Primera Disc Publisher II, User Manual

Page 1: ...USER S MANUAL 2003 All rights reserved 031004 510873 02 Automated Optical Disc Duplication Printing System Automated Optical Disc Duplication Printing System...

Page 2: ...nce to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television recepti...

Page 3: ...Suite 12 Step 6 Publishing Discs 12 Section 3 Creating Discs 17 A Setting up the Publisher s Printer Driver 17 B Using SureThing 24 C Using Other Graphics Programs 26 D Using PrimoDVD to Create Your...

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Page 5: ...e PrimoDVD Software This is accessible under Primo s Help Menu NOTE ON TERMS AND CONVENTIONS From this point forward the following terms and conventions will apply The Disc Publisher will be abbreviat...

Page 6: ...rface Cable Beige Warranty Card This Operator s Manual Quick Start Guide and Other Printed Information Save the carton and packing materials They will come in handy later if you ever need to transport...

Page 7: ...tions The Power Button turns the Publisher s power ON and OFF When the front cover is opened the Ink Cartridge Button is used to position the Cartridge Carrier for easy ink cartridge replacement When...

Page 8: ...fore 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 PrimoDVD 2 0...

Page 9: ...blank discs may be loaded at one time into the Input Bin 2 The Publisher s integrated Robotic Disc Transporter will first check your recorder drive for a disc by attempting to pick from the recorder T...

Page 10: ...s After recording the Recorder Tray opens automatically The Robotic Disc Transporter will lift the disc out of the Recorder Tray The Recorder Tray will close and the Printer Tray will open The Robotic...

Page 11: ...Robotic Disc Transporter moves the finished disc to the Output Bin 9 The process starts over and repeats until all blank discs are gone or the number you have specified via software are copied and pri...

Page 12: ...should automatically 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 ap...

Page 13: ...er driver settings to accommodate your specific brand of CD DVD media Refer to Section 3 for further printer driver information Due to the wide variety of printable surface CD DVD media you may find t...

Page 14: ...k Cartridge Carrier to the load position and open the ink cartridge covers Remove each ink cartridge from its packaging Slowly remove the tape covering the cartridge s print head being careful to avoi...

Page 15: ...e Set Up 11 Step 4 Connecting the USB 2 0 Cable Connect the Publisher to your PC with your beige USB 2 0 Cable After a few moments Windows will tell you it has found new hardware and is looking for so...

Page 16: ...re for the Publisher has installed click Next and you will see a screen to select the language for the software Select a language and you will be guided through installing both SureThing CD Labeler an...

Page 17: ...ched to your PC the following screen will appear when you launch Primo Clicking the Open Close button will help you identify the drive installed in your Publisher Select this drive from the list and c...

Page 18: ...your own design in many popular file formats The On Line Help section will provide complete instructions on all the features in this package The following is a tutorial on creating a basic disc design...

Page 19: ...ith your design save it as a SureThing Design STD file format 7 Close SureThing CD Labeler For optimal performance SureThing CD Labeler must not be running when you are publishing discs in Primo DVD 2...

Page 20: ...label you designed Check the Print check box and click the button to browse to the STD file you created E Select the number of copies you wish to create F Select the Publisher drive from the list of d...

Page 21: ...ant to take a moment to familiarize yourself with the printer driver settings for your Publisher These settings affect the print quality of your discs The default settings of the Publisher printer dri...

Page 22: ...k with Black Cartridge setting will print discs using both the color and black cartridges This saves color ink by using just the black cartridge for the black areas of your design When using this sett...

Page 23: ...r cartridge Inner Diameter This value changes the size of the non printed center Larger numbers cause the non printed center to be larger and smaller numbers make the non printed center smaller This n...

Page 24: ...dow and 9 would be entered for the Horizontal axis 6 Select the OK button Your images should now be centered when printed on a disc After your selections have been made close out of the printer setup...

Page 25: ...button to display the current ink levels as well as options for cleaning and changing cartridges Select Clean button to send a simple test pattern to the printer Be sure to have a disc in the Disc Pu...

Page 26: ...tch back and forth between previously used cartridges After the cartridge has been replaced according to the instructions on page 10 Step 3 Installing Ink Cartridges select either the New Cartridge In...

Page 27: ...onal for faster printing The default is uni directional printing When you enable bi directional printing you should perform the Alignment Calibration described later in this section Please note that t...

Page 28: ...ool 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 On Line Help section will pr...

Page 29: ...would like to import your own background or design Click Next 4 Check Use Smart Designs to browse through different built in designs Deselect this option if you would like to create your own layout W...

Page 30: ...ormat 7 Close SureThing CD Labeler For optimal performance SureThing CD Labeler must not be running when you are publishing discs in Primo DVD 2 0 C USING OTHER GRAPHICS PROGRAMS While SureThing will...

Page 31: ...Most of the popular higher end graphics applications give you this option of printing directly to a file If your graphics software does not allow a direct print to a file you will need to go into you...

Page 32: ...up of the software Here s a short explanation of each Window Drive Status Window Lists all of the available drives for your computer Usually your configuration has just two drives the internal drive i...

Page 33: ...the software Emptying the log will delete all entries permanently Overview of Recording Three basic recording operations are available 1 actual recording 2 test recording and 3 verifying Actual record...

Page 34: ...d Pause actions for the currently selected highlighted job may also be selected from the Toolbar at the top of the main Application Screen Once a job is started by pressing the Record button other sub...

Page 35: ...u would like the Disc Publisher to physically print the word Reject on rejected discs select the Print Reject option Otherwise rejected discs will simply be ejected with no printing at all F COPYING A...

Page 36: ...r job image file using the Disc to Disc option from the main File New Job drop down menu Be sure to click the checkbox that reads Make a Temporary Image on the Hard Disc and Copy From There The job wi...

Page 37: ...ck on it The file appears in the Image Job Window print dialog box with its path To select a STD file click Browse and change Files of Type to All Files and browse to the desired std file In the Drive...

Page 38: ...are blinking Waiting for a cartridge to alternately with one another be installed and the lid to be closed See section 2 A on solid flashing rapidly The printer tray or ink cartridge carrier has stall...

Page 39: ...are NOT recommended because they may damage the paint and plastic materials from which the parts are manufactured Always disconnect your Publisher s power cords before cleaning Resume operation only a...

Page 40: ...each other properly Follow the procedures listed on the following pages 1 Launch the software from your Windows Desktop or program menu The main Application Window will appear Select the Publisher Dr...

Page 41: ...e sure that all cables are connected securely 5 Click OK to get back to the main screen 6 Click on Robotics again 7 Select Manual Movements 8 Load at least 4 5 discs into the Input Bin 9 Click on Star...

Page 42: ...w At Top or Show at Right from the drop down Menu This will show a history of tasks performed by PrimoDVD If there are errors you will see them in this list For more information on recording errors yo...

Page 43: ...Options and check the box labeled Enable Burn Proof This option enables the drive to slow down its recording speed to match the data Click Robotics Options and deselect Record and Print Simultaneousl...

Page 44: ...o Section 3 for more information on performing a clean function through the Publisher s printer driver F CLEARING A MEDIA JAM If a disc should become jammed inside the printing area of the Publisher w...

Page 45: ...em Pentium Processor III IV 750 MHz or higher 256MB RAM minimum 512 MB recommended available PCI slot one free USB 2 0 port Disc Capacity 25 disc input 25 disc output default 50 disc input 50 disc out...

Page 46: ...k Low Warning 21 Identifying the Parts 2 Ink Levels and Cartridge Maintenance 21 Ink Saturation 19 Input Bin 2 3 5 6 10 20 22 35 37 Inner Diameter 19 Job Queueing 30 Job Set Up Window 28 Job Status Wi...

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