Primera Disc Publisher SE Review

Primera Technology, Inc. Bravo SE detail information

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

Software Installation and Run Through

Creating a Disc

Printing Quality

Summary and Conclusion

Text Size Text Size

Features

Test machine

For this review we will use a computer with the following configuration.

Hardware:

Motherboard: ASRock K7S8X

Processor: AMD Athlon XP 2200+

Memory: 512 MB DDR 400; Infineon

Video: Gainward GeForce 440MX; 128mb RAM

Sound: RealTek AC97 Integrated Digital Audio

Hard disks: Samsung SV0802N 80GB; Western Digital WD 30 00JB 300GB and 30GB Western Digital ST 330621A (USB 2.0)

Optical Drives: Lite-On SHM-165P6S; NEC 3540A; BTC 1108 IM

System Set-up:

Once the unit is connected to the computer, the burner of the unit is detected as external USB device “Pioneer DVD-RW 111D USB device”.

Another screenshot from Nero Infotool:

From the Nero InfoTool screenshot above we can find some more details which we already know from our Pioneer DVR-111D review here and since we have already a review of this drive posted we want to focus more on the usage of the Pimera Disc Publisher SE unit in this review.

Printer Features and Settings

After the installation procedure (which is described closer a bit later in this review) of the Disc Publisher unit, it is detected by the system in the same way like other, regular printing devices. We can find it in the “Printers” section in our operating system.

By right clicking and selecting properties, we can make some custom settings.

Here we can define,

Paper size which is in our case the Disc diameter
Orientation
Non-printable outer margin
Print Quality
Disc Surface Quality
Color Matching
Inner Diameter
Cartridge Alignment
Center the Print Image
Clean/Change Cartridge
Enable Bi-di Printing

Used Software

The computer is running Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 and for this review we will use the following software.

PTPublisher
SureThing CD Label Software Primera Edition

Introduction

Installation

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Reactions on this item

Posted by Steve (guest) on Wednesday 13 June 2007 14:09

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.

Posted by Jeff (guest) on Tuesday 25 September 2007 06:26

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....

Posted by goodasiay (guest) on Tuesday 09 October 2007 10:08

hi catalog cdprint

Posted by Anthony (guest) on Friday 12 October 2007 16:14

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.

Posted by JamesL (guest) on Friday 30 May 2008 06:59

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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