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032910-511262 USER’S MANUAL For Macintosh and PC © 2010 All rights reserved. F or the most recent version of this manual please visit http://www .primera.
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T able of Contents Section 1: Getting Started ......................................................................................1 A. Note on Model Differences .....................................................................2 B. Choosing a Good Location .
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Getting Started 1 Section 1: Getting Started THANK YOU… ...for purchasing the BravoPro Xi ® Disc P ublisher . Bravo is the perfect all-in- one solution for producing professional looking discs. A wide variety of disc formats are supported, including audio CDs, DVD V ideo, data discs and more.
2 Getting Started A. NO TE ON MODEL DIFFERENCES The BravoPro Xi-Series comes in five different models including: • Bravo Pro Xi A utoP rinter (No Drives) Print Only - See Section 3A, C and D.
Getting Started 3 C. UNP ACKING AND INSPECTION While unpacking your Publisher , inspect the carton to ensure that no damage has occurred during shipping.
4 Getting Started D. IDENTIFYING THE PARTS Front Panel and Top This illustration shows the Publisher , its Control P anel, Buttons, LED indicator lights, Input and Output Bins and other 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.
Getting Started 5 The Contr ol P anel contains LED Status Lights and Buttons to control the Publisher . The LED Status Lights indicate that P ower is ON. They also blink in certain patter ns to indicate an error or other condition of the Publisher . See Section 4 for a full explanation of the LED Status Light conditions.
6 Getting Started The P ower Input P ort connects to the included power cable. The internal power supply must be switched to 115v or 230v using the switch between the power button and the power cord. The P ower Switch shuts off all power to the Publisher .
Getting Started 7 G. O VERVIEW OF OPERATION 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 two drive P ublisher: 1.
8 Getting Started 4. The Recorder T rays then automatically shut. As soon as each drive tray closes the burn process will begin for that drive. W ith two drives, each drive bur ns independently of the other .
Getting Started 9 8. Print time varies according to which print mode has been selected. In most cases, print time takes no more than 2 minutes. After printing the first disc, the P ublisher's Printer Disc T ray opens automatically . The Robotic Disc T ransporter moves the finished disc to the Output Bin.
10 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 11 e. Once the installation has completed, click Quit . Y ou have successfully installed all the necessar y software! Section C below will describe how to connect the Publisher to your Mac. C. HARD WARE SETUP Step 1: Applying Power • Locate the power cord supplied with your Publisher .
12 Hardware and Software Setup • Open the front cover of the Publisher • The Publisher will automatically position the cartridge carrier and Robotic Disc T ransporter to the center position allowing for easy access to the bins.
Hardware and Software Setup 13 Step 3: Connecting the USB 2.0 Cable/Inst alling the Driver A. Installing the Printer Driver (W indows XP) Connect the Publisher to your PC with your beige USB 2.0 Cable. After a few moments, W indows will tell you it has found new hardware and is looking for software to install it.
14 Hardware and Software Setup B. Installing the Printer Driver (W indows V ista/W indows 7) Click the "Install Driver" button when prompted to do so by the installation disc. Files will begin to copy to your hard drive. Y ou will be prompted that Windows can't verify the publisher of this driver software.
The driver will appear as shown below . T o manually add the driver click the + button. Step 4: Installing Ink Cartridges • W ith the cover open, press the Ink Cartridge Button to move the Ink Cartridge Carrier to the load position and open the ink cartridge covers.
16 Hardware and Software Setup D. SETUP THE KIOSK BIN Kiosk Mode allows you to use both of Publisher's Bins as input, doubling your disc capacity from 50 discs to 100 discs. In this mode, the finished discs will be deposited out through the front " reject area " of the Publisher .
Creating Discs 17 Section 3: Cr eating Discs There are two main components to creating discs, printing and burning. For PC, SureThing CD Labler is used to design the image to print on the disc. F or Mac, Disc Cover is used to design the image to print on disc.
18 Creating Discs 1. Select Copy Project from the Starter W indow or the New Project P anel on the left side of the screen. Step one of the Copy Disc wizard will be displayed. 2. Y ou will be prompted to place the disc you would like to copy into the drive inside the Disc P ublisher .
Creating Discs 19 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. F ollow the instructions in Section 3 D or E to create a label using Sure Thing or Disc Cover .
20 Creating Discs 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.
Creating Discs 21 Recommended for: All CD, DVD or Blu-ray content or disc types (A udio CD, Data CD, Software Install Disc, V ideo CD, DVD V ideo, Blu-ray V ideo: CDR , DVD-R , DVD+R, DVD -ROM, DVD+DL, D VD -DL, BDR, BDR-DL, etc.). This is best used for single runs where you will not need to make additional copies of the master disc a later time.
22 Creating Discs Recommend for: This method is especially useful if you are having compatibility problems with the formatting created by the DVD/Blu-ray authoring software or with the media type of the master disc. This method removes some potentially compli- cating variables from the DVD/Blu-ray V ideo creation process.
Creating Discs 23 On most job types a volume label can also be created at this step. This is the label that will appear when this disc is inserted into a computer drive.
24 Creating Discs • Outer Margin . Disc from other manufacturers vary widely regarding how far the printable surface extends to the edge of the disc. Measure the distance from the edge of the disc to the start of the white printable area. This will be between 0 and 2 mm in increments of .
Creating Discs 25 • Change Robot . This is only available with multiple robots connected. Click it to change the robot to which this project will be sent. • Drives . W ith an Xi2 connected you can choose to bur n to both drives or the top or bottom drive only .
26 Creating Discs • Recording T ype . T rack-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.
Creating Discs 27 the errors may not be detectable by human eyes or ears. This operation may be useful to verify software installation discs where it is extremely important to have accurate copies of all installation files. Checking this option will double the time it takes to record each disc.
28 Creating Discs B.4 Publisher S tatus The status window is automatically displayed when a job starts. Y ou may also access it at any time by clicking the More Status link under the picture and description of the robot connected. Publisher Status is only available if the P ublisher is connected.
Creating Discs 29 B.5 Backup Project . (PC Disc Publishers Only) T o create a new backup project you must setup a data project and then schedule it. F ollow these steps: 1. Choose Data Project from the project starter window . 2. A dd the files or folders that you would like to backup.
30 Creating Discs Using the media drop down list, you may also choose to change the media type to one with more capacity . The data bar will change from red to green. Note: Changing the media type only changes the media that the software expects. It is up to the user to make sure the selected media is actually in the bin.
Creating Discs 31 4. Click the next button to display a summary of the project. Click Schedule Project to convert this data project into a backup project. Y ou will be prompted to save your project. Do not move projects once you have saved them. Always choose only one copy even if your project will be spanned across multiple discs.
32 Creating Discs The Scheduled Projects window will appear . Check the box ne xt to the backup project you would like to run. Click Run Now to run it for the first time now .
Creating Discs 33 B.7 PTProtect (PC Disc Publishers Only - Requires sep arate purchase of USB dongle) PTProtect allows you copy -protect any DVD V ideo and mass produce protected discs using the PTPublisher software and a Primera Disc P ublisher .
34 Creating Discs C. CREA TING A PRINT LABEL USING SURETHING (PC) 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.
Creating Discs 35 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.
36 Creating Discs 1. Open the software by clicking the Create Label button on the A dd Print File step of PTP ublisher . There is no way to open Disc Cover PE outside of the PTPublisher software. 2. T o add a background from Disc Cover , click the the Gallery button on the top tool bar .
Creating Discs 37 5. Once your image or background has been selected you can add text or other design elements using the buttons on the tool bar or the Inspector .
38 Creating Discs 6. Once you have several objects on screen you may choose to use the Inspector tool to edit advanced object properties. Select the objects you would like to edit and then click on one of the six buttons on the top of the inspector . Four are shown below .
Creating Discs 39 E. AD V ANCED 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.
40 Creating Discs 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-print able Outer Margin A djust this value to print all the way to the outer edge of a CD.
Creating Discs 41 Monochrome Black is for images that have large black areas or black text. This will ensure that no color ink is being used. In some cases printing JPG files using Color + Black for an image that is all black will still cause some color ink to be used.
42 Creating Discs Inner Diameter This value changes the size of the non-printed center . Larger numbers cause the non-printed center to be larger and smaller numbers make the non-printed center smaller . This number is incremented by 0.1mm so a change of 10 for inner diameter changes the diameter by 1mm.
Creating Discs 43 3. When the print is complete, rotate disc 180º and put the disc back in the input bin and repeat step 2 using the same disc. 4. When the second run of the print is complete, you should have a test print that looks similar to the following: 5.
44 Creating Discs Clean/Change Cartridges & Check Ink Levels Select this button to display the current ink levels as well as options for cleaning and changing cartridges. Change Cartridge(s) Select the Change Cartridge(s) button to install a new ink cartridge or to switch back and forth between previously used cartridges.
Creating Discs 45 Disc Output Location This can be set either Normal (Left Bin acts as output), or Kiosk (finished discs deposited out the F ront Exit.) The default is Normal (Left Bin.) The kiosk setting in PTPublisher overrides this setting. Only set kiosk mode here if you are printing only from an application other than PTPublisher .
46 Creating Discs Kiosk Mode Kiosk Mode will allow you to increase the capacity of your Publisher from 50 to 100 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 output bins doubling your capacity .
Creating Discs 47 Intensity The Intensity setting will control the amount of ink saturation on the disc. When printing onto the Primera T uffCoat discs, 96% is usually sufficient. When printing on to other brands of media, or if you would like to print darker colors, you may wish to increase the Intensity setting.
48 Creating Discs color and black cartridges for optimal print quality . In addition, this utility will allow you to center and adjust your printed image. Refer to the following for a description of the settings in this area. Y ou will see both the Color and Monochrome Ink Levels are displayed.
Creating Discs 49 Change Cartridge If you need to change cartridges, you can click the Change Cartridge button in the Configuration Utility . This ensures the most accurate tracking of ink levels. T o change a cartridge, click the Change Cartridge button.
50 Creating Discs The disc should look like this: 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.
Creating Discs 51 If you choose not to print the test print, you will simply see the alignment dialog box and can enter values to move the image. The unit of measure is roughly 0.1mm. Making the Horizontal Calibration number smaller or more negative will move the image slightly to the left.
52 Maintenance and T r oubleshooting Section 4: Maintenance and T r oubleshooting The Publisher is designed to operate for e xtended periods of time with very little attention. In fact, no regular maintenance is recommended other than cleaning the outside case.
Maintenance and T r oubleshooting 53 B. INTERPRETING THE PUBLISHER’S INDICA TORS LIGHTS The P ower and Busy LED indicator lights located on the top of the Publisher can tell you a lot about what is happening inside the Publisher .
54 Maintenance and T r oubleshooting C. INTERNAL BLUE LED LIGHTS The Publisher Internal LED lights provide useful light and also can provide status information. By default the lights are set to Flash Enabled. This condition will flash the internal LED lights off and on during any er ror condition.
Maintenance and T r oubleshooting 55 E. TECHNICAL SUPPOR T If you have difficulties 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 via one of the methods listed below .
56 T echnical Specifications Section 5: T echnical Specifications Model Optical Disc Publisher P ro Xi Configurations Blu-ray Publisher DVD+/-R - CDR Publisher Printing Method Inkjet Printing Resoluti.
Index 57 Inde x Abort .................................................................................................28 Alignment Calibration ..................................................................49 A udio Project .......................
58 Index Print Quality .................................................................11, 20, 40, 46 PTProtect ....................................................................................25, 33 Publisher Status ..............................
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