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- Page 1 111109-511262 © 2009 All rights reserved. For the most recent version of this manual please visit http://www.primera.com/manuals.html...
- Page 2 PANELS. 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.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
B7. PTProtect C. Creating a Print Label Using SureThing (PC) ...34 D. Creating a Print Label Using Disc Cover (Mac)...35 E. Advanced Printer Driver Functions (PC) ...39 Advanced Printer Driver Settings (Mac) ...45 G. Using Other Graphics Programs ...51 Section 4: Maintenance and Troubleshooting...52 A. - Page 4 Interactive Feature in this PDF Document There are interactive features that will allow you to jump to different locations within the document. Each listing in the Table of Contents is interactive. Place the cursor on either the words or the page number. A small hand with a pointing finger icon appears.
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Page 5: Section 1: Getting Started
NOTE ON TERMS AND CONVENTIONS: From this point forward, the following terms and conventions will apply: The BravoPro Xi and BravoPro Xi2 Disc Publisher Pro will be abbreviated simply as the Publisher. The BravoPro Xi AutoPrinter will be refered to as the AutoPrinter. -
Page 6: Note On Model Differences
A. NOTE ON MODEL DIFFERENCES The BravoPro Xi-Series comes in five different models including: • Bravo Pro Xi AutoPrinter (No Drives) Print Only - See Section 3A, C and D. • Bravo Pro Xi (1 DVD Drive) Burns and Prints CD, DVDs... -
Page 7: Unpacking And Inspection
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: • Optical Disc Publisher •... -
Page 8: Identifying The Parts
Recorder Tray Button 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. - Page 9 Cartridge Carrier for easy ink cartridge replacement. When the front cover is closed, pressing the Ink Cartridge button will open or close the Printer Tray. Input/Output Bins Publisher. The bins will hold up to 50 discs. The right-side bin is the Input Bin for blank media;...
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Page 10: Pc System Requirements
The Power Input Port connects to the included power cable. The internal power supply must be switched to 115v or 230v using the switch between the power button and the power cord. The Power Switch shuts off all power to the Publisher. PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Before getting started, it is important for you to verify that your PC meets the minimum system requirements. -
Page 11: Overview Of Operation
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 two drive Publisher: 1. Up to 50 blank discs may be loaded at one time into the Input Bin. - Page 12 The Robotic Disc Transporter will lift the disc out of the Recorder Tray. 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. The Robotic Disc Transporter will load the open Recorder Drives with blank discs from the Input Bin to start record- ing the next round.
- Page 13 Transporter moves the finished disc to the Output Bin. 9. The Robotic Disc Transporter will now load the second recorded disc of the first round into the Printer Tray for printing. 10. The process starts over and repeats until all blank discs are gone or the number you have specified via software are copied and printed.
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Page 14: Section 2: Hardware And Software Setup
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. INSTALLING THE PC SOFTWARE The Installer Disc has a QuickStart menu that will guide you through the process of setting up your Publisher. -
Page 15: Hardware Setup
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. - Page 16 • 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. Load the Input Bin (the bin located on the right-hand side •...
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Page 17: Step 3: Connecting The Usb Cable/Installing The Driver
INDEX Step 3: Connecting the USB 2.0 Cable/Installing the Driver A. Installing the Printer Driver (Windows XP) 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 software to install it. - Page 18 Connect the Publisher 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.
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Page 19: Step 4: Installing Ink Cartridges
The driver will appear as shown below. To manually add the driver click the + button. Step 4: Installing Ink Cartridges • With the cover open, press the Ink Cartridge Button to move the Ink Cartridge Carrier to the load position and open the ink cartridge covers. -
Page 20: Setup The Kiosk Bin
SETUP THE KIOSK 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 "reject would be ejected in this manner. Rejects can be identified in the stack because they will not be printed in the same manner as successfully recorded discs. -
Page 21: Section 3: Creating Discs
Section 3: Creating Discs There are two main components to creating discs, printing and burning. For PC, SureThing CD Labler is used to design the image to print on the disc. For Mac, design the image to print on disc. For Mac and PC, PTPublisher controls the recording and allows you to select the image to be printed to your discs. - Page 22 1. Select Copy Project from the Starter Window or the Project Panel Copy Disc wizard will be displayed. 2. You will be prompted to place the disc you would like to copy into the drive inside the Disc Publisher. The tray door will open automatically.
- Page 23 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.
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Page 24: Using Ptpublisher
Print Quality. All Primera media is automatically defaulted to the best print quality. Other media may also accept the best quality setting. However, with some media you may have to print at a lower print quality to eliminate smudging and bleeding. Some lower quality media can not hold all of the ink that is printed at the highest quality settings. - Page 25 Recommended for: All CD, DVD or Blu-ray content or disc types (Audio CD, Data CD, Software Install Disc, Video CD, DVD Video, Blu-ray Video: CDR, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-ROM, DVD+DL, DVD-DL, BDR, BDR-DL, etc.). This is best used for single runs where you will not need to make additional copies of the master disc a later time.
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Page 26: B2. Steps To Any Project
Recommend for: This method is especially useful if you are having compatibility problems with the formatting created by the DVD/Blu-ray authoring software or with the media type of the master disc. This method removes some potentially compli- cating variables from the DVD/Blu-ray Video creation process. This method eliminates the need for a master disc. -
Page 27: Step 2 Add Print
On most job types a volume label can also be created at this step. This is the label that will appear when this disc is inserted into a computer drive. When you have selected the data you would like to burn click the next button. -
Page 28: Step 3 Start Project (Summary - Settings)
• Outer Margin. Disc from other manufacturers vary widely regarding how far the printable surface extends to the edge of the disc. Measure the distance from the edge of the disc to the start of the white printable area. This will be between 0 and 2 mm in increments of .1mm. - Page 29 • Change Robot. This is only available with multiple robots connected. Click it to change the robot to which this project will be sent. • Drives. With an Xi2 connected you can choose to burn to both drives or the top or bottom drive only. •...
- Page 30 • Recording Type. Track-at-Once. This is the default. For track at once, the laser is turned off after each track, which produces a two-second gap. The track-at-once feature, enables songs and data to be written at different intervals. The lead-in sectors that are written at the beginning of each session contain the location where additional data can be placed on the disc.
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Page 31: B3. Robot Options
the errors may not be detectable by human eyes or ears. This operation may be useful to verify software installation discs where it is extremely important to have accurate copies of all installation files. Checking this option will double the time it takes to record each disc. •... -
Page 32: B4. Publisher Status
The recording progress is displayed on the progress bar along with the total size of the burn and the current amount burned. Printer/Robot Status shows the current status of the printer if it is printing or the robot if it is moving discs. -
Page 33: B5. Backup Project (Pc Disc Publisher Only)
Backup Project. (PC Disc Publishers Only) To create a new backup project you must setup a data project and then schedule it. Follow 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. - Page 34 Using the media drop down list, you may also choose to change the media type to one with more capacity. The data bar will change from red to green. Note: Changing the media type only changes the media that the software expects.
- Page 35 INDEX 4. Click the next button to display a summary of the project. Click Schedule Project to convert this data project 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.
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Page 36: B6. Rip Audio (Pc Disc Publisher Only)
The Scheduled Projects window will appear. Check the box next to the backup project you would like to run. Click Run Now to run it for the first time now. Otherwise, the backup project will proceed at the scheduled time. You must keep the PTPublisher software open, the Disc Publisher turned on and the discs loaded for the automatic scheduled backup to occur. -
Page 37: B7. Ptprotect (Pc Disc Publisher Only)
PTProtect allows you copy-protect any DVD Video and mass produce protected discs using the PTPublisher software and a Primera Disc Publisher. You can protect an existing Master DVD by first converting it to an ISO image using PTPublisher or you can protect a DVD that is stored on your hard drive as folders. -
Page 38: Creating A Print Label Using Surething (Pc)
C. CREATING A PRINT LABEL USING SURETHING (PC) 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 39: Creating A Print Label Using Disc Cover (Mac)
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 40 1. Open the software by clicking the Create Label button on the Add Print File step of PTPublisher. There is no way to open Disc Cover PE outside of the PTPublisher software. 2. To add a background from Disc Cover, click the the Gallery button on the top tool bar.
- Page 41 5. Once your image or background has been selected you can add text or other design elements using the buttons on the tool bar or the Inspector. Below is a short description of each of the important buttons. Gallery Clipart Import Text Import - Import song titles from iTunes or pictures for...
- Page 42 6. Once you have several objects on screen you may choose to use the Inspector tool to edit advanced object properties. Select the objects you would like to edit and then click on one of the six buttons on the top of the inspector. Four are shown below.
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Page 43: Advanced Printer Driver Functions (Pc)
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 XP Professional click on Printers and Faxes. - Page 44 Color Only is default setting and is best for most images. With this setting the printer only uses the color cartridge to produce all colors including gray scale black and white images. Creating Discs...
- Page 45 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, you may need to adjust this control in order to optimize the ink saturation for the printable surface of your specific CD media.
- Page 46 Cartridge Alignment The Cartridge Alignment prints a test print and then automati- cally scans the print to configure your printer for bidirectional printing and to align the color and black cartridges for Color+Black printing. It is important to perform this calibration every time you change a cartridge.
- Page 47 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 48 Clean/Purge Select Clean/Purge button to send a simple test pattern to the printer. Be sure 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.
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Page 49: Advanced Printer Driver Settings (Mac)
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: Cartridge to use The Black and Color setting will use both cartridges when printing your image. - Page 50 Kiosk Mode Kiosk Mode will allow you to increase the capacity of your Publisher 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 output bins doubling your capacity.
- Page 51 For the discs that Primera sells, use the following guide for Inner Diameter: − 23 mm for Primera's Tuff-Coat media −...
- Page 52 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 ink through the nozzles. The test pattern will also show you if any nozzles are clogged.
- Page 53 Alignment Calibration The Cartridge Alignment prints a test print and then automatically scans the print to configure your printer for bidirectional printing and to align the color and black cartridges for Color+Black printing. It is important to perform this calibration every time you change a cartridge.
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Page 54: Dialog Box
After printing this image tough lines once, rotate this CD number enter so the ARROWS point Calibration to the BACK of the printer and print again. 5 4 3 2 1 0 -1 -2 -3 4 -5 number) number Calibration INDEX (must... -
Page 55: Using Other Graphics Programs
INDEX If you choose not to print the test print, you will simply see the alignment dialog box and can enter values to move the image. The unit of measure is roughly 0.1mm. Making the Horizontal Calibration number smaller or more negative will move the image slightly to the left. -
Page 56: Section 4: Maintenance And Troubleshooting
Section 4: Maintenance and Troubleshooting 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. -
Page 57: Interpreting The Publisher's Indicator Lights
You will see this pattern when the Publisher is first turned on. Wait until the lights stop blinking before opening software or starting jobs. The printer tray or ink cartridge carrier has stalled. Press the Ink button to retry the operation. The Publisher has a cartridge problem. -
Page 58: Internal Blue Led Lights
INTERNAL BLUE LED LIGHTS The Publisher Internal LED lights provide useful light and also can provide status information. By default the lights are set to Flash Enabled. This condition will flash the internal LED lights off and on during any error condition. -
Page 59: Technical Support
User's Guide should, in most cases, solve the problem. If you still have difficulty, contact the technical support via one of the methods listed below. Source Primera Knowledge Base PTPublisher Software Help files SureThing Software Help files Email Support Phone Support... -
Page 60: Section 5: Technical Specifications
Section 5: Technical Specifications Model Configurations Printing Method Printing Resolution Ink Types Media Types Maximum print width Minimum PC System Minimum MAC System G5 or Intel CPU running OS X version 10.5 Disc Capacity Operating Systems Interface Power Requirement Weight Dimensions Certifications Warranty... -
Page 61: Index
Index Abort...28 Alignment Calibration...49 Audio Project ...21 AUDIO_TS ...21, 33 Backup Project ...29 Blu-ray...1, 2, 56 BDR...1, 2 Bin Selection ...27 Centering Test Print...49 Color Matching...41, 46 Connections, Rear Panel ...5 Controls, Front Panel...4 Change Robot ...25 Closed Disc...26 Copy Project... 20 Data Project ...21 Disc Cover ...17, 35 Disc Output Location ...45... - Page 62 Print Quality ...11, 20, 40, 46 PTProtect...25, 33 Publisher Status ...28 Queue Project...28 Recorder Tray ...8 Recording Speed ...25 Recording Type...26 Reject Area ...5, 8, 16 Rip Audio ...32 Robot Options ...16, 27 Save Project ...25 Schedule Project...25 Set Time and Date to Mastering Time...27 Span Discs ...29 Specifications...56 System Requirements ...6...
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