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Primera Bravo II User Manual

Automated optical disc duplication & printing system
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020608-510873-(10)
DISC PUBLISHER
Automated Optical Disc
Automated Optical Disc
Duplication & Printing System
Duplication & Printing System
© 2008 All rights reserved.

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  • Page 1 020608-510873-(10) DISC PUBLISHER Automated Optical Disc Automated Optical Disc Duplication & Printing System Duplication & Printing System © 2008 All rights reserved.
  • Page 2 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 ...29 Using Kiosk Mode ...30 Section 4: Creating Discs on a MAC ...31 A.

  • 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: • Optical Disc Publisher •...
  • Page 7 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. The Recorder Tray Button manually opens or closes the Recorder Tray.

  • Page 8: Pc System Requirements

    Rear Panel This illustration shows the input ports found on the rear panel of the Publisher: The USB 2.0 Interface is connected to an open USB 2.0 port on your PC with the USB 2.0 cable, included with your Publisher. Power Input switching power supply.

  • Page 9: Overview Of Operation

    • Do not connect the Bravo to any USB hubs or the USB port on your keyboard. It should be connected directly to an on- board USB 2.0 port. If your computer does not have at least these minimum system requirements, system performance may not be acceptable.
  • Page 10 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 Disc Transporter will lower the disc into the Printer Tray, and the Printer Tray will then automatically close.
  • Page 11 8. Print time varies according to which print mode has been selected (section 3-D). In most cases, print time takes no more than 2 minutes. After printing the first disc, the Publisher's Printer Disc Tray opens automatically. The Robotic Disc Transporter moves the finished disc to the Output Bin.

  • Page 12: Section 2: Hardware And Software Set-Up

    CD-ROM in a safe place. 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

    Because of this, you may need to adjust the printer driver settings to accommodate your specific brand of CD/DVD media. Refer to Section 3D or 4D for further printer driver information. 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.
  • 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 the center position allowing for easy access to the bins. •...

  • Page 15: Step 3: Installing Ink Cartridges

    1. Push in 2. Lift Up • Close the Publisher’s front cover. Step 4: Connecting the USB 2.0 Cable/Installing the Printer Driver Connect the Publisher to your computer with the beige USB 2.0 Cable. INDEX to move the Ink...
  • Page 16 You will see a notice like the one shown below depending on which operating system you are using. Click Continue Anyway or Install this driver software anyway to continue installing the printer driver for your Publisher. Windows XP Message Windows Vista Message...
  • Page 17 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. Click Add. Select the Disc Publisher Pro from the list of available printers.

  • 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 background, choose from several text effects or insert a picture. Click the down arrow on the button to view all options.
  • Page 22 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

    B. USING PTPUBLISHER The PTPublisher program is divided into six areas. Refer to the following for a description of each area. 1. 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 on the upper right corner of the panel.

  • Page 24: Status Bar

    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. 5. 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: Paper Size

    NOTE: Most applications allow you to change these same printer driver options from their "Print" and/or "Printer Setup" screens. This means that you don't have to go back to the main printer setup window each time you want to change a setting or option in the printer driver.

  • Page 28: Color Matching

    CD media. 24 Creating Discs on a PC print described later in this section. if you would like the printer driver to make INDEX...

  • Page 29: Centering Test Print

    This number is incremented by 0.1mm so a change of 10 for inner diameter changes the diameter by 1mm. For Primera TuffCoat TM media use 230 for the inner diameter. Centering Test Print NOTE: Your printer comes from the factory pre-calibrated to print the image in the center of the CD.
  • Page 30 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 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.

  • Page 31: Ink Levels And Cartridge Maintenance

    Select this 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 Bravo's input bin and the front cover closed.

  • Page 32: Disc Output Location

    10, Step 3: Installing Ink Cartridges, select either the New Cartridge Installed button or the Old Cartridge Installed button accordingly. These selections are necessary for the printer to accurately keep track of ink cartridge ink levels. Select the Details button for information on the drivers, firmware, alignment and number of discs printed with your Publisher.

  • Page 33: Alignment Calibration

    Alignment Calibration The Alignment Calibration allows you you create a test print that will provide you with values to configure your printer for Bi-Di- Printing and to align the color and black cartridges for Color+Black printing. If Bi-Di Printing is enabled, or if you use...

  • Page 34: Prn Files

    Windows Control Panel, Printers where you will be able to select File from your list of available printer ports. This will enable the driver to print to a PRN file from any application.

  • Page 35: 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. 3.
  • Page 36 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. 7.
  • Page 37 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.

  • Page 38: 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 39 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 40 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 41 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 42: 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 43: Advanced Printer Driver Functions

    INDEX D. ADVANCED PRINTER DRIVER FUNCTIONS The following section will examine the printer driver settings that affect the print quality of your discs. To access print settings from Discribe click the Print Settings button on the Robot Write screen. Creating Disc on a Mac 39...
  • Page 44 This allows you to place blank discs in both the input and output bins doubling your capacity. An optional Kiosk Kit is available from your Primera reseller that contains a custom output bin to catch the finished discs as they leave the Bravo.
  • Page 45 For the discs that Primera sells, use the following guide for Inner Diameter: − 23 mm for Primera's Tuff-Coat CDR −...

  • Page 46: Configuration Utility

    Center in OSX by doing the following: 1. Click the Finder 2. Click the Applications Icon. Open the Utilities folder. 3. Scroll to Print Center (Printer Setup Utility in OS X v. 10.4) 4. Highlight the Disc Publisher and click the Configure (Utility in OS X v.

  • Page 47: Clean Cartridge

    Clicking the Clean Cartridge button will cause the bravo to pick a disc and place in into the printer tray. The Bravo will then print a simple pattern that will flush ink through the nozzles.

  • Page 48: Image Alignment

    Color Ink Cartridge to the Monochrome Ink Cartridge. This is crucial when selecting the Black and Color Ink Cartridge setting in the Printer Driver as described in Section 4-E of this manual. Make certain you have discs and ink installed in your Bravo prior to pressing this button.
  • Page 49 NOTE: After printing this image once, rotate this CD so the ARROWS point to the BACK of the printer. -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 Horizontal Calibration Find the number...
  • Page 50 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 -3.

  • Page 51: Section 5: Interpreting The Publisher's Indicator Lights

    Disc Transporter to load a disc Waiting for a cartridge to be installed and the lid to be closed. (See section 2-C). The printer tray or ink cartridge carrier has stalled. Press the Ink button to retry the operation. The Publisher has a cartridge problem.

  • Page 52: Section 6: Maintenance 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 53: Calibration Utility/Robotics Testing (Pc)

    To open the utility follow these instructions. 1. Open PTPublisher. 2. Click on "More Info" under the Robot Status Panel. The following screen will appear. Click the Printer Properties button. A screen similar to the one below will appear. INDEX Maintenance and Troubleshooting 49...

  • Page 54: Mac Software Test

    4. Click the Calibrate Printer button. A window similar to the one below will appear. 5. Click the tabs at the top of the window to navigate to the various functions of the utility. D. MAC SOFTWARE TEST This will confirm that the hardware, software, and your computer are all communicating properly.

  • Page 55: Cleaning The Ink Cartridges

    If a disc should become jammed inside the printing area of the Publisher, with the lid closed press the Cartridge Button. This will eject the Printer Tray. Then open the lid. The Cartridge Carrier will move to the center position automatically.

  • Page 56: Section 7: Technical Specifications

    Section 7: Technical Model Configurations Printing Method Printing Resolution Ink Types Media Types Maximum print width Minimum PC System Minimum MAC System Disc Capacity Recordable Formats Operating Systems 52 Technical Specifications Specifications Optical Disc Publisher CD-R Publisher DVD-R Publisher Ink-Jet 4800 x 1200 dpi, 2400 x 1200 dpi, 1200 x 1200 dpi, 600 x 600 dpi Dual Cartridges: One 3-color (CMY)
  • Page 57 Interface Power Requirement Weight Dimensions Certifications Safety Warranty USB 2.0 port 100-240 VAC, 50/60 Hz, 60 watts 18 lbs. (8.2kg) 17.8"W x 7.25"H x 16"D (455mmW x 184mmH x406mmD) Emissions: FCC Class B, CE UL, UL-C, CE One year return-to-depot Technical Specifications 53 INDEX...

  • Page 58: Index

    LED Status Lights...3 Output Bin...3 Overview of Operation ...5 Paper Size ...23 Power Input...4 PrimoDVD Software ...51 Print Files...29 Printer Driver Software ...30 PRN Files ...30 Reject Area ...3, 6, 30 Resolution...23 Specifications ...52 STD File...29 System Requirements ...4 Technical Support...51 Troubleshooting...48...
  • Page 60 Printed in the United States of America P/N 510873...

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