Primera Bravo II Disk Publisher Operation & User’s Manual

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• Primera Bravo II Disk Publisher, Creating Disc 47 are not fully clear after a few cleaning prints, it may be necessary to remove the cartridge and actually clean the print head by gently wiping the nozzles with a moist cloth or paper towel and replace it in the Bravo. If this fails, the cartridge may be empty and in need of replacement. Change Cartridge If you need to change cartridges, 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 butto

• Primera Bravo II Disk Publisher, 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. Click on the line 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 th

• Primera Bravo II Disk Publisher, 36 Creating Discs E. ADVANCED PRINTER DRIVER FUNCTIONS (PC) Once the Publisher software has been successfully installed, you will want 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 driver will fit most printing needs. Please refer to the following steps to change or verify your printer driver options: 1. For XP Professional click the Start button,

• Primera Bravo II Disk Publisher, ii Notices: The information in this document is subject to change without notice. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND IS MADE WITH REGARD TO THIS MATERIAL, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PUR- POSE. No liability is assumed for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material. This document contains propri- etary information that is protected by copyright. All rights are reserved. No part of this document may be photocopied, reproduced, or translated into another language without prior written consent. Trademark

• Primera Bravo II Disk Publisher, Getting Started 5 E. PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Before getting started, it is important for you to verify that your PC meets the minimum system requirements. • Celeron processor or better running Windows XP, Vista or 7. • 512 MB or greater RAM • Free hard drive space of at least 10 GB. • Available USB 2.0 Port. (This looks the same as a USB 1.0 port. Make sure you have a USB 2.0 port for optimal performance) If your PC does not have these minimum system requirements, system performance may not be acceptable. F. MAC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Before getting started, it is important for you to ve

• Primera Bravo II Disk Publisher, 44 Creating Discs Kiosk Mode Kiosk Mode will allow you to increase the capacity of your Bravo from 25 to 50 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 out- put 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. This setting will be overridden by the Kiosk Mode setting in Discribe's Robot Write or Job Details Pane. Print Quality There are four options for image quality. Keep in mind that Normal 600 provides the fastest print at

• Primera Bravo II Disk Publisher, 54 Maintenance and Troubleshooting E. CLEARING A MEDIA JAM 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. WAIT FOR THE CARTRIDGE CARRIER TO STOP MOVING! Then carefully move the cartridge carrier assembly to the left to gain access to the printer tray. F. TECHNICAL SUPPORT If you have difficulties in operating your Publisher, the procedures in this manual and the software User's Guide should, in most case

• iii Table of Contents Section 1: Getting Started...............................................................................1 A. Note on Model Differences ...............................................................1 B. Choosing a Good Location ................................................................2 C. Unpacking and Inspection...............

• Creating Disc 33 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. On the image above, the Gallery button is the highlighted center color wheel button on the left side of the top

• Primera Bravo II Disk Publisher, 16 Creating Discs 4B. Create a Label 1. Click the Create a Label button to open the SureThing CD Labler or Disc Cover program. These programs will allow you create a label. 2. Follow the instructions in Section 3 D or E to create a label using Sure Thing or Disc Cover. 3. Once you have designed the label, save it and close the program. A message will appear asking if you would like to use the label file you just created in your current project. Click Ye s to use it in your project. Once you choose your label a preview will be displayed. 5. After selecting your

• Primera Bravo II Disk Publisher, Hardware and Software Setup 9 C. HARDWARE SETUP To connect your new disc publisher, please do the following: Be sure you have removed the packing tape and cardboard insert prior to applying power. Step 1: Applying Power • Locate the power adapter supplied with your Publisher. • Place one end of the adapter cord into the power port on the rear panel of the Publisher. • Unit will initialize for approximately 30 seconds or so. Step 2: Loading Media (Discs) NOTE: Your Publisher can print directly onto virtually any brand of print- able-surface CD/DVD media. However, different brands of discs have different printable coatings. Because of this, you

• Getting Started 7 5. The Recorder is now writing to the disc. If you were to fully record a CD with data, audio, video or music (650 MB), recording time is about 3 ½ minutes each. A full DVD records in about 10 minutes. Most jobs don't fill the entire disc, so recording time is usually less than this. After recording, the Recorder Tray opens automatical- ly. The Robotic Disc Transp

• Primera Bravo II Disk Publisher, Creating Disc 17 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. Click the next arrow. 6. The third and final step of any project is the summary screen. On this screen you can review the data and print selected for the project , set the number of copies, adjust burn options and name the job. Click the Options button to access burn speed and other options.

• Primera Bravo II Disk Publisher, Creating Disc 23 • 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. Disc-at-Once. If this option is checked, the lead-in, all the tracks and lead-out are written in same action. The laser is kept on for the entire session. • Closed-Finalized/Open. A

• Primera Bravo II Disk Publisher, Technical Specifications 55 Section 6: Technical Specifications Model Optical Disc Publisher Configurations DVD-R Publisher Printing Method Ink-Jet Printing Resolution 4800 x 1200 dpi, 2400 x 1200 dpi, 1200 x 1200 dpi, 600 x 600 dpi Ink Types Dual Cartridges: One 3-color (CMY) cartridge, and one Black Monochrome (K) Media Types Ink-Jet Printable Surface CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD RAM, DVD+R, DVD-DL, DVD+DL Maximum print width 4.724" (120mm) Minimum PC System Intel TM Processor III/IV 750 MHz or higher, 256MB RAM minimum, 512 MB recommended, avail

• Primera Bravo II Disk Publisher, Creating Disc 41 If the Yellow, Magenta, Cyan or Black diagonal lines printed on the disc show breaks, repeat the cleaning procedure. If nozzles still appear to be clogged, remove the cartridge and gently wipe the nozzle area sideways with a clean water-dampened cloth. If after several cleanings a color still does not appear on the test print, the cartridge may be damaged or empty and may need to be replaced. Select the Change button to install a fresh, new ink cartridge or to switch back and forth between previously used cartridges. After the cartridge has been replaced according to the instruc-

• Primera Bravo II Disk Publisher, 10 Hardware and Software Setup 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 car- rier 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 of the Publisher) with 25 blank discs and place the bins on the mounting pegs. 510873_xx.qxd 11/24/2009 5:31 AM Page 10

• 30 Creating Discs B.7 PTProtect (PC Disc Publishers Only - Requires sep arate purchase of USB dongle) 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

• Primera Bravo II Disk Publisher, Getting Started 3 D. IDENTIFYING THE PARTS Front Panel and Top This illustration shows the Publisher, its Control Panel, Buttons, LED indicator lights, Input and Output Bins and other components. 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. In normal operation, the in/out movement of the Recorder Tray is controlled automatically and this button is not used. The Control Panel conta

• Primera Bravo II Disk Publisher, 22 Creating Discs • 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. • Protect Video with PTProtect (PC Only). This is only available in the DVD Video and ISO image Project with purchase of PTProtect USB dongle. See the PTProtect section for more information. • Save Project. On a Mac, at the top of the summary window you can type the name of your job and then click save to save it anywhere on your computer. For PC, you can save a project at any time by opening t

• Primera Bravo II Disk Publisher, 48 Creating Discs Follow the on-screen instructions and enter the numbers as indicated. For instance, in the example shown, you would choose a value of 10 for the A setting and 6 for the B setting. It is highly recommended that you perform this calibration whenever you change cartridges if using the Black and Color ink cartridge setting in the printer driver. Image Alignment The Image Alignment button will allow you to nudge the image up, down, left, or right on your disc. To center the image, click the Image Alignment butt

• Primera Bravo II Disk Publisher, 38 Creating Discs 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 50%. 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. Click on the up and down arrows to change the ink saturation setting. Lower numbers reduce the overall ink saturation, while higher numbers increase it. Please note that higher ink saturation results in higher ink usage. This will reduce the amount of discs produ

• 4 Getting Started When the front cover is opened, the Ink Cartridge Button is used to position the 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. The Input/Output Bins are situated under the top cover of the Publisher. The bins will hold up to 25 discs. The right-

• Primera Bravo II Disk Publisher, Creating Disc 45 Inner Diameter The inner diameter refers to the size of the non-printed center on your disc. The size of the center hub can vary from one type of media to the next. This allows you to set the inner diameter in millimeters allowing you to print all the way to the center hub regardless of the type of disc you are using. For the discs that Primera sells, use the following guide for Inner Diameter: − 23 mm for Primera's Tuff-Coat CDR − 24.9 mm for the Hockey Rink Disc, Business Card Disc and 80mm CD O

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