Primera Network Disc Duplication & Printing System - Manual

Getting Started 3 C. IDENTIFYING THE PARTS This illustration shows the XRn and its components. The Robotic Disc Transporter moves discs from the left or right 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 unit...

4 Getting Started The Output bin is located on the front of the unit. The output bin hold up to 50 discs.The Front Cover is a durable plastic cover that will protect the unit from dust and interference.The Cover Lock allows you to lock the unit to prevent access to the blank discs and cartridges.The...

Getting Started 5 The Power Input Port connects to the included power cable. The internal power supply is a switching 100V~240V power supply.The Power Switch shuts off all power to the unit. The Ethernet Port connects with the cable included to your network. Please Note: The equipment's Ethernet con...

6 Hardware and Software Setup Section 2: Hardware and Software Setup Setup This section will describe the step-by-step process of setting up your unit. This includes information on how to load the supplies (ink and disc media) necessary to start producing discs. A. HARDWARE SETUP Step 1: Applying Po...

Hardware and Software Setup 9 B. INSTALL THE PTPUBLISHER CLIENT SOFTWARE Place the Installer CD in the client computer's CD/DVD Drive. The Installer application will automatically launch in a few moments.Click Install Client to begin the installation. By default, any computer with the PTPublisher Cl...

10 Hardware and Software Setup To disable the Guest account follow this procedure:1. From any computer that can access the XRn, open a remote desktop connection. Go to Start - All Programs - Remote Desktop Connection. Note: You may also hook up a monitor and keyboard to the XRn to gain access. If th...

Sending Jobs to the XRn 11 Section 3: Sending Jobs to the XRn A. TUTORIAL: COPY A CD OR DVD Copy CD or Copy DVD can be used to copy any CD or DVD master. This project reads the master disc from your computer's drive to the hard drive of the XRn computer. The master is stored in the Global Image form...

12 Sending Jobs to the XRn 4. Select the print label file by clicking the select a label button. When you have selected print label file, click the next arrow. There are several ways to select a print file. See the explainations below for more information. For any job type you choose you will be pro...

Sending Jobs to the XRn 13 Locations. Click on the Locations tab to display favorite locations such as Desktop, My Documents or My Computer. Browse. Click on the Browse tab to display files in tree view on the left side of the screen. Open and close folders by clicking the + or - next to each folder...

14 Sending Jobs to the XRn 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 back- ground, choose from several text effects or insert a picture. Click the down arrow on the button to view al...

Sending Jobs to the XRn 15 5. You 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. When you select a media type from this box the Print Quality...

Sending Jobs to the XRn 17 4. Robot Status Panel 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 ru...

18 Sending Jobs to the XRn 6. Project Detail Window This screen changes depending on the selected panel option. It can display project steps such as Adding data and Adding a print file. It can also display robot status. Finally, the support center is displayed here any time you click on the help ico...

Sending Jobs to the XRn 19 1. Open the SureThing program. Choose the 120mm DiscTemplate from the window that appears. 2. Open the background panel by click the arrow on the back- ground button. Add your own background to the label by choosing Select Backgound. 3A. Browse to the location of your back...

22 Sending Jobs to the XRn 5. Once the data has been completely transferred to the XRn the archive job screen will be displayed. 6. Choose the name of the job that you submitted and click Go again. Note: Archiving Jobs on the XRn takes up hard drive space. Only archive jobs that you perform regularl...

Sending Jobs to the XRn 23 3. The archive job screen will be displayed. Choose the name of the job that you submitted, set the number of copies and click Go . From the LCD Control Panel Choose Archived Job from the main menu. Browse the available jobs using the buttons. Select the job with the . Cho...

24 Administrator Utility and Advanced Functions Section 4: Administrator Utility and Advanced Functions A. ADMINISTRATOR UTILITY Install the administrator utility only for users who will need to change XRn system settings such as adding/ removing authorized users, bin/ media designation , viewing sy...

Administrator Utility and Advanced Functions 29 B. ADVANCED PRINTER DRIVER SETTINGS The most popular driver settings such as print quality , inner diameter and outer margin can be modified through the PTPublisher client software. The rest of the settings can be accessed in the following manner. Remo...

Administrator Utility and Advanced Functions 31 Color Matching Click on the Color Matching down arrow and choose the color matching option that's right for you. Select None if you are more interested in print speed rather than color accuracy, if you have already color corrected your image for printi...

32 Administrator Utility and Advanced Functions Centering Test Print NOTE: Your printer comes from the factory pre-calibrated to print the image in the center of the CD. You can use this adjustment if you need to fine-tune this location. If you ever wish to verify your factory-calibrated Vertical an...

Administrator Utility and Advanced Functions 33 5. Along the Vertical axis of the printed disc, find the number whose lines touch. For example, in the above illustration, the number would be 2. Enter that number into the Vertical box of the Calibration window and 0 would be entered for the Horizonta...

34 Administrator Utility and Advanced Functions 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. The test pattern, shown below, purges ink through nozzles of your ink cartridge to clear any blockages. The te...

Administrator Utility and Advanced Functions 35 Disc Output Location Do not change this setting! It should be left in the Kiosk mode setting. Enable Bi-di Printing When enabled the Bravo will print bi-directional for faster printing. The default is uni-directional printing. When you enable bi-direct...

36 Administrator Utility and Advanced Functions C. LCD CONTROL PANEL OPERATION Using the LCD Control Panel you can change the cartridge(s), run archived jobs, access utilities, restart the system or view errors and warnings. Below is a description of the basic operation and a description of the menu...

Administrator Utility and Advanced Functions 37 Main Menu The Main Menu allows access to all of the functions of the LCD Control Panel. Press the to select the function. Archived Jobs The Archived Jobs function allows access to any of the archived jobs stored on the unit. If no jobs are stored this ...

38 Administrator Utility and Advanced Functions Install Cartridges This function allows you to change the color, black or both cartridges. See Section 2 - Step 2 for the complete cartridge change procedure. Once the cartridges has been installed you must tell the XRn which cartridge was installed by...

Administrator Utility and Advanced Functions 39 Cancelling Jobs When Jobs are running you may cancel them from the LCD Control Panel.The Busy status screen is displayed when jobs are in progress. Press the to access the cancel jobs sub-menu. Use the to move the cursor down to "Cancel Jobs". ...

Maintenance and Troubleshooting 41 Section 5: Maintenance and Troubleshooting A. LCD ERROR MESSAGES There are several error messages or warnings that will appear on the LCD Display. Below is a descriptions of each and their possible solutions. Input Empty. The left or right bin is out of discs. Add ...

Maintenance and Troubleshooting 43 D. CLEANING THE INK CARTRIDGES It may be necessary to clean the ink cartridge nozzles if you notice reduced print quality, or if you suspect an cartridge nozzle has become slightly dried out or clogged. If you are having print quality problems, follow the steps bel...

44 Technical Specifications Section 6: Technical Specifications Model Bravo XRn Network Publisher Printing Method Ink-Jet Processor Celeron D 2.93 GHz Memory 1GB Hard Drive 250 GB SATA Printing Resolution 4800 x 1200 dpi, 2400 x 1200 dpi, 1200 x 1200 dpi, 600 x 600 dpi Ink Types Dual Cartridges: One...

Index 45 Index Administrator..............................................................................9, 10Alignment Calibration............................................................30, 35Archived Job .................................................................20, 22, 28, 37Bin select...