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Primera Disk Publisher SE User Manual

Automated optical disc duplication & printing system for macintossh and pc
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090709-510963-(01)
TM
AUTOPRINTER
Automated Optical Disc
Automated Optical Disc
Duplication & Printing System
Duplication & Printing System
*after registering your
product. See
www.primerawarranty.com
for terms and conditions.
© 2009 All rights reserved

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  • Page 1 090709-510963-(01) AUTOPRINTER Automated Optical Disc Automated Optical Disc Duplication & Printing System Duplication & Printing System *after registering your product. See www.primerawarranty.com for terms and conditions. © 2009 All rights reserved...
  • Page 2 Notices : The information in this document is subject to change without notice. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND IS MADE WITH REGARD TO THIS MATERIAL, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Section 1: Getting Started..................1 A. Choosing a Good Location ..............1 B. Unpacking and Inspection...............2 C. Identifying the Parts .................3 D. PC System Requirements.................5 E. Mac System Requirements ..............5 Overview of Operation ................6 Section 2: Hardware and Software Set-Up ............8 A.

  • Page 5: Section 1: Getting Started

    Section 1: Getting Started ...for purchasing the Disc Publisher SE. Disc publisher is the perfect all-in-one solution for producing professional looking CD-R and DVD-R discs. A wide variety of disc formats are sup- ported, 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

    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 〈 Power Cord and Converter 〈...

  • Page 7: Identifying The Parts

    This illustration shows the Publisher and its components. Cover Power/Ink Ink Cartridge Button Carrier CD/DVD Recorder Drive Robotic Arm Recorder Tray Button Extendable Input Bin 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.
  • Page 8 With the cover closed, the Power/Ink Button turns the Publisher's power OFF if pressed and held for five seconds. Press it quickly to turn power back on. When already powered on quickly pressing the power button will open and close the printer tray.

  • Page 9: 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

    Your new Publisher is an automated, precision device intended for continuous-duty publishing of discs. The following is a description of the complete process of duplicating and printing a CD/DVD job on your Publisher: Up to 20 blank discs may be loaded at one time into the Input Bin.
  • Page 11 7. Once recording has started on the next round, printing will start with the recorded disc from the previous round. This simultaneous printing and recording greatly increases the throughput of your Publisher. 8. Print time varies according to which print mode has been selected (Section 3-A).

  • Page 12: Section 2: Hardware And Software Setup

    Section 2: Hardware and Software Setup This section will describe the step-by-step process of setting up your Publisher. This includes information on how to load the supplies (ink and disc media) necessary to start producing discs. The Installer Disc has a menu that will guide you through the process of setting up your duplicator.

  • Page 13: Hardware Setup

    Due to the wide variety of printable-surface CD/DVD media, you may find that certain brands of discs provide higher print quality than others. For maximum print quality, use CD/DVD media authorized by Primera. Hardware and Software Setup...
  • 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

    Connect the Publisher to your PC or Mac with your beige USB 2.0 Cable. If you are using a PC, after a few moments, Windows will tell you it has found new hardware and is looking for software to install it. Select "Install the software automatically"...
  • 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

    〈 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. 〈 Slowly remove the tape covering the cartridge's print head.

  • 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. Select the print label file by clicking the select a label button.
  • Page 20 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 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 background, 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: Using Ptpublisher

    The PTPublisher program is divided into six areas. Refer to the following for a description of each area. 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 on the upper right corner of the panel.
  • Page 24 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. 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

    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

    4A. Open the text panel by clicking the arrow on the text button. Add text by selecting one of the options below. To create text that follows the curve of the disc choose Add Circular Text. 4B. You may also choose from several SureThing smart designs.
  • Page 27 Click on the Disc Publisher SE icon with the right mouse button and select Printing Preferences. 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. If this option is selected the software will use all of the options set via the methods described in this section.
  • Page 28 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. 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 Exact color matching of the printed discs to the screen may never be possible since there are factors that affect this out of the drivers control. The surface of the disc reacts with the ink in the cartridge to produce the color. For this reason, when printing the same image to different types of discs with different surfaces the printed output can look entirely different.
  • Page 30 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 and Horizontal calibration settings, you can run a simple calibration procedure to assure that your images will be centered when printed on a CD.
  • Page 31 Along the Vertical axis of the printed disc, find the number whose lines touch. For example, in the above illustration, Enter the number 2 into the Vertical box of the Calibration window and 0 for the Horizontal axis. Select the OK button. Your images should now be centered when printed on a disc.

  • Page 32: Using Other Graphics Programs

    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. 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 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. 3. Place your master disc in the Publisher Drive. You must place your master disc in the drive AFTER you open the Discribe software.
  • Page 34 Select the drive that contains your master as the source drive. Click the Burn… button 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 YOU MUST CLICK Page Setup and set Format For to Disc Publisher SE! Also set the option to select a paper size to correspond with the type of disc you are using. 10. Print Settings will launch the Printer Driver settings when clicked.

  • Page 36: Using Discribe 5.3

    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 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 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 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

    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 following section will examine the printer driver settings that affect the print quality of your discs. While the default settings will fit most printing needs, it is a good idea to familiarize yourself with these settings to optimize your print quality.
  • Page 42 Print Settings Click Print Settings to see the driver window and all of its settings. 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: •...
  • 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 • Restore Defaults The Restore Defaults button will restore the driver settings to the factory defaults. • Config Utility This button launches the Configuration Utility. The Configuration Utility is a program that installs with your Publisher software. This utility allows you to monitor ink levels, maintain and calibrate the ink cartridge and align printing on the disc.
  • Page 45 You will see the Color Ink Level is displayed. The Color Ink Level represents the lowest color in your cartridge. For instance, if your cartridge has 80% cyan 50% yellow and 65% magenta ink remaining, the level reported would be 50%. You will also see the following buttons: A cartridge that sits idle in the Publisher for a period of time may start to experience some drying of ink in the tiny nozzles...
  • Page 46 The Image Alignment button will allow you to nudge the image up, down, left, or right on your disc. To center the image, click the Image Alignment button. You will be prompted with a choice to print a test print or simply enter val- ues to nudge the image alignment on the disc.
  • Page 47 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: Maintenance And Troubleshooting

    Section 5: Maintenace and Troubleshooting The Power/Ink button can tell you what is happening inside the Publisher. Please refer to the following: Power/Ink Button Publisher Fast Flashing The Publisher is initializing.You will see this pattern when the Publisher is first turned on. Wait until the lights stop blinking before opening software or starting jobs.

  • Page 49: 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

    Publisher. Source Location Primera Knowledge Base www.primera.com/knowledgebase.html Primo DVD Software Help files Open the software. Click on the Help Menu - Get Help SureThing Software Help files Open the software.

  • Page 51: Section 6: Technical Specifications

    Section 6: Technical Specifications Model Optical Disc Publisher SE Configurations DVD+/-R Publisher Printing Method Ink-Jet Printing Resolution 4800 x 1200 dpi, 2400 x 1200 dpi, 1200 x 1200 dpi, 600 x 600 dpi Ink Types One 3-color (CMY) cartridge Media Types Ink-Jet Printable Surface CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD RAM, DVD+R, Dual Layer DVD+R.

  • Page 52: Index

    Index Alignment Calibration..............41 Cartridge, Change ..............27, 41 CD Tray ....................6 Centering Test Print...............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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