Primera Bravo se Disc Publisher, User Manual

Page 1: ...osh and PC Automated Optical Disc Duplication Printing System AUTOPRINTER Automated Optical Disc Duplication Printing System For the most recent version of this manual please visit http www primera com manuals html 2009 All rights reserved ...

Page 2: ...ll not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the e...

Page 3: ...INTER USERS 14 B Using PTPublisher 17 B1 Project Types 17 B2 Steps to Any Project 19 Step 1 Add Data 19 Step 2 Add Print 20 Step 3 Start Project Summary Settings 21 B3 Publisher Status 24 B4 Backup Project PC Disc Publisher Only 25 B5 Rip Audio PC Disc Publisher Only 28 B6 PTProtect PC Disc Publisher Only 29 C Creating a Print Label Using SureThing PC 30 D Creating a Print Label Using Disc Cover M...

Page 4: ...with the icon and the document will jump to that page If you want to return to the Table of Contents move the icon to the top of the page and click on the arrow marked TOC Navigating through the Index is similar Place the icon on one of the listings or page numbers click on it and it will move to that page The text relating to the Index listing will appear in red Returning to the Index can be done...

Page 5: ... this is accessible via the software s help menu and the icon On a Mac this accessible in the Disc Publisher folder in the applications directory NOTE ON TERMS AND CONVENTIONS From this point forward the following terms and conventions will apply The Bravo Disc Publisher SE will be abbreviated simply as the Publisher Optical discs which can include many different types of discs including CD Rs CD ...

Page 6: ...isher near heat sources such as radiators or air ducts or in a place subject to direct sunlight excessive dust mechanical vibration or shock C 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 ...

Page 7: ...the Output Bin The CD DVD Recorder is automatically loaded and unloaded by the Publisher s Robotic Disc Transporter The Recorder Tray Button manually opens or closes the Recorder Tray In normal operation the in out movement of the Recorder Tray is controlled automatically and this button is not used Extendable Output Bin Recorder Tray Button Input Bin Cover Robotic Arm Power Ink Button CD DVD Reco...

Page 8: ...corder drive You can access the output bin by opening the front cover or by pulling the bin out The bin can be ejected at any time while the Publisher is operating It is recommended that you close drawer for multiple disc operation Leave the drawer open only for single disc dispensing The Front Cover is a durable plastic cover that will protect the Publisher from dust and interference The Ink Cart...

Page 9: ...ersion 10 5 or higher 512 MB RAM Free hard drive space of at least 10 GB Available USB 2 0 Port Do not connect the Publisher to any USB hubs or the USB port on your keyboard It should be connected directly to an onboard USB 2 0 port If your computer does not have at least these minimum system requirements system performance may not be acceptable G OVERVIEW OF OPERATION Your new Publisher is an aut...

Page 10: ...c out of the 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 7 Once recording has starte...

Page 11: ...cally launch in a few moments If it does proceed to Step 2 If it does not automatically launch follow these steps Double click the My Computer Icon then double click the icon of the appropriate CD drive containing the Software Installer disc Double click Setup exe 2 Follow the on screen instructions They will guide you step by step through the installation process B INSTALLING THE MAC SOFTWARE The...

Page 12: ...g Media Discs NOTE Your Publisher can print directly onto virtually any brand of inkjet printable surface 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 3E and 3F for further printer driver information Due to the wide variety of pr...

Page 13: ...n 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 Load the Input Bin the bin located on the right hand side of the Publisher with 20 blank discs ...

Page 14: ...u it has found new hardware and is looking for software to install it 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 Publishe...

Page 15: ...ublisher to your PC with your beige USB 2 0 Cable The printer driver will automatically install To verify the driver installed or reinstall go to the Mac System Preferences Apple System Preferences Click the Print and Fax Icon Windows XP Message Windows Vista 7 Message ...

Page 16: ... 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 DO NOT TOUCH THE COPPER AREA ...

Page 17: ...tridge If you are using a PC the Installer will prompt you to align the cartridge If you are using a Mac you will be prompted to align the cartridge before you print for the first time Note An alignment print is required every time you install a new cartridge The software will always prompt you to align the cartridges Make sure there is an unprinted disc in the bin for this alignment ...

Page 18: ...the project starter window There are three basic steps to any project 1 Add Data 2 Add a Print File 3 Set the number of copies and adjust options Summary The instructions below explain how to do the most common project A Copy Project A Copy Project can be used to copy any CD DVD DVD DL or Blu ray master This job type reads the master disc from the Disc Publisher drive to the hard drive of your com...

Page 19: ...elect the print label file by clicking the select a label button When you have selected print label file click the next arrow There are several ways to select a print file See the explainations below for more information For any job type you choose you will be prompted to select a label file to print You may select an existing label create a label or choose to print nothing Simply click the next a...

Page 20: ...ttings are dependent upon the specific discs you are using Each disc media brand or type has a different sized non printable outer margin or inner diameter It also has a different printable surface For Primera TuffCoat branded discs simply choose your media from the drop down list the settings will be adjusted accordingly Inner Diameter and Outer Margin Printable Area If you have other media you m...

Page 21: ...ati cally be selected for you Click the Go button to start the job B USING PTPUBLISHER PTPublisher allows you to record and print CDs DVDs and BDRs Blu ray using a variety of project types described below When the software is opened these projects will be available from the main starter menu At any point you can access these project by clicking the project in the New Projects area on the left B 1 ...

Page 22: ...t allows you to create an audio CD using WAV MP3 AIFF or WMA files Note this procedure is not for copying already created and mastered original audio CDs If you have already created a master audio CD in another application or this application and you would like to make additional copies please use the Copy project Recommended for Creating Audio CDs Video Project This project involves extracting th...

Page 23: ...ge or create an image and then use it in the project The master disc is read from the specified drive to the hard drive of your computer The master is stored in the Global Image format gi in a user specified location on your computer PTPublisher uses this file to make all subsequent copies that are requested The master disc is read only once to create the initial file Recommended for All CD DVD or...

Page 24: ...f the disc 3 Once the print file is selected a preview will be displayed 4 At this point you may choose to move on to the next step by clicking the next arrow However there are print quality and print area settings that you may want to adjust 5 Several preset media types that correspond with the media available at our webstore can be selected the Media drop down box When you select a media type fr...

Page 25: ... image Add text and any other design features 3 Save your label by going to the File menu Save as 4 Close SureThing or Disc Cover 5 You will be asked if you would like to use the label you just created in your current project Click Yes 6 You may now choose to adjust print settings as described above Step 3 Start Project Summary Settings In this step you can verify data and print information and se...

Page 26: ...A saved project file does not include the data to be burned or the print file to be printed If these files are moved or deleted the project file will need to be edited to reflect these changes Schedule Project Click this button to schedule this job to run daily weekly or monthy at a specific time For more information on this topic see Section 3B 5 Project Options For any job type you can click on ...

Page 27: ...which effectively adds anoth er file system to the disc UDF1 02 with a Joliet bridge is the default Most of the differences between file system types relate to file name length and character restrictions and folder level depth ISO is the most restrictive and oldest and UDF is the least restrictive newest file type The complete list of speci fications for each is several hundred pages Macs and PCs ...

Page 28: ... errors are present a red exclamation button will be dis played with the error explained to the right At times the entire error will not be visible Click More Status to view the complete error The Status page displays Drive Status Printer Robot Arm Status and Project Status Drive Status shows the current status of the drive during a job The recording progress is displayed on the progress bar along...

Page 29: ...these steps 1 Choose Data Project from the project starter window 2 Add the files or folders that you would like to backup Typically there will be more data to back up than will fit on any one CD DVD etc If that happens you will receive a warning message and the data bar at the bottom of the screen will turn red To resolve this issue you may choose to span the data over several CDs or DVDs or chan...

Page 30: ...g the media type only changes the media that the software expects It is up to the user to make sure the selected media is actually in the bin 3 Once you have selected the data click the next arrow to add a print file There is a print template that has been designed for backup projects It is recommended that this template be used Check the Use Print Template box Title and description fields will ap...

Page 31: ...t into a backup project You will be prompted to save your project Do not move projects once you have saved them Always choose only one copy even if your project will be spanned across multiple discs Once the project has been saved the Schedule window will appear Set the frequency of the backup and the time of day Click Schedule ...

Page 32: ... from the sub menu Here you can view all scheduled projects edit the project or change the frequency or time of the automatic backup Note All backup runs are full backups PTPublisher does not do incre mental or differential backups by searching for new or changed data B 5 Rip Audio CD PC Disc Publishers Only This project allows you to rip music to your hard drive in MP3 or other formats using iTun...

Page 33: ...TProtect dongle or in the PTPublisher software help file To protect DVDs you must first insert the PTProtect USB Dongle 100 250 500 1000 or 5000 protections into a USB port on the same computer that the Disc Publisher is connected to Once you insert the dongle it will appear in My Computer as the next available drive letter with a Volume Label as PTProtect When PTPublisher is launched the PTProtec...

Page 34: ...ose the 120mm DiscTemplate from the window that appears 2 Open the background panel by clicking the arrow on the background button Add your own background to the label by choosing Select Backgound 3A Browse to the location of your background image To avoid skewed or blurry printing make sure your image is 120mm square and of sufficient resolution We recommend 300 dpi 3B Instead of your own backgro...

Page 35: ...raphics or symbols to the label These graphics will appear on top of the background image You can size them appropriately by dragging the corner of the selected graphic 6 When you have completed design work save your label by choosing Save Project in the Actions panel D CREATING A PRINT LABEL USING DISC COVER MAC The Disc Cover Disc Labeler software included with your Publisher is a great tool for...

Page 36: ...he top tool bar On the image above the Gallery button is the highlighted center color wheel button on the left side of the top tool bar 3 Choose Backgrounds from the drop down box Click the design that you would like as your background Use the scroll bar to view all of the designs 4 You may also select an image or design from your hard drive as long as it is a supported file type such as tiff jpg ...

Page 37: ...all categories Selection Resize or move text images or shapes with this tool Text Create a standard text box Circular Text Create circular text that follows the contour of the outside or inside of your disc Zoom Zoom out or in Color Change the color of the selected object with this tool Font Change the font of the selected text or circular text object with this tool Inspector Click this button to ...

Page 38: ...Fill and Shadow Add shadow change thickness or color of geometric objects Image Add transparency or a gradient to images cli part or backgrounds Text Change line spacing character spacing fonts size or justifications of any selected text object Alignment Align or distribute multiple text objects 7 Many other options such as changing the order of objects send to front send to back and exporting in ...

Page 39: ...r options 1 For XP Professional click the Start button then click on Printers and Faxes For Windows Vista click the Windows button and choose Printers For Windows 7 click the Windows button and chose Devices and Printers 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 direct...

Page 40: ...ost media the printable surface does not extend all the way to the edge of the disc Print Quality This setting affects the quality speed and ink usage of the print Color matching is also tied to this setting Start with the default setting for fastest printing and the least amount of ink consumption If the quality needs improvement move to the next highest setting Disc Surface Quality This setting ...

Page 41: ... color For this reason when printing the same image to different types of discs with different surfaces the printed output can look entirely different Ink Saturation This option controls the ink saturation of the printed image When printing onto the printer manufacturer s TuffCoat CD media this option can be left at its default setting of 100 When printing onto other brands of printable CD media y...

Page 42: ... 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 To do this refer to the following steps 1 Verify that a disc and a color ink cartridge are installed in the Publisher It is important to use the same disc you normally use for your publishing bec...

Page 43: ...nted on a disc After your selections have been made close out of the printer setup window You are now ready to go to an application program and print All printer driver selections will stay the same until you change them 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 Horizontal Calibration Find and enter the number whose lines tough must be the SAME number Vertical Calibration Find and enter the numb...

Page 44: ...nter Be sure to have a disc in the Publisher s input bin and the front cover closed The test pattern purges ink through noz zles of your ink cartridge to clear any blockages 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 t...

Page 45: ...t them here These settings do not typically need to be changed They are for advanced users only The following is a description of the printer driver settings Print Quality There are three options for image quality Keep in mind that Normal provides the fastest print at lower quality while Best delivers the best quality at a slower print speed Disc Surface Quality This setting also affects the Quali...

Page 46: ...dge to produce the color For this reason when printing the same image to different brands of discs with different printable surfaces the printed output can look entirely different Intensity The Intensity setting will control the amount of ink saturation on the disc When printing onto the Primera ToughCoat discs 96 is usually sufficient When printing on to other brands of media or if you would like...

Page 47: ... are using Save As Default The Save As Default button will save the current settings as the system wide defaults Restore Defaults The Restore Defaults button will restore the driver settings to the factory defaults Config Utility This button launches the Configuration Utility You will see the Color Ink Level is displayed The Color Ink Level represents the lowest color in your cartridge For instanc...

Page 48: ... paper towel and replace it in the Publisher See Section 4 D Change Cartridge If you need to change the cartridge it is a good idea to use the Change Cartridge button in the Configuration Utility This ensures the most accurate tracking of ink levels To change a cartridge click the Change Cartridge button The cartridge holder will move to the center of the Publisher to make it easi er to install th...

Page 49: ...print job and then click the Yes button The Publisher will pick a disc and print a scale of numbers on it You will be prompted to open the Publisher s front cover rotate the printed disc 180 degrees reload it into the input and close the cover Click OK when ready and the Publisher will pick the disc and print another scale of numbers The disc should look like this 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 5 4 3 2 1 0...

Page 50: ...zontal Calibration number smaller or more negative will move the image slightly to the left Making the Horizontal Calibration a larger value or more positive will move the image to the right If the Vertical Calibration number is made smaller or more negative the image will move slightly up If the Vertical Calibration is set to a larger value or more positive value the image will move down on the d...

Page 51: ...ough the PTPublisher software your Publisher will support the following additional stardard label image file formats BMP TIF JPG GIF PNG and PRN These formats can be exported from most any original graphics format such as Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator When creating images in other graphics programs we recommend creating a 4 72 x 4 72 square image that has a 300 dpi resolution ...

Page 52: ...ic error or a picking problem However these conditions are always paired with a error message on screen B CLEANING THE PUBLISHER NOTE Do NOT attempt to oil or grease the Publisher s Robotic Arm shaft or other components You will likely cause more harm than good Any moving parts are designed to operate for the life of the machine with no additional lubrication required Use a clean lint free rag wit...

Page 53: ...t Bin Open the cover Press and hold the power button for five seconds The test will start To stop the test close the cover and press the power button D CLEANING THE INK CARTRIDGE It may be necessary to clean the ink cartridge nozzles if you notice reduced print quality or if you suspect an cartridge noz zle has become slightly dried out or clogged If you are having print quality problems follow th...

Page 54: ...upport number listed on the insert included in the supply pack that came with your Publisher Source Location Primera Knowledge Base www primera com knowledgebase html PTPublisher Software Help files Open the software Click on the icon in the upper right corner of any screen SureThing Software Help files Open the software Click on the Help Menu Contents Email Support www primera com contact_tech_su...

Page 55: ...th 4 724 120mm Minimum PC System IntelTM Processor III IV 750 MHz or higher 256MB RAM minimum 512 MB recommended available PCI slot one free USB 2 0 port Minimum MAC System G5 or Intel CPU running OS X version 10 5 or higher 512 MB RAM Free hard drive space of at least 10 GB Disc Capacity 20 disc input 20 disc output Operating Systems Window XP Vista or 7 Mac OSX Version 10 5 or higher Interface U...

Page 56: ...ns Rear Panel 4 Copy Project 14 17 Data Project 18 Disc Cover 14 31 File System 23 Gallery 33 Global Image 14 Identifying the Parts 3 Image Project 19 Ink Levels and Cartridge Maintenance 40 Ink Saturation 37 Input Bin 4 Inner Diameter 16 21 37 42 iTunes 28 Media Type 51 New Project Panel 15 Open Disc 23 Outer Margin 16 21 36 43 Output Bin 4 Overview of Operation 5 Paper Size 36 Power Ink Button 4...

Page 57: ... 22 Recording Type 23 Resolution 51 Rip Audio 28 Robot Options 22 Save Project 22 Schedule Project 22 Set Time and Date to Mastering Time 24 Span Discs 26 Specifications 51 System Requirements 5 Technical Support 50 Test Record 23 Verify 23 Video Project 18 VIDEO_TS 18 29 Windows Media Player 28 ...

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