An obedient robot to print your CDs and DVDs
I ran across this printer at a recent trade show. You're always a little dubious when you see stuff displayed in all their glory, with knowledgeable product managers around to make sure the thing works perfectly. It's usually a little different when you get it home and try to make it work right out of the box.
Well, that's exactly what I did recently with a Primera Bravo II 4800 dpi disc publisher that we requested to test. Setup went rather well, with a standard USB (2.0) cable interface. The software installed just fine and recogized the printer right away...a pleasant surprise, especially when using a Windows-based (XP) machine. The Bravo also works on a Mac, although I haven't tried it on that platform yet.
The supplied design software walks you through the steps painlessly and has a bunch of designs already loaded in if you're not in a very creative mood. We especially liked the feature that allows you to take an existing .jpg image and use it as the disc background. Very cool.
The burning and printing take a few minutes and it drew a crowd in the office the first time I used it. The robot arm picks up the blank disc, places it in the burner and then pops it into the printer and ultimately drops it into the receiving stack.
You can load up to 25 blank discs and there's an adapter kit for business card CDs and mini-discs. If you have a colorful background, the 3-color ink cartridge will need to be replaced after about 150 discs. The black cartidge tends to last a lot longer. A replacement costs about as much as standard ink jet printer cartridge ($45 ). A stack of 100 standard printable discs costs $55. Both can be ordered directly from the Primera web site: http://www.primera.com
The quality of the printed discs is outstanding and just as good as what you get from commercial shops. Both audio and video recordable formats are supported. For $1,695 the Bravo II is a great value, especially if you have to process many different types of discs with different designs. It does have a somewhat large footprint (17x7x16) and carries a one-year warranty.
Well, that's exactly what I did recently with a Primera Bravo II 4800 dpi disc publisher that we requested to test. Setup went rather well, with a standard USB (2.0) cable interface. The software installed just fine and recogized the printer right away...a pleasant surprise, especially when using a Windows-based (XP) machine. The Bravo also works on a Mac, although I haven't tried it on that platform yet.
The supplied design software walks you through the steps painlessly and has a bunch of designs already loaded in if you're not in a very creative mood. We especially liked the feature that allows you to take an existing .jpg image and use it as the disc background. Very cool.
The burning and printing take a few minutes and it drew a crowd in the office the first time I used it. The robot arm picks up the blank disc, places it in the burner and then pops it into the printer and ultimately drops it into the receiving stack.
You can load up to 25 blank discs and there's an adapter kit for business card CDs and mini-discs. If you have a colorful background, the 3-color ink cartridge will need to be replaced after about 150 discs. The black cartidge tends to last a lot longer. A replacement costs about as much as standard ink jet printer cartridge ($45 ). A stack of 100 standard printable discs costs $55. Both can be ordered directly from the Primera web site: http://www.primera.com
The quality of the printed discs is outstanding and just as good as what you get from commercial shops. Both audio and video recordable formats are supported. For $1,695 the Bravo II is a great value, especially if you have to process many different types of discs with different designs. It does have a somewhat large footprint (17x7x16) and carries a one-year warranty.
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