Primera SE - Manual

2 Getting Started B. 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: • Disc Publisher • Power Cord and Conver...

Getting Started 3 C. IDENTIFYING THE PARTS Front Panel and Top This illustration shows the Publisher and its 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 un...

4 Getting Started With the cover closed, the Power/Ink Button turns 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.When the front cover is opened, t...

Getting Started 5 D. PC SYSTEM 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 Pentium III/IV processo...

6 Getting Started F. 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 Publisher:1. Up to 20 blank discs may be loaded at...

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 (Se...

8 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 Th...

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 . You have successfully installed all the necessa...

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, Windows will tell you it has found new hardware and is looking for software to install it. Select " Install the s...

12 Hardware and Software Setup When connecting USB to a Mac it may be necessary to Add the printer via the Printer Setup Utility.1. Open the Printer Setup Utility located in the Applications - Utilities folder. 2. Click Add . Select the Disc Publisher XRP from the list of available printers. Click A...

Hardware and Software Setup 13 Step 4: Installing the Ink Cartridge • With the cover open, press the Power/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. • Slowly remove the tap...

14 Creating Discs on a PC Section 3: Creating 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. Bot...

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. Verify this information is correct and click the next arrow to continue. 4. Select the print label file by clicking the se...

16 Creating Discs on a PC 4A2 - Double Click on the file to add it to your project. You may add any BMP, JPG or SureThing (.std) file. SureThing files are automatically formated correctly. BMP or JPG files should be 4.72" x 4.72" square. For best print quality the image resolution should be ...

Creating Discs on a PC 17 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 all...

18 Creating Discs on a PC 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,...

20 Creating Discs on a PC 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 run...

Creating Discs on a PC 21 C. CREATING A PRINT LABEL USING SURETHING 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 popula...

Creating Discs on a PC 23 Click on the Disc Publisher SE icon with the right mouse button and select Printing Preferences . NOTE: The PTPublisher application allows you to adjust some of these set- ting directly through the Add a Print file screen in that application. In PTPublisher you also have th...

26 Creating Discs on a PC Center The Print Image 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 and Horizontal calibra...

Creating Discs on a PC 27 5. Along the Vertical axis of the printed disc, find the number whose lines touch. For example, in the above illustration, Enter the number 2 into the Vertical box of the Calibration window and 0 for the Horizontal axis. 6. Select the OK button. Your images should now be ce...

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 Factory Default to set all print centering and cartridge alignment settings back to factory defaults. Enable Bi-di Printing Set...

Creating Discs on a Mac 29 Section 4: Creating Discs on a Mac A. TUTORIAL: COPY A CD OR DVD 1. Double click the Discribe Icon to launch the program. You will see a splash screen followed by Discribe's Quick Start Menu. 2. Click the Copy a CD/DVD button. 3. Place your master disc in the Publisher Dri...

30 Creating Discs on a Mac 4. Select the drive that contains your master as the source drive. 5. Click the Burn… button 6. The Robot Write Options window contains selections to help you control the printing of the image, number of discs, recording options and more. 7. Click the Print Image on Discs ...

Creating Discs on a Mac 31 9. YOU MUST CLICK Page Setup and set Format For to Disc Publisher 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 Printer Driver settings when clicked. These settings are described in deta...

32 Creating Discs on a Mac B. USING DISCRIBE 5.3 B.1 Starting a Project The initial Discribe starter window provides 3 project types: Audio CD, Data CD and Copy CD / DVD. Choose one. Many more projects are available once the data picker window is open. Once you are in one of the main three project t...

Creating Discs on a Mac 37 D. ADVANCED 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 optimi...

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 Pages button and select Publisher Settings option in the drop-down menu to see the full pane and access all the printer driver settings. The following is a descriptio...

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. NOTE: Exact color matching of the...

Creating Discs on a Mac 41 You will see the Color Ink Level is displayed. The Color Ink Level represents the lowest color in your cartridge. For instance, if your cartridge has 80% cyan 50% yellow and 65% magenta ink remaining, the level reported would be 50%. You will also see the following buttons...

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. To center the image, click the Image Alignment button. You will be prompted with a choice to print a test print or simply enter values to nudge the image ali...

44 Maintenance and Troubleshooting Section 5: Maintenace and Troubleshooting A. INTERPRETING THE PUBLISHER’S INDICATOR LIGHTS The Power/Ink button can tell you what is happening inside the Publisher. Please refer to the following: Power/Ink Button Publisher Fast Flashing The Publisher is initializin...

46 Maintenance and Troubleshooting 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. If you still have difficulty, contact the technical support number listed on the insert ...

Technical Specifications 47 Section 6 : Technical Specifications Model Optical Disc Publisher SE 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 One 3-color (CMY) cartridge Media Types Ink-Jet Pri...

48 Index Index Align Cartridge ..................................................................13, 25, 41 Cartridge, Change ....................................................................27, 41 CD Tray ..............................................................................................

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