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    020608-510914-(07) USER’S MANUAL For Macintosh and PC © 2008 All rights reserved Automated Optical Disc Duplication & Printing System Automated Optical Disc Duplication & Printing System 24 M o n t h s W a r r a n t y o n a n y D i s c P u b l i s h e r p u r c h a s e * *after registering your product. See www .primerawarranty .com for [...]

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    ii Notices : The information in this document is subject to change without notice. NO W ARRANTY OF ANY KIND IS MADE WITH REGARD T O THIS MA TERIAL, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED W ARRANTIES OF MERCHANT ABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A P ARTICULAR PURPOSE. No liability is assumed for errors contained her ein or for incidental or consequential [...]

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    T able of Contents Section 1: Getting Started ......................................................................................1 A. Choosing a Good Location ......................................................................1 B. Unpacking and Inspection.......................................................................2 C. Identifying t[...]

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    Section 1: Getting Started THANK Y OU… ...for purchasing the Disc Publisher Pr o. It’s is the perfect all-in- one solution for producing pr ofessional looking CD-R and DVD-R discs. A wide variety of disc formats are supported, including audio CDs, V ideo Cds, data discs and more. Operation is simple and completely automatic once a job has been [...]

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    B. UNP ACKING AND INSPECTION While unpacking your Publisher , inspect the carton to ensur e that no damage has occurred during shipping. Make sur e that all supplied accessories are included with your unit. The following items should be included: • Optical Disc Publisher • Gray Plastic Input and Output Bins • Power Cord • One Three-Color (C[...]

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    C. IDENTIFYING THE P ARTS F ront Panel and T op This illustration shows the Publisher , its Contr ol Panel, Buttons, LED indicator lights, Input and Output Bins and other components. The Robotic Disc T ransporter 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 automatical[...]

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    The Control Panel contains LED Status Lights and Buttons to control the Publisher . The LED Status Lights indicate that Power is ON. They also blink in certain patterns to indicate an error or other condition of the Publisher . See Section 5 for a full explanation of the LED Status Light conditions. The Power Button turns the Publisher's power[...]

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    The Power Input Port connects to the included power cable. The internal power supply is a switching 100V~240V power supply . The Power Switch shuts off all power to the Publisher . D. PC SY STEM REQUIREMENTS Before getting started, it is important for you to verify that your PC meets the minimum system requir ements. Here's what you need in or[...]

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    F . O VERVIEW OF OPERA TION Y our 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: 1. Up to 50 blank discs may be loaded at one time into the Input Bin. 2. The Publisher's integrate[...]

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    4. The Recorder T rays then automatically shut. If a disc does not recor d properly (meaning that all or part of that disc is not recor dable), the Robotic Disc T ransporter picks it out of the CD T ray and sends it to the Reject Ar ea. 5. The Recorders ar e now writing to the discs. If you were to fully recor d a CD with data, audio, video or musi[...]

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    8. Print time varies according to which print mode has been selected (Section 3-A). In most cases, print time takes no more than 2 minutes. After printing the first disc, the Publisher's Printer Disc T ray opens automatically . The Robotic Disc T ransporter moves the finished disc to the Output Bin. 9. The Robotic Disc T ransporter will now lo[...]

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    Section 2: Hardware and Software Setup 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. A. INST ALLING THE PC SOFTWARE The Installer Disc has a QuickStart menu that will guide you through the pr oces[...]

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    c. Double-click on the Disc Publisher Pro Installer .mpkg file icon. Follow the on-screen instr uctions. d. The volume containing the operating system should be selected for installation. Click the Continue button. All components will be installed to their proper locations. e. Once the installation has completed, click Quit . Y ou have successfully[...]

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    • Open the front cover of the Publisher • The Publisher will automatically position the cartridge carrier and Robotic Disc T ransporter to the center position allowing for easy access to the bins. • Load the Input Bin (the bin located on the right-hand side of the Publisher) with 50 blank discs and place the bins on the mounting pegs. Hardwar[...]

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    Step 3: Connecting the USB 2.0 Cable Connect the Publisher to your PC or Mac with your beige USB 2.0 Cable. If you are using a PC: If you are using a PC, after a few moments, W indows will tell you it has found new hardwar e and is looking for software to install it. If you are using W indows XP , select " Install the software automatically &q[...]

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    Y ou will see a notice like the one shown below depending on which operating system you are using. Click Install Anyway or Install this driver software anyway to continue installing the printer driver for your Publisher . If you are using a Macintosh: When connecting USB to a Mac it may be necessary to Add the printer via the Printer Setup Utility [...]

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    2. Click Add . Select the Disc Publisher Pro fr om the list of available printers. Click Add again. Step 4: Installing Ink Car tridges • W ith the cover open, press the Ink Cartridge Button to move the Ink Cartridge Carrier to the load position and open the ink cartridge covers. • Remove each ink cartridge from its packaging. • Slowly remove [...]

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    Section 3: Creating Discs on a PC There ar e two main components to creating discs, printing and burning. SureThing CD Labeler is used to design the printing on your discs. PTPublisher controls the r ecording and allows you to select the image to be printed to your discs. Both applications will be described in detail in this section. A. TUT ORIAL: [...]

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    3. 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. V erify this information is correct and click the next arr ow to continue. 4. Select the print label file by clicking the select a label button. When you have selected print label file, click the ne[...]

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    4A2 - Double Click on the file to add it to your project. Y ou may add any BMP , JPG or Sur eThing (.std) file. SureThing files ar e 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. Use the tabs on the bottom left to browse in explor [...]

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    Choose the 120mm DiscT emplate from the window that appears. Using the buttons on the left navigation window , you may add your own background, choose a pr e-made back- ground, choose fr om several text effects or insert a pictur e. Click the down arrow on the button to view all options. Once you have designed the label go to the file menu and choo[...]

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    5. Y ou can edit the print settings for this file by changing the settings that appear . Several preset media types that correspond with the media availabe at our webstore ar e avail- able from the Media dr op down box. When you select a media type from this box the Print Quality , Outer Margin and Inner Diameter are automatically adjusted to fit t[...]

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    B. USING PTPUBLISHER The PTPublisher program is divided into six ar eas. Refer to the following for a description of each area. 1. Open Project Panel This panel allows you to open a previously saved pr oject. It will also display the last few saved projects. T o open or close this or any panel click on the down or up arrow on the upper right corner[...]

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    4. R obot Status P anel This panel displays a picture of curr ently connected robot. The current status is also displayed. Important err ors such as low ink will be displayed here. Click " more status " to view status regar ding the printer , r ecorder drive, curr ently running jobs and job history log. 5. Status Bar The Status Bar shows [...]

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    C. CREA TING A PRINT LABEL USING SURETHING The SureThing Disc Labeler softwar e included with your Publisher is a great tool for cr eating professional looking discs. Y ou 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 pr[...]

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    4A. Open the text panel by clicking the arrow on the text button. Add text by selecting one of the options below . T o cr eate text that follows the curve of the disc choose Add Circular T ext. 4B. Y ou may also choose from several SureThing smart designs. These design templates automatically position your text and use certain text effects to give [...]

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    Click on the Disc Publisher Pro icon with the right mouse button and select Printing Preferences . NOTE: Most applications allow you to change these same printer driver options from their "Print" and/or "Printer Setup" scr eens. This means that you don't have to go back to the main printer setup window each time you want to[...]

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    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 car d adapter kit. Non-printable Outer Mar gin 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. The lower you se[...]

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    Ink Car tridge Color + Black is best for images that have large ar eas of black graphics or text. Although you can print these same images with just the color cartridge, often the blacks will look darker with this setting. Color Only is default setting and is best for most images. W ith this setting the printer only uses the color cartridge to prod[...]

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    Ink Saturation This option controls the ink saturation of the printed image. When printing onto the printer manufacturer's T uffCoat CD media, this option can be left at its default setting of 100%. When printing onto other brands of printable CD media, you may need to adjust this control in or der to optimize the ink saturation for the printa[...]

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    Center T he Print Image NOTE: Y our printer comes from the factory pr e-calibrated to print the image in the center of the CD. Y ou can use this adjustment if you need to fine-tune this location. If you ever wish to verify your factory-calibrated V ertical and Horizontal calibration settings, you can run a simple calibration procedur e to assure th[...]

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    5. Along the V ertical axis of the printed disc, find the number whose lines touch. For example, in the above illustration, Enter the number 2 into the V ertical box of the Calibration window and 0 for the Horizontal axis. 6. Select the OK button. Y our images should now be centered when printed on a disc. After your selections have been made, clos[...]

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    Clean/Purge Select Clean/Purge button to send a simple test pattern to the printer . Be sur e to have a disc in the Publisher's input bin and the front cover closed. The test pattern, shown below , purges ink through nozzles of your ink cartridge to clear any blockages. Details Select the Details button for information on the drivers, firmware[...]

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    When creating images in other graphics pr ograms we recommend cr eating a 4.72 x 4.72 square image that has a 300 dpi resolution. F . USING KIOSK MODE Kiosk Mode allows you to use both of Publisher's Bins as input, doubling your disc capacity from 50 discs to 100 discs. In this mode, the finished discs will be deposited out through the front &[...]

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    Section 4: Creating Discs on a Mac A. TUT ORIAL: COPY A CD OR D VD 1. Double click the Discribe Icon to launch the program. Y ou 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. Important! Y ou must place your master disc in the drive AFTER yo[...]

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    4. Select the drive that contains your master as the source drive. 5. Click the Burn… button. At this point, if you are using a Disc Publisher Pro or XRP for the first time on this comput- er , you will be pr ompted, "Y ou must choose a robot and a recor der to write a disc." Click OK . The screen below will appear . The r obot should a[...]

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    9. YOU MUST CLICK Page Setup and set Format For to Disc Publisher PRO! 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. These settings are described in detail in Section 4-D of this manual. 1 1. Select the Number of discs r equested[...]

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    B. USING DISCRIBE 5.3 B.1 Star ting a Pr oject The initial Discribe starter window provides 3 pr oject types: Audio CD, Data CD and Copy CD / DVD. Choose one. Many more pr ojects are available once the data picker window is open. Once you are in one of the main thr ee project types you may choose any of the other available project types by clicking[...]

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    Universal Disk Format (UDF). Use this project type to cr eate a data DVD for a Mac and a PC. DVD V ideo/Audio. This project type can be used to cr eate DVD videos from pr operly formatted V ideo_TS and Audio_TS folders on your hard drive. Note: V ideo_TS and Audio_TS folders must first be created by a DVD authoring pr ogram. Disc Copy Image. Use th[...]

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    B.4 Queue Pr ojects T o 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 W rite W indow described in Section 4B.5 will be displayed. Once you choose your print file and burn settings, click OK [...]

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    B.5 Robot Write Window For any project Use the Robot W rite W indow to choose the print file, change print quality settings and choose the number of copies in a project. Print settings ar e explained in more detail in Section 4D. Other settings on this screen can usually be left at their default values. These options are explained below . Important[...]

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    • Kiosk Mode will allow you to increase the capacity of your Disc Publisher from 25 to 50 (Disc Publisher Pr o from 50 to 100) discs by dispensing finished discs out the front of the unit instead of dropping them to the output bin. This allows you to place blank discs in both the input and out- put bins doubling your capacity . An optional Kiosk [...]

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    • Check Ignore Read Errors if you know your master may have scratches but you would like to copy it anyway . Be aware that copies may not be playable or may have notice- able quality problems. • Always check BURN-Proof/JustLink . This prevents bad discs resulting fr om inadequate hardwar e C. PRINTED LABEL FORMA T REQUIREMENTS Y our printer dri[...]

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    4. Before you print or save your image in another format, either hide the template layer or delete the template layer . The circular shape and center cut out should not be printed. Use it only as a guide to layout your image. D. PRINTING ONL Y T o print simply follow the normal procedure for printing fr om your graphics application. Select the Disc[...]

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    The following is a description of the printer driver settings: • Cartridge to use The Black and Color setting will use both cartridges when printing your image. Color will only use the Color Cartridge, and Black Only will only use the monochrome cartridge for printing. • Kiosk Mode Kiosk Mode will allow you to increase the capacity of your Publ[...]

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    • Intensity The Intensity setting will control the amount of ink saturation on the disc. When printing onto the Primera T oughCoat discs, 96% is usually sufficient. When printing on to other brands of media, or if you would like to print darker colors, you may wish to increase the Intensity setting. • Inner Diameter The inner diameter refers to[...]

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    F . CONFIGURA TION UTILITY The Configuration Utility is a program that installs with your Publisher software. This utility allows you to monitor ink levels, maintain and calibrate ink cartridges and align printing on the disc. The Configuration Utility can be launched from the Print Center in OSX by doing the following: 1. Click the Finder 2. Click[...]

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    Clean Car tridge Cartridges that sit idle in the Publisher for a period of time may start to experience some drying of ink in the tiny nozzles that make up the print head. 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 in[...]

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    46 Creating Discs on a Mac Image Centering The Image Centering button will print a test pattern on your disc to help you center the printed image on your disc. If you see a half moon sliver of whited un-printed space on the outside or inside of your disc, you may need to run this calibration. Before you r un the centering test print make sure the P[...]

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    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. Enter this in the alignment dialog box. If you choose not to pri[...]

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    Section 5: Interpreting the Publisher's Indicator Lights The Power and Busy LED indicator lights located on the top of the Publisher can tell you a lot about what is happening inside the Publisher . T o accurately interpret what it means when these lights are on, of f, or flashing, please refer to the following: Ink Cartridge Power LED LED Pub[...]

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    Section 6: Maintenance and T roubleshooting The Publisher is designed to operate for extended periods of time with very little attention. In fact, no regular maintenance is recommended other than cleaning the outside case. NOTE: Do NOT attempt to oil or grease the Publisher's Robotic Arm shaft or other components. Y ou will likely cause more h[...]

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    C. MAC SOFTWARE TEST This will confirm that the hardwar e, software, and your computer are all communicating pr operly . T o perform a software test please do the following: 1. Launch Discribe. 2. Click one of the options from the quick-launch menu (i.e. Data CD). 3. Select T est Robotics from the Utilities Menu. 4. Click the T est Robot button. 5.[...]

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    F . TRANSPORTING THE PUBLISHER T o prevent damage to the Publishers robotic arm during shipment, it is important to properly secur e it. T o prepare for transport, r emove the ink cartridges and disc holders, close the front cover and then do the following: 1. W ith the front cover closed, switch of f power to the unit. 2. Press and hold the Cartri[...]

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    Section 7: T echnical Specifications Model Optical Disc Publisher Pro Configurations CD-R Publisher 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 T ypes Dual Cartridges: One 3-color (CMY) cartridge, and one Black Monochrome (K) Media T ypes Ink-Jet Printable Surfac[...]

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    Dimensions 17.8"W x 1 1"H x 17.6"D (452.12mmW x 279.4mmH x 447.4mmD) EMC Certifications FCC Class B, CE Safety UL, UL-C, CE W arranty Tow year s T echnical Specifications 53[...]

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    Index Activity Log .....................................................................................19 Alignment Calibration ..................................................................45 CD T ray ..............................................................................................7 Centering T est Print .........................[...]

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    Printed in the United States of America P/N 510914[...]