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Primera Technology, Inc. Bravo SE detail information

Posted by Herbert
Posted on 20/01/07 22:56
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Manufacturer Primera Technology, Inc.
Product Primera Technology, Inc. Bravo SE
Description Bravo SE is Primera's newest "all-in-one" disc publishing system.
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Conclusion

Summary and Conclusion


Like in every other review, some positive and negative points came up.

Positive:

  • Easy installation and usage
  • Good software bundle
  • Good users manual
  • Very good burner included
  • Burner can also be used with other software
  • Very good printing quality
  • Good support

 

Negative:

  • Only one ink cartridge for all colours
  • (Expensive).

 

Conclusion


The Disc Publisher SE is not a product for the average home user, rather is designed for companies who require such a unit to provide their customers with all kinds of information in an amount where it isn’t reliable to pay for producing pressed discs.

Overall we can say that we were impressed by the performance of the unit, a well-guided and easy installation procedure combined with very easy to use software and a very good CD/DVD burner makes the Disc Publisher SE an interesting product. Almost everybody with little computer knowledge should be able to create professional looking audio, video and data CDs or DVDs.

Of course, we have also found some negative points regarding this unit and for us the most important is that a system at such a price level comes with a three colour (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow) ink cartridge. Of course, this unit isn’t a photo printer where five or six different colours are useful but even an additional black cartridge would help the user to save some money and we don’t think that it can be a big problem to such a cartridge.

Another negative thing we found is the relative high price of the unit, but in this case we say it depends on the point of view. For the average home user it looks expensive, but like we said before, the Disc Publisher SE is not designed for the average home user, so it isn’t sold in a range of millions of units and compared to other disc publishing systems it’s inexpensive.

To sum it up, this is what we would say: "The Primera Disc Publisher SE is a very easy to use and excellent performing device which combines high printing and burning quality. We can recommend this unit to every company who has the need for such a disc publishing solution and to every home user who doesn’t care about money."

You may discuss/comment this review below or in this forum thread.

Those who are interested in seeing this unit working can download two videos by clicking the following links.

Video 1 (Size ~10MB)

Video 2 (Size ~8MB)

 
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Reactions on this item
I have owned my Bravo II for nearly 2 years and it has been nothing but a pain. I have sent it back once as it only manages to print a few cd's before the print fades and looks totally rubbish. I have replaced the print cartridges many times and when it was sent away they cleaned the print heads and this stops the problem for maybe 20 prints, then its back to the same poor printing. I spend my days changing print settings and running cleaning jobs for every cd I do. This product really is not worth all the hassle that goes with it. I have never had a problem with is crashing windows or rejecting discs it is purely the printer that sucks for me. A real waste of money.
I have owned my for about 1yr now and have the same issues. Its a POS. Before it I owned a Bravo II with nothing but issues. I spent more time trying to run a batch of 20 cds than it would of taken to do by hand....
hi catalog cdprint
We've had one at work for about 3 months now and it has been amazing. Not one coaster and the discs look awesome. However like the review said, it is designed for businesses. Being a inkjet it will smudge unless you use Primera's special dvd or cds which are twice the cost of other inkjet printable media. But it looks AMAZING on their media and for a company the few extra bucks isn't that much, plus we got the unit for $500 off.
The ink seems to last pretty good, most of the time I just print one decent sized logo and some text and I have printed probably a hundred discs and I still have 85% ink left.

Overall a very good unit. Works fast and well, the included software is easy to use and relatively full featured.
If anyone is interested, there is a group dedicated to hacking these machines, including using cheaper cartridges. They also help with issues.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BravoHacking/
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