1E. 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 one time into the Input Bin.
2. The Publisher's integrated Robotic Arm will first check your recorder drive for a disc by attempting to"pick" from the record-er. Then, the Robotic Arm will pick a disc from the Input Bin.
3. The Recorder Tray opens automatically and the Robotic Arm places a disc into the recorder. After the disc is placed in the recorder, the Robotic Arm checks the input stack to "see" if two discs were picked.
4. The Recorder Tray then automatically shuts. If a disc does not record properly (meaning that all or part of that disc is not recordable), the Robotic Arm picks it out of the CD Tray and sends it to the Output Bin.
5. The Recorder is now writing to the disc. If you were to fully record a CD with data, audio, video or music (650 MB), recording time is about 3 ½ minutes each. A full DVD records in about 7-15 minutes depending on the speed of the media to which you are recording. Most jobs don't fill the entire disc, so recording time is usually less than this.
6. After recording, the Recorder Tray opens automatically. The Robotic Arm will lift the disc out of the Recorder Tray. The Recorder Tray will close, and the Printer Tray will open. The Robotic Arm will lower the disc into the Printer Tray, and the Printer Tray will then automatically close.
7. If publishing more than one disc, the Robotic Arm will load the Recorder Drive with a blank disc from the Input Bin to start recording the next round.
8. 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.
9. Print time varies according to which print mode has been selected (Section 3-A). In most cases, print time takes no more than 2 minutes. After printing the first disc, the Publisher's Printer Disc Tray opens automatically. The Robotic Arm moves the finished disc to the Output Bin.
10. The Robotic Arm will now load the second recorded disc into the Printer Tray for printing.
11. The process starts over and repeats until all blank discs are gone or the number you have specified via software are copied and printed.