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080906-510963-(02) USER’S MANUAL For Macintosh and PC Automated Optical Disc Duplication & Printing System AUTOPRINTER TM Automated Optical Disc Duplication & Printing System © 2006 All rights reserved 510963.
ii Notices : The information in this document is subject to change without notice. NO W ARRANTY OF ANY KIND IS MADE WITH REG ARD TO THIS MA TERIAL, INCL UDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED W ARRANTIES OF MERCHANT ABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A P ARTICULAR PURPOSE.
T able of Contents Section 1: Getting Started ......................................................................................1 A. Choosing a Good Location ......................................................................1 B. Unpacking and Inspection.
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Getting Started 1 Section 1: Getting Started THANK Y OU… ...for purchasing the Bravo Disc Publisher SE. Bravo is the perfect all-in- one solution for producing professional looking CD -R and DVD-R discs. A wide variety of disc for mats are supported, including audio CDs, V ideo Cds, data discs and more.
2 Getting Started B. UNP ACKING AND INSPECTION While unpacking your Publisher , inspect the carton to ensure that no damage has occurred during shipping.
Getting Started 3 C. IDENTIFYING THE P ARTS F r ont Panel and T op This illustration shows the Publisher and its components. The Robotic Disc T ransporter moves discs from the Input Bin, to a CD/DVD Recorder , to the printer , and finally to the Output Bin.
4 Getting Started W ith the cover closed, the P ower/Ink Button tur ns the Publisher's power OFF if pressed and held for five seconds. Press it quickly to turn power back on. When already powered on quickly pressing the power button will open and close the printer tray .
Getting Started 5 D. PC SY STEM REQUIREMENTS Before 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 PTPublisher software: • 700 MHz or faster P entium III/IV processor r unning W indows 2000 or XP .
6 Getting Started F . O VERVIEW OF OPERA TION Y our 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 P ublisher: 1.
Getting Started 7 7. Once recording has started on the next round, printing will start with the recorded disc from the previous round. This simultaneous printing and recording greatly increases the throughput of your Publisher . 8. Print time varies according to which print mode has been selected (Section 3-A).
8 Hardware and Software Setup Section 2: Hardwar e and Softwar e 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.
Hardware and Software Setup 9 d. The volume containing the operating system should be selected for installation. Click the Continue button. All components will be installed to their proper locations. e. Once the installation has completed, click Quit .
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 carrier and Robotic Disc T ransporter to allow for easy access to the bin.
Hardware and Software Setup 11 Step 3: Connecting the USB 2.0 Cable Connect the Publisher to your PC or Mac with your beige USB 2.0 Cable. If you are using a PC, after a few moments, W indows will tell you it has found new hardware and is looking for software to install it.
12 Hardware and Software Setup When connecting USB to a Mac it may be necessary to A dd the printer via the Printer Setup Utility . 1. Open the Printer Setup Utility located in the Applications - Utilities folder . 2. Click Ad d . Select the Disc Publisher XRP from the list of available printers.
Hardware and Software Setup 13 Step 4: Installing the Ink Car tridge • W ith the cover open, press the P ower/Ink Button to move the Ink Cartridge Carrier to the load position. • Open the cartridge cover by pressing down on the tab. • Remove the ink cartridge from its packaging.
14 Creating Discs on a PC Section 3: Cr eating 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.
Creating Discs on a PC 15 3. 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. V erify this information is cor rect and click the next arrow to continue.
16 Creating Discs on a PC 4A2 - Double Click on the file to add it to your project. Y ou may add any BMP , JPG or SureThing (.std) file. SureThing files are automatically formated cor rectly . BMP or JPG files should be 4.72" x 4.72" square.
Creating Discs on a PC 17 Choose the 120mm DiscT emplate from the window that appears. Using the buttons on the left navigation window , you may add your own background, choose a pre-made back- ground, choose from several text effects or insert a picture.
18 Creating Discs on a PC 5. Y ou can edit the print settings for this file by changing the settings that appear . Several preset media types that correspond with the media availabe at our webstore are available from the Media drop down box.
Creating Discs on a PC 19 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.
20 Creating Discs on a PC 4. R obot Status P anel This panel displays a picture of currently connected robot. The current status is also displayed. Important er rors such as low ink will be displayed here. Click " more status " to view status regarding the printer , recorder drive, cur rently r unning jobs and job history log.
Creating Discs on a PC 21 C. CREA TING A PRINT LABEL USING SURETHING The SureThing Disc Labeler software included with your Publisher is a great tool for creating professional looking discs. Y ou can use SureThing's Smart Designs to quickly label a disc, or easily import your own design in many popular file formats.
4A. Open the text panel by clicking the arrow on the text button. A dd text by selecting one of the options below . T o create text that follows the curve of the disc choose A dd Circular T ext. 4B. Y ou may also choose from several SureThing smart designs.
Creating Discs on a PC 23 Click on the Disc Publisher SE icon with the right mouse button and select Printing P r efer ences . NO TE: The PTP ublisher application allows you to adjust some of these set- ting directly through the Add a Print file scr een in that application.
24 Creating Discs on a PC Paper Size The paper size option will be set to CD for printing onto printable surface CDs and DVDs. The remaining options apply if you have purchased the business card adapter kit. Non-printable Outer Mar gin A djust this value to print all the way to the outer edge of a CD.
Creating Discs on a PC 25 NO TE: Exact color matching of the printed discs to the screen may never be possible since there ar e factors that affect this out of the drivers control. The surface of the disc reacts with the ink in the cartridge to produce the color .
26 Creating Discs on a PC Center T he Print Image NO TE: Y our printer comes from the factor y pre-calibrated to print the image in the center of the CD.
Creating Discs on a PC 27 5. Along the V ertical axis of the printed disc, find the number whose lines touch. F or example, in the above illustration, Enter the number 2 into the V ertical box of the Calibration window and 0 for the Horizontal axis. 6.
28 Creating Discs on a PC Details Select the Details button for information on the drivers, firmware, alignment and number of discs printed with your Publisher . Click Reset F actory Default to set all print centering and cartridge alignment settings back to factory defaults.
Creating Discs on a Mac 29 Section 4: Cr eating Discs on a Mac A. TUT ORIAL: COPY A CD OR DVD 1. Double click the Discribe Icon to launch the program. Y ou will see a splash screen followed by Discribe's Quick Start Menu. 2. Click the Copy a CD/D VD button.
30 Creating Discs on a Mac 4. Select the drive that contains your master as the source drive. 5. Click the Bur n… button 6. The Robot W rite Options window contains selections to help you control the printing of the image, number of discs, recording options and more.
Creating Discs on a Mac 31 9. Y OU MUST CLICK P age Setup and set F or mat F or to Disc P ublisher SE! 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 P rinter Driver settings when clicked.
32 Creating Discs on a Mac B. USING DISCRIBE 5.3 B.1 Star ting a Pr oject The initial Discribe starter window provides 3 project types: A udio CD, Data CD and Copy CD / DVD. Choose one. Many more projects are available once the data picker window is open.
Creating Discs on a Mac 33 Universal Disk F or mat (UDF). Use this project type to create a data DVD for a Mac and a PC. D VD V ideo/A udio. This project type can be used to create DVD videos from properly formatted V ideo_TS and A udio_TS folders on your hard drive.
34 Creating Discs on a Mac B.4 Queue Pr ojects T o 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 W rite W indow described in section 4B.
Creating Discs on a Mac 35 B.5 Robot Write Window F or any project Use the Robot W rite W indow to choose the print file, change print quality settings and choose the number of copies in a project. Print settings are e xplained in more detail in section 4D.
36 Creating Discs on a Mac C. PRINTED LABEL FORMA T REQUIREMENTS Y our 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.
Creating Discs on a Mac 37 D. AD V ANCED PRINTER DRIVER FUNCTIONS The following section will examine the printer driver settings that affect the print quality of your discs. While the default settings will fit most printing needs, it is a good idea to familiarize yourself with these settings to optimize your print quality .
38 Creating Discs on a Mac Print Settings Click Print Settings to see the driver window and all of its settings. Click the Copies and P ages button and select Publisher Settings option in the drop-down menu to see the full pane and access all the printer driver settings.
Creating Discs on a Mac 39 Photo mode is best used for photographic images where accurate color reproduction is very essential. Images printed in this mode will look lighter than those printed in Photo mode. Skin tones especially will look more natural in this mode.
40 Creating Discs on a Mac • Restore Defaults The Restore Defaults button will restore the driver settings to the factory defaults. • Config Utility This button launches the Configuration Utility . The Configuration Utility is a program that installs with your Publisher software.
Creating Discs on a Mac 41 Y ou will see the Color Ink Level is displayed. The Color Ink Level represents the lowest color in your cartridge. F or instance, if your cartridge has 80% cyan 50% yellow and 65% magenta ink remaining, the level reported would be 50%.
42 Creating Discs on a Mac Image Alignment The Image Alignment button will allow you to nudge the image up, down, left, or right on your disc. T o center the image, click the Image Alignment button. Y ou will be prompted with a choice to print a test print or simply enter values to nudge the image alignment on the disc.
Creating Discs on a Mac 43 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 0.
44 Maintenance and T r oubleshooting Section 5: Maintenace and T r oubleshooting A. INTERPRETING THE PUBLISHER’S INDICA TOR LIGHTS The P ower/Ink button can tell you what is happening inside the Publisher . Please refer to the following: P ower/Ink Button Publisher F ast Flashing The Publisher is initializing.
Maintenance and T r oubleshooting 45 C. PERFORMING A ROBO TIC SELF-TEST T o ensure that everything is working properly , a Self- T est feature is built in to your Publisher . In this mode, the Robotic Disc T ransporter will go through the motions of picking and placing a disc to ensure proper working order .
46 Maintenance and T r oubleshooting E. TECHNICAL SUPPORT If you have difficulties in operating your Publisher , the procedures in this manual and the software User's Guide should, in most cases, solve the problem.
T echnical Specifications 47 Section 6 : T echnical Specifications Model Optical Disc Publisher SE Configurations DVD+/-R Publisher Printing Method Ink-Jet Printing Resolution 4800 x 1200 dpi, 2400 x .
48 Index Inde x Align Cartridge ..................................................................13, 25, 41 Cartridge, Change ....................................................................27, 41 CD T ray ........................................
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