Publisher • The Publisher will automatically position the cartridge carrier and Robotic Disc Transporter to allow for easy access to the bin. •...

  • Page 15: Step 3: Connecting The Usb Cable

    Select "Install the software automatically" and click Next. You may see a notice like the one shown here stating that the Printer has not passed Windows Logo Testing (XP) or Windows can't verify the publisher (Vista). Click Continue Anyway or Install this driver software anyway to continue installing the printer driver for your Publisher.
  • Page 16 When connecting USB to a Mac it may be necessary to Add the printer via the Printer Setup Utility. 1. Open the Printer Setup Utility located in the Applications - Utilities folder. 2. Click Add. Select the Disc Publisher XRP from the list of available printers.

  • Page 17: Step 4: Installing The Ink Cartridge

    Step 4: Installing the Ink Cartridge With the cover open, press the Power/Ink Button to move • the Ink Cartridge Carrier to the load position. Open the cartridge cover by pressing down on the tab. • Remove the ink cartridge from its packaging. •...

  • Page 18: Section 3: Creating Discs On A Pc

    Section 3: Creating Discs on a PC There are two main components to creating discs, printing and burning. SureThing CD Labeler is used to design the printing on your discs. PTPublisher controls the recording and allows you to select the image to be printed to your discs. Both applications will be described in detail in this section.
  • Page 19 The Publisher will close the drive and read the contents of the disc. It will display disc type (CD/DVD) and show the size of the disc in Megabytes. Verify this information is correct and click the next arrow to continue. 4.
  • Page 20 INDEX 4A2 - Double Click on the file to add it to your project. You may add any BMP , JPG or SureThing (.std) file. SureThing files are automatically formated correctly. BMP or JPG files should be 4.72" x 4.72" square. For best print quality the image resolution should be atleast 300 dpi.
  • Page 21 INDEX Choose the 120mm DiscTemplate from the window that appears. Using the buttons on the left navigation window, you may add your own background, choose a pre-made back- ground, choose from several text effects or insert a picture. Click the down arrow on the button to view all options.
  • Page 22 Print Quality, Outer Margin and Inner Diameter are automatically adjusted to fit that media. If you are not using media sold by Primera you can adjust these settings by changing the quality setting or toggling the size of the printed outer margin or inner diameter. You can save your adjusted settings by clicking Save my Media.

  • Page 23: Open Project Panel

    B. USING PTPUBLISHER The PTPublisher program is divided into six areas. Refer to the following for a description of each area. Open Project Panel This panel allows you to open a previously saved project. It will also display the last few saved projects. To open or close this or any panel click on the down or up arrow upper right corner of the panel.

  • Page 24: Robot Status Panel

    This panel displays a picture of currently connected robot. The current status is also displayed. Important errors such as low ink will be displayed here. Click "more status" to view status regarding the printer, recorder drive, currently running jobs and job history log. Status Bar The Status Bar shows key information such has ink levels and media supply levels for the currently selected robot.

  • Page 25: Creating A Print Label Using Surething

    C. CREATING A PRINT LABEL USING SURETHING The SureThing Disc Labeler software included with your Publisher is a great tool for creating professional looking discs. You can use SureThing's Smart Designs to quickly label a disc, or easily import your own design in many popular file formats. The Help section included with the software will provide complete instructions on all the features in this package.

  • Page 26: Advanced Printer Driver Functions

    The default settings of the Publisher printer driver will fit most printing needs. Please refer to the following steps to change or verify your printer driver options: 1. Click the Start button. For Windows 2000 point to Settings and click on Printers.
  • Page 27 Click on the Disc Publisher SE icon with the right mouse button and select Printing Preferences. NOTE: The PTPublisher application allows you to adjust some of these set- ting directly through the Add a Print file screen in that application. In PTPublisher you also have the option to Use Driver Defaults.

  • Page 28: Color Matching

    Paper Size The paper size option will be set to CD for printing onto printable surface CDs and DVDs. The remaining options apply if you have purchased the business card adapter kit. Non-printable Outer Margin Adjust this value to print all the way to the outer edge of a CD. This is useful if you are printing full coverage images.

  • Page 29: Cartridge Alignment

    150 0.591" (15mm) (Physical Center) Cartridge Alignment The Cartridge Alignment prints a test print and then automatically scans the print to configure your printer for bidirectional printing and to align the color cartridge. It is important to perform this calibration every time you change a cartridge.

  • Page 30: Center The Print Image

    Center The Print Image NOTE: Your printer comes from the factory pre-calibrated to print the image in the center of the CD. You can use this adjustment if you need to fine-tune this location. If you ever wish to verify your factory-calibrated Vertical...

  • Page 31: Change Cartridge

    Clean/Purge Select Clean/Purge button to send a simple test pattern to the printer. Be sure to have a disc in the Publisher's input bin and the front cover closed. The test pattern purges ink through nozzles of your ink cartridge to clear any blockages.

  • Page 32: Enable Bi-Di Printing

    Details Select the Details button for information on the drivers, firmware, alignment and number of discs printed with your Publisher. Click Reset Factory Default to set all print centering and cartridge alignment settings back to factory defaults. Enable Bi-di Printing Set this option to Yes for faster printing that requires cartridge alignment.

  • Page 33: Section 4: Creating Discs On A Mac

    Section 4: Creating Discs on a Mac A. TUTORIAL: COPY A CD OR DVD 1. Double click the Discribe Icon to launch the program. You will see a splash screen followed by Discribe's Quick Start Menu. 2. Click the Copy a CD/DVD button. Place your master disc in the Publisher Drive.
  • Page 34 4. Select the drive that contains your master as the source drive. 5. Click the Burn… button 6. The Robot Write Options window contains selections to help you control the printing of the image, number of discs, recording options and more. Click the Print Image on Discs button to enable printing.
  • Page 35 9. YOU MUST CLICK Page Setup and set Format For to Disc Publisher SE! Set the paper size to CD/DVD. 10. Print Settings will launch the Printer Driver settings when clicked. These settings are described in detail in Section 4-D of this manual.

  • Page 36: Using Discribe 5.3

    B. USING DISCRIBE 5.3 B.1 Starting a Project The initial Discribe starter window provides 3 project types: Audio CD, Data CD and Copy CD / DVD. Choose one. Many more projects are available once the data picker window is open. Once you are in one of the main three project types you may choose any of the other available project types by clicking the drop down box at the top of the screen and selecting one of the projects.

  • Page 37: Saving Projects

    Universal Disk Format (UDF). Use this project type to create a data DVD for a Mac and a PC. DVD Video/Audio. This project type can be used to create DVD videos from properly formatted Video_TS and Audio_TS folders on your hard drive. Note: Video_TS and Audio_TS folders must first be created by a DVD authoring program.
  • Page 38 INDEX B.4 Queue Projects To queue a project choose the Queue Job button at the bottom of the Data Picker window instead of the Burn button. If you have not yet saved your project, you will be prompted to do so at this time. The Robot Write Window described in section 4B.5 will be displayed.
  • Page 39 B.5 Robot Write Window For any project Use the Robot Write Window to choose the print file, change print quality settings and choose the number of copies in a project. Print settings are explained in more detail in section 4D. Other settings on this screen can usually be left at their default values.

  • Page 40: Printed Label Format Requirements

    C. PRINTED LABEL FORMAT REQUIREMENTS Your printer driver allows you to create labels in most any graphics application. The driver will center the image and automatically crop it to the shape of a CD. This means you do not necessarily need a template to create a CD in your favorite graphics program.

  • Page 41: Advanced Printer Driver Functions

    The printer driver settings are contained in two areas, Page Setup and Print Setup. You can access the driver settings...
  • Page 42 Click the Copies and Pages button and select Publisher Settings option in the drop-down menu to see the full pane and access all the printer driver settings. The following is a description of the printer driver settings: • Print Quality There are three options for image quality.
  • Page 43 For the discs that Primera sells, use the following guide for Inner Diameter: − 23 mm for Primera's Tuff-Coat CDR −...
  • Page 44 (Utility in OS X v. 10.3) Icon You can also launch the Configuration Utility from the Disc Publisher SE printer settings in any printing application by clicking File then Print and selecting Publisher Settings. In Publisher Settings you will find a button to launch the Configuration Utility.

  • Page 45: Clean Cartridge

    Clicking the Clean Cartridge button will cause the Publisher to pick a disc and place in into the printer tray. The Publisher will then print a simple pattern that will flush ink through the nozzles. The test pattern will also show you if any nozzles are clogged.

  • Page 46: Image Alignment

    Make sure the Publisher has discs and BACK BACK NOTE: number) After printing this image once, rotate this CD number so the ARROWS point to the BACK of the printer and print again. INDEX SAME (must tough lines whose enter...
  • Page 47 INDEX Once the print has finished, you will see the following dialog box: Look at the finished alignment disc and pick the numbers that come closest to lining up with one another. For instance, on the disc shown in this manual, the vertical alignment is 2 and the horizontal alignment is 0.

  • Page 48: Section 5: Maintenace And Troubleshooting

    Publisher's outside case and trays. This type of cleaner is very effective on inks that may accumulate on the printer tray. Stronger cleaning solutions are NOT recommended because they may damage the paint and plastic materials from which the parts are manufactured.

  • Page 49: Performing A Robotic Self-Test

    C. PERFORMING A ROBOTIC SELF-TEST To ensure that everything is working properly, a Self-Test feature is built in to your Publisher. In this mode, the Robotic Disc Transporter will go through the motions of picking and placing a disc to ensure proper working order. This test may be performed without connecting the Publisher to the PC.

  • Page 50: Technical Support

    If you still have difficulty, contact the technical support number listed on the insert included in the supply pack that came with your Publisher. Source Primera Knowledge Base PTPublisher Software Help files SureThing Software Help files Email Support Chat Support...

  • Page 51: Section 6: Technical

    Section 6: Technical Model Configurations Printing Method Printing Resolution Ink Types Media Types Maximum print width Minimum PC System Minimum MAC System G4 PowerPC 700MHz or higher Disc Capacity Recordable Formats Operating Systems Interface Power Requirement Weight Dimensions EMC Certifications Safety Warranty Specifications...

  • Page 52: Index

    Index Align Cartridge ...13, 25, 41 Cartridge, Change ...27, 41 CD Tray ...6 Centering Test Print...26, 42 Color Matching...24, 38 Connections, Rear Panel ...4 Current Projects Panel...19 Identifying the Parts...3 Ink Levels and Cartridge Maintenance...27 Ink Saturation...25 Input Bin...4 Inner Diameter ...25, 39 New Project Panel ...19 Open Project Panel ...19 Output Bin...4...
  • Page 53 Printed in the United States of America P/N 510963...

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