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Page 1 Disc Duplicator User Guide Version x.10 Xerox LightScribe Disc Duplicator User Guide...
Page 2 Warning This Xerox CD/DVD/LightScribe duplicator is meant for back up and distribution of original data authored or owned by the user. Any duplicated discs made from a this CD/DVD/Blu-Ray/LightScribe duplicator is the copy- right ownership of the author or company which owns the source disc.
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8 Section : Print copies of your LightScribe label with the LightScribe Label CD you’ve created . . . . 2-9 Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 4 Chapter 4: Menu Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55 Appendix A : LightScribe Software Setup Instructions .
Page 5 Your Xerox product and supplies have been designed and tested to meet strict safety requirements. These include safety agency evaluation and certification, and compli- ance with electromagnetic regulations and established environmental standards.
Page 6 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help . (Reference CFR 47 Part 15 Section 15 .21) Changes or modifications to this equipment not specifically approved by the Xerox Cor- poration may void the user’s authority to operate this equipment .
Page 7 Operational Safety Information Operational Safety Information Your Xerox equipment and supplies have been designed and tested to meet strict safety requirements . These include safety agency examination, approval, and compliance with established environmental standards . To ensure the continued safe operation of your Xerox equipment, follow these safety...
Page 8 Plug the power cable directly into a correctly grounded electrical outlet . If you are not sure whether or not an outlet is correctly grounded, consult an electrician . Do not use an adapter to connect any Xerox equipment to an electrical outlet that lacks a ground connection terminal .
Page 9: Disconnect Device
. Emergency Power Off If any of the following conditions occur, turn off the machine immediately and discon- nect the power cable(s) from the electrical outlet(s) . Contact an authorized Xerox Service Representative to correct the problem: •...
Page 10: Maintenance Information
This product is certified by the following Agency using the Safety standards listed Agency Standard Underwriters Laboratories Inc . UL60950-1 Underwriters Laboratories Inc . CSA C22 .2 No . 60950-1-0 SPORTON International Inc . EN 55022:1998/A1:2000/A2:200 Class B, EN 61000--:1995/A1:2001, EN 55024:1998/A1:2001/A2:200 Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 11: Regulatory Information
Regulatory Information Certifications in Europe CE Mark (European Union): The CE mark applied to this equipment symbolizes Xerox’s declaration of conformity with the following applicable Directives of the European Union as of the dates indicated: 2006/95/EC December 12, 2006 Council Directive 2006/95/EC as amended . Approximation of the laws of the member states related to low voltage equipment .
Page 12 . For more information about Xerox environmental pro- grams, visit www .xerox .com/environment .html . If you are managing the disposal of your Xerox product, please note that the product may contain lead, mercury, Perchlorate, and other materials whose disposal may be regulated due to environmental considerations .
Page 13 . Please ask you retailer for information . Prior to disposal, please contact your local dealer or Xerox representative for end of life takeback information . Xerox EH&S Contact Information...
Page 14: Chapter 1: Introduction & Manual Overview
Chapter 1 Introduction & Manual Overview The Xerox CD/DVD LightScribe Duplicator is a reliable, high performance, high speed, standalone manual tower duplicator with the added LightScribe printing feature. With its professional industrial design and simple beginner user interface, it will make your disc publishing experience easier than ever.
Page 15 . The hard disk size shown reflects the size of the disk actually installed in your duplicator . The drive speed options shown reflect the capabilities of the drives installed in your duplicator . Please take this into consideration when using this manual . Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 16: Package Contents
This chapter describes what every function/setting does . Appendix A: LightScribe Software Setup Instructions This section provides an easy walkthrough on how to install the LightScribe software needed to generate the label files . Appendix B: Software Installation Guide for Accessing the Hard Drive on a Computer.
Page 17: Chapter 2: Getting To Know Your System
Chapter 2 : Getting To Know Your System Duplicator Overview Figure 1-1 shows the controls and display found on the Xerox LightScribe Dupli- cator. Actual size will vary based upon the model you purchase. Note Figure 1-1 Duplicator Controls and Display...
Page 18: Lcd Front Panel
Forward; Enter; OK; Execute the function Backward; Escape; go back to the previous function Shortcut to make a copy Shortcut to make simulation of copying process Shortcut to change the duplication speed Shortcut to change your master reading source Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 19: Inputing Characters/Numbers
Press the down button repeatedly until four) or 0010 (ten). “1” is displayed . Press the >>button repeatedly to move the cursor to OK . Then, press the >>button once to submit your selection and proceed to next step . Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 20: Chapter 3: Basic Operations
. If you prefer not to utilize this feature, please change the “Duplication Mode” setting to “On the Fly” under the “Setup” menu . Please refer to page 54 for more details . Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 21: Section 1: Selecting The Copy Source
>> button. Please press the << button to go back to the main menu. Once the source has been selected, you will Duplicator 2.20 be guided to the main menu . You should 7. Select Source see the following screen: Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 22: Section 2: Making Copies From Reader (When The Reader Is Selected As The Source Drive)
Or, you can choose to enter the desired number of copies for this job by following the simple procedure below: Counter: Simply press the up or down button to Specify Counter the following screen: Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 23 . and there is no activity within 30 seconds, or if all writers are filled and the duplicator detects this, the duplicator will start automatically. Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 24 • 401MB indicates the current • 401MB indicates the current amount of data that has been amount of data that has been copied from the master disc. copied from the master disc. Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 25 . If you’ve specified a counter value for your project and your project is completed, you shall see the following screen: Pass 21 Fail 0 Job Completed! Press OK to Finish Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 26 Billion Bytes or 1024^3 Bytes. every master disc image you transferred Therefore, for an advertised into the hard drive . 160GB Hard Drive (160 Billion Bytes), the true capacity base on our duplicator’s standard is actually 149GB. Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 27: Section 1: Loading Master Disc Content Into The Hard Drive As A Partition/Image
* Please skip to Section 3 if you’ve al- ready transferred your CD/DVD image file or LightScribe label file into the duplica- tor’s hard drive from your Computer. See page 31 for more detail. When you turn on your duplicator, after it Duplicator 2.20...
Page 28 Duplicator” on page 19, to enter the Note desired title . Then press the >> to continue After you submitted a hard to the next step . drive partition/image name, the duplicator will automati- cally append a partition/image name suffix of .VEF. Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 29 Hard pleted, you should see the following screen: Drive Setup menu. Then press the << button to return to the Main menu. You should see the following screen: Duplicator 2.20 9. Hard Drive Setup Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 30: Section 2: Selecting The Copy Source To
Please press the << button to go back to the main menu. Once the source has been selected, you will Duplicator 2.20 be guided to the Main menu . You should 7. Select Source see the following screen: Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 31: The Hard Drive
.) To do so, simply press the >> button when you see the “No Counter” on the 2nd line of the screen below: Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 32 30 seconds, or if all writers are filled and the duplicator detects this, the duplicator will start automatically. Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 33 • 401MB indicates the current • 401MB indicates the current amount data that has been copied amount data that has been copied from the master disc image. from the master disc image. Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 34 (bad copy) during a run, the You can then press >>to go back to main failed disc(s) will not be ejected menu . automatically. You need to manually eject them and throw them away if they are write once recordable disc(s). Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 35 By clicking the shortcut icon on your desktop . Or you can find the program launch short- • cut in Start > All Programs > LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling > LightScribe Template Labeler . Since we use this software for design and layout purpose, please ignore the “LightScribe...
Page 36 For text, just click on the text field, and then type the text you’d like to appear within the text field . Note, you can enter multiple lines of text depending on the template chosen . (6) Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 37 Step 5: Click on “Preview and Print” to bring up the print window . • Select the “LightScribe Duplicator Label Writer” as the LightScribe Drive . (7) • Select the “Best” contrast mode for the darkest print . (8) •...
Page 38 >> button. Please press << button to go back to the main menu. DUPLICATOR 2.20 Once the source has been selected, you will 9.Select Source be guided to the Main menu . You should see the following screen: Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 39 Section 3: Print copies of your LightScribe label with the Light- Scribe Label CD you’ve created. Step 1: Use the up or down arrow button to DUPLICATOR 2.20 2.Print navigate to the Print menu: Step 2: Press the >> button to enter the Counter: Print menu .
Page 40 Step 4: After you’ve placed your label disc Please Select Label and LightScribe printable disc(s) in the 1.[SampleLabel.lsi] duplicator’s writer drives (label side face down), please allow 5-10 seconds for the Please press the UP or DOWN duplicator to detect the label disc .
Page 41 Once the number of LightScribe printable Processing... discs you inserted matches the number Please Wait of discs detected on the screen, press >> (if you are not using Auto Start or wish to If the number of LightScribe printable discs you inserted...
Page 42 “7” indicates that you’ve successfully printed 7 discs so far. Step 8: Remove the successfully printed discs and refill the trays with additional LightScribe printable discs to continue printing more copies . You can also press the << button to terminate your project and go back to the main menu .
Page 43 The Xerox CD/DVD LightScribe Duplicator also has a feature that allows you to drag and drop your pre-generated ISO CD/DVD image files or pre-generated LSI LightScribe label file into the duplicator’s hard drive . Step 1: Follow the instructions outlined in “Using the File Duplicator Utility”...
Page 44 Step 3: “Drag” the pre-generated ISO CD/DVD image file(s) or pre-generated LSI LightScribe label file(s) from the source folder on your computer and “Drop” it into the cor- responding folder on the duplicator’s hard drive . Step 4: Once the transfer process is complete, please disconnect the USB connection by using the “Unplug or Eject Hardware”...
Page 45: Select The Duplication Speed
Select Burn Speed menu . 6.Select Burn Speed Step 2: Press the >>button to enter the Select Select Burn Speed Burn Speed menu and you shall see a screen CD to CD similar to below: Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 46 If the speed value you’ve selected is the same as the cur- rent speed value, the duplicator will NOT respond to the >> but- ton. Please press the << button to go back to the main menu. Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 47: Mix Audio Tracks
80 ing recorded on until all Audio min CD-R media . You can operate this func- CD tracks are successfully tion by choosing “Edit Track to: Hard Drive” transferred to the hard drive. when asked . Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 48 Waiting for a Blank Note If either one of the above screens is displayed for more than 2 minutes after you have placed your master disc or blank disc into the drives, please check the disc quality. Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 49 . Over Blank Disc Capacity Press OK to Continue Note Given the limited space of the screen, the message above will scroll across the screen in order to show the full message. Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 50 Please Wait following Finalizing screen (if you choose to mix directly to a blank CD) or Copying screen (if you choose to mix through the Copying... H 228MB hard drive) . 401MB Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 51 From CD2: song 3, song 4 and song 5 DUPLICATOR 2.20 Go to menu 10 . Mix Audio Tracks . 10.Mix Audio Tracks Mix Mode: Press >> button . Directly to Blank CD Press >> button . Preparing Waiting for a Blank Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 52 Press >> button once . Waiting for Master Total: 2 Trk 9m:47s Insert CD2 . Track 1: 4m:03s Total: 2 Trk 9m:47s Press down button until you see “Track ” Track 3: 4m:47s on the 2nd line . Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 53 Mixing Complete! Finish Mixing? Press >> button once . Mixing Complete! Confirm to Finalize? Press >> button once . Finalizing... Please Wait Job Completed! Press OK to Finish Press >> button once . DUPLICATOR 2.20 10.Mix Audio Tracks Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 54: Change The Setup Settings
11.Setup This change will only be effective for the current usage until you power off the duplicator unless you perform the Save Note function under the Utilities menu, or perform the Shutdown function under the main menu. Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 55: Chapter 4: Menu Overview
Copies (ONLY for duplicators that have a hard drive installed) on page 26 . Print This menu will guide you to design and print a label from your LightScribe Standalone Duplication duplicator . Copy + Print This function allows the user to perform...
Page 56 . Select Burn Speed This menu will guide you to adjust the duplication speed on various duplication job types . For more information, please refer to “Select the Duplication Speed” on page 45 . Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 57 . For more informa- tion, please refer to section 1 of “Make Hard Drive-to-Disc Copies” - “Loading Master Disc content into the Hard Drive as a partition/image” on page 26 . Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 58 . Print Setup 12.1 Load Label This function allows you to load your LightScribe Duplicator Label file ( .lsi file) from the Label Disc onto the duplicator’s internal hard drive . For instructions on how to generate the LightScribe Duplicator Label, please refer to “Design and Print Labels”...
Page 59 This function allows you reveal the ID code of the LightScribe printable media’s label surface and the ID code of the LightScribe writer itself for tech sup- port troubleshooting purposes . 12.5 Select Loading Drive This function will guide you to select a...
Page 60 . 14.4 CD Writing Mode This setting will allow you to select which mode you would like to duplicate a CD . There are two different modes, “Disc at Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 61 . All subsequent copies will be created from the stored master on the HDD . The On the Fly mode instructs the duplicator Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 62 Audio CDs . By enabling this feature, the duplication performance will be lowered . 14.13 Disable Drives This feature allows you to disable certain drives/trays when those drives/trays are producing high failure rates or not func- tioning properly . Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 63 Reader drive . 15.2 Prescan Approximately 50% of failures reported by our duplicator are caused by errors in the master disc which our Reader couldn’t overcome . When this kind of failure occurs, it tends to waste all of Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 64 Certified Update CD into the Reader and select this function by pressing the >>button . We strongly suggest you do not upgrade your duplicator’s firmware unless your duplicator is getting unstable . Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 65 . During this process, you will be change the password for this asked to select the existing account and account. then you will be prompted to enter the new user name and new user password for this account . Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 66 . Once you see the Ready to Power OFF message, then you can safely turn off the machine via the Power Switch . Turning off your duplicator without performing this function will increase the risk of damaging your duplicator . Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 67: Instructions
Appendix A - LightScribe Software Setup Instructions Minimum Hardware Requirements Minimum Software Requirements • Pentium 3 Class microprocessor or • Windows 2000, XP, 2003 or Vista better • CD/RW Recorder 32Mbytes of RAM • • 10Mbytes of free disc space on your...
Page 68 Step 6: You will then be asked to choose the LightScribe writer model that was installed in your duplicator . The default writer that comes with your duplicator should be pre-selected . You can then click Install to continue the installation process .
Page 69: Appendix B : Software Installation Guide For
Step 2: Using the “My Computer” icon or Win- dows Explorer, click on the CD drive Step 3: Double-click Setup .exe Icon . Step 4: Follow Installation Wizard to com- plete the installation process . Step 5: Restart your computer . Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 70 Step 5: The File Duplicator Utility on your PC should recognize a new Drive Partition Step 6: Mount the Drive Partition to one of the free Drive Letters . Step 7: Your PC should now have a drive parti- tion ready to access . Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 71 . Step 7: Use a USB 2 .0 Cable to connect the Duplicator to your PC . Step 8: You PC should now have a drive parti- tion ready to access . Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 72: Appendix C: Creating An Iso Dvd/Cd Image File
“Source” Step 5: Set your Destination to “I:\DUP” by clicking on the button under “Destina- tion” . (“I” represents the drive letter that you assigned for the Duplicator’s hard drive partition .) Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 73 ISO completion process . You can visit http://www .imgburn .com/index . php?act=screenshots for screenshots or other functionality of this software . Contact the Xerox Duplicator Support Center at 1-800- 571-9767 for any questions you may have . Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 74: Appendix D: Troubleshooting
Normally, most of the DVD/Blu-ray Discs and some of the CDs you have pur- chased from stores are copy-protected . Use one of the Writers to read your master disc by selecting one of the writers as Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 75 BD/ DVD/CD disc . The failure rate is high. Lower the “write speed” and try again . Quality of blank disc may be poor . Quality of your master disc may be poor . Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 76 . Thus, you can’t perform any read/write operations to the Hard Drive from your computer . Why some writers won’t copy? Reset back to default . (Troubleshoot #10) Contact our tech support Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 77: Disc Info
Press the >>button . 1.Disc Info Utilities Press down button until you see 5.Load Default “Load Default” on the 2nd line Load Default Press >>button . Press OK to Continue Utilities Wait for -4 seconds . 5.Load Default Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 78 Shutdown Press >>button . Press OK to Shutdown Press >>button . System Checking OK! Ready to Power Off Power off the duplicator and power it back on . All settings should be restored back to default . Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 79: Error Code
Mixed The model or firmware version of all writers in the duplica- tor is not the same . Possible Solution: This typically happens when you recently replaced a writer drive . Contact Tech Support . Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 80 The blank discs contain different manufacture codes . Possible Solution: Please go to “Disc Info” in “Utilities” to make sure every blank disc has the same media ID (M-Code) . Replace the one(s) that are different if necessary . Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 81 Your duplicator does not support the DVD format . Possible Solution: Please purchase a duplicator that supports DVD . DVD-RAM is not sup- Description: ported! Your duplicator does not support the DVD-RAM format . Possible Solution: Please purchase a duplicator that supports DVD-RAM . Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 82 The hard drive’s information is corrupted . Possible Solution: Please re-format the hard drive . Description: Hard Drive Access Error There’s an error when accessing the hard drive . Possible Solution: Possible Hard Drive defect; please contact Tech Support . Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 83 Capacity The total size of the selected tracks is larger than the capacity of the target blank disc during the track selection process . Possible Solution: Try to select an alternative track with a smaller capacity . Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 84 A job is being aborted by user pressing the ESC/Escape but- ton for more than 5 seconds during a job run . Possible Solution: Restart the job when ready with the proper master disc & blank discs . Xerox LS Duplicator...
Page 85 For more information, call 1-800-571-9767 or visit us at www .xeroxduplicators .com Xerox® is a trademark of Xerox Corporation in the US and/or other countries and is used under license . Xerox LS Duplicator...

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