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1. Cancel Click Next The following screen will appear 16 e Hardware Installation MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER 17 Found New Hardware Wizard i Install Hardware Device Drivers A device diver is a software program that enables a hardware device to work with an operating system This wizard will complete the installation for this device oy USB Serial Port A device driver is a software program that makes a hardware device work Windows needs driver files for pour new device To locate driver files and complete the Installation click Nest what do pon want the wizard to do Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that can choose a specific driver Back Cancel Select Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended and click Next Found New Hardware Wizard Locate Driver Files aa tae Where do vou want Windows to search for diver fles SS Search for driver tiles for the following hardware device oy USB Serial Port The wizard searches for suitable drivers tn its driver database on pour computer and in any of the following optional search locations that you specify To start the search click Nest IF vou are searching on a floppy disk or CO ROM drive Insert the floppy disk or CO before clicking Nest Optional search locations M CO ROM drives Specify a location Microsoft Window
2. T MB PrintFactory Series 1 DP2 HH fers Y 7 None 1 None 1 36 e Configuring DX 2 Disc Publisher MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC 37 Click the OK button DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER The system will now initialize the DX 2 Disc Publisher The belts will be cleared of any discs and any discs in the recorders will be removed and rejected DFN Action Drive Robotic View Tools Advanced Window Help eolwexz YaslBle Drive Mame ead Exp Teac CD W524E Supported media CD ROM sR IR loj x Prassi Disc Content Status CD ROM Mar 02 04 09 43 Data Mi 1 Track LS FO Disk Publisher 1 Left Drive CD ROM R RW DYD ROM R RW Not ready EIG Disk Publisher 1 Right Drive CD ROMIRIRW DYD ROMI RI R W Mot ready 4 Recording Disc Copy Record Generic Image S Initializing Disk Publishers Please e W ait Record VIDEO TS Extraction Tools r PawDM sys Robo a El Once initialization is complete the system is ready for use 5 Zuluz Action Drive Robotic View Tools Advanced Window Help z g SsS 3 9 e e Supported media CE a CD ROM RRA DVD ROM ER ER yy E 6 Disk Publisher 1 Right Drive CD ROM RJRAW DYD ROMI R RW Mok ready A gt Audio Data Mastering Record Record Compilation Extraction amp Tools a EN EY 2 A Extract Rip Audio DiscImage Compare Files Manage Disclmage A Erase Disc Disc Content Status DiscI
3. Loa ES El B Prassi meee Supported m Disc Content Status Reject Print Only CO ROM RIRAY Mot ready de UH i bJ tH Disk ae tia e CD ROMIRIR Pot ready Utilities About Recording Acer Ci gt A A J Pb A Let i a y 5 Ti af hn a ha qe af Er lea e a SS HW Ww Ww Ww Disc Copy Stream Audio Data Mastering Record Record Record Generic Record Compilation Discimage BIM CUE Image Image WIDEO_TS Erase Disc El Paw DM sys Robo 2 e Select Utilities 29 W Enable Configure Dialog Cancel Print Utilities Print to DP fi Print Test Disc Print Alignment Disc Place Disc On Belt e Select Print Test Disc e A disc will be dropped onto the belts and then printed Print Factory MICROBOARDS Technology Inc 00 646 5551 952 336 1600 TEST PRINT www microboar ds com Once printing is complete the disc will be ejected into the output hopper If the alignment is OK proceed with your printing project e If not go to Align Disc 30 e Software Installation MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER Align Disc NOTE The Alignment Disc should always be printed using Photo mode for the best accuracy There are factory default alignment values for the TOP and LEFT values for your DX 2 Disc Publisher referring to the top and left margin sizes respectively These can be found on the label on the back of the D
4. e When all the tracks to rip are selected you need to choose the target folder where the file will be created By default this is set to the My Music folder e By default the file names will be composed of the Album Title and each track Artist and Title If the disc has CD Text information these values are automatically loaded from the disc You can edit them by highlighting a track and selecting the menu Edit gt Artist and Edit gt Title you can also double click on the track in the appropriate column position The Artist and Title information are also inserted in the ripped track into the appropriate fields so you will see them displayed regardless of the filename while you are playing those files with the Media Player e After editing the titles they can be saved in a text file using the menu File gt Save Artist and Title to Text File so you can eventually reload them later via File gt Load Artist and Title from Text File e Select the menu Edit gt Filename Format to pick among different filename composition schemes The composition is pre shown in the field Target File so you can preview exactly how the filename will be created e Select the Codec and its Format among the choices available which depend on which codec you have currently installed in the system e Click the Rip button to start the operation The Status column of each track reports the progress and when done the size of the file The music
5. An alternative to mixed mode for combining standard CD DA audio which can be played in a normal audio player and a computer application on a single disc CD G aka karaoke A special disc format in which simple graphics and text are stored in the sub channels of an audio disc which needs a special player to read and display this information The data in the sub channels cannot be copied with most current systems or software CD DA Compact Disc Digital Audio Jointly developed by Philips and Sony and launched in October 1982 CD DA was the first incarnation of the compact disc used to digitally record and play back music The standard under which CD DA discs are recorded is known as the Red Book CD i An obsolete compact disc format developed by Philips designed to allow interactive multimedia applications to be run on a player attached to a television The standard document defining CD i is called Green Book CD Plus See CD Extra CD R Compact Disc Recordable When referring to recordable discs media CD R is often used to refer to write once discs in contrast to CD RW See also Recordable Disc CD ROM Compact Disc Read Only Memory A standard for compact disc to be used as digital memory media for personal computers The specifications for CD ROM were first defined in the Yellow Book CD ROM Drive A peripheral device attached to a computer which allows it to read play a CD ROM disc All CD ROM players can also p
6. DI Zulu2 selects the entire Disclmage by using this index file Aside from the DI file there is a file for each track of the CD These files have the same name of the index but their extension is DIO1a for the 1st track DIO2a for the second and so on eventually up to DI99a Therefore if we create a Disc Image of a CD with 4 tracks we will result with the files e ImageFile DI e ImagerFile DIO1a e ImagerFile DIO2a e ImagerFile DIO3a e ImageFile DI04a A common standard is that each file not be bigger than 1GB so creating a Disc Image of a DVD could result in having more files for each zone a zone for a DVD is more or less the same as a track for a CD In this case the zone would be split into multiple files where the last extension character runs a b and so on For instance the Disclmage of a DVD with 2 zones the first 1GB or less and the second 2 5GB will be e DVDImage DI e DVDimage DlO1a e DVDImage DI02a e DVDImage DI02b e DVDImage DI02c When Zulu2 accesses a Disclmage all the files are checked and the parameters contained in the DI index file are verified for consistency lf you need to move or delete a Disclmage manually be sure to include all files named ImageFile DI DVD Recording Mode 67 Because Zulu2 can manage 5 different types of DVD recordable media DVD R DVD RW DVD R DVD RW and DVD RAM and because a disc can usually be written in Disc at Once or Incremental mode there
7. af Next select the Left recorder 35 Configure Disk Publishers x Cancel Comm Fort Left Drive Right Drive Printer 1 coma T None 7 None 1 None 1 DP2 None T G Pioneer DVD RW DVI T Don t show this window 4 Select the Right recorder Configure Disk Publishers X Cancel Comm Port Left Drive Right Drive Printer 1 coma T FPioneer DVD RW y T None Y 7 None j Hone DP2 None 1 None 7 E Teac CD 4524E K None 1 F Pioneer DYD Aw Dp Ha Pioneer DYD Ars Dy T Don t show this window again Finally select the Printer Configure Disk Publishers x Cancel Comm Port Left Drive Right Drive Printer Pi coma T F Pioneer DVD RW T G Pionesr DVD RW y T Dee a DP None 1 None 1 Mone j 7 Don t show this window again To confirm you have made the correct selection you can click on the T box next to each item as follows e When the T is pressed for the COM Port the disc flippers will move up and down e When the T is pressed for the recorders the tray will open and then close e When the T is pressed for the Printer the belts will move in reverse Once you have completed your selections check the Don t show this window again box to bypass this step when launching Zulu2 again Configure Disk Publishers 1 x Cancel Comm Port Lett Drive Right Orive Printer 1 coma T l Pioneer DvD RW Lx T u Pioneer DVD RW
8. does not apply when using the Microboards DX 2 Disc Publisher system Quick Start 40 In this section you find a quick guide for using Zulu2 and how to start working with it right away completing the most common mastering operations without using the wizard You should not attempt to copy material that you do not have the copyright for or have the permission to copy Please note that when you violate the copyright law you may be subject to payment for any damages you may have caused Copy a Disc with the Microboards DX 2 Disc Publisher To make a copy of a CD or a DVD using one drive to read and another to record e Highlight the recording drive s in the Zulu2 main window and then double click on the Disc Copy icon The Disc Copy window referred to as an action will open e Select the drive inside your computer as the Source Insert the source disc when it is ready you will see the disc description appearing below the drive e Check the pass through a temporary image box to copy the data to an internal hard drive first This is highly recommended in order to allow the system to record at full speed e Recorder drives available to Zulu2 will be listed in the Drive box If both recorders in the DX 2 Disc Publisher were selected in the Zulu2 main window Robotic Drives will be displayed Jox Source E Teac CO W524E a y Fi Read speed Max Ready CD ROM Mar 02 04 09 43 Data M1 1 Track 34 0MB 17 440
9. in order to supply power to the Front Panel Alignment 28 The DX 2 Disc Publisher system has been aligned at the factory and the alignment values are included with the system Follow these steps to enter the factory values e Click on the Start Button on your Windows computer e Select Settings and then Printers e Right click on the MB PrintFactory Series icon e Select Printer Preferences e Select the Utility Tab e Software Installation MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER 2 MB PrintFactory Series Printing Preferences f x Setup Features Color Utility Diameters Outer ne Inner 36 e Print on hub Hub outer 36 Hub inner 36 Clean cartridge Ink level Factory Settings e Click on the 1mm selection in the Resolution box e Enter the values listed with the DX 2 Disc Publisher into the Top and Left Side boxes e Click the Apply button e Click the OK button Print Test Disc To confirm the computer is communicating with the DX 2 Disc Publisher print a Test Disc This can be done with one of the inkjet printable CD s included with your DX 2 Disc Publisher or an inkjet compatible disc you may already have To print the Test Disc e Place the inkjet printable media into the input hopper e Launch the Zulu2 program see page 33 e Once Zulu2 is running select the Robotic menu A ES Action Drive Robotic View Tools Advanced Window Help ls
10. 14 e Hardware Installation MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER Digital Signature Not Found X The Microsoft digital signature affirme that software has been tested with Windows and that the software has not been altered since it was tested The software you are about to install does not contain a Microsoft digital signature Therefore there is no guarantee that this software works correctly with Windows Printers IF vou want to search for Microsoft digitally signed software visit the Windows Update Web site at Http winidowsupdate microsoft com to see if one is available Do you want to continue the installation i No More Info The Digital Signature screen will appear Click Yes Copying Files x 2 hp2vipUe ll To CAWINDOWS Systemses icroaboardsprinthact 0all The files will now be copied to the operating system Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard O MB FrintFactory Seres Windows has finished installing the software for this device To close this wizard click Finish Back Cancel The Completed screen will now appear Click Finish 15 Next the following screens will appear Found New Hardware je USE senal Port ich Installing Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install a device driver for a hardware device To continue click Hest
11. 2 275 907 volume DVD video Mot ready 1 J Quick Cru M Record Verify Overburn CD Mo v Pause when round ends When done Result dialog Buffer Speed Position Status E E Yl 10 e The name of the Volume defaults to the name of the folder or if it is VIDEO TS the name of the parent folder e lf you need to Test activate the Verify or set any other recording specific flag like erasing the destination disc before proceeding check the appropriate box e Select the number of copies you wish to make e f you wish to print on the recorded discs click on the Select Print File box and select a print file This file can be a prn file or a SureThing std file e When your Action is ready you can save the DVD file setup with File gt Save for use again at a later time e Press the Record button the caption on the button will change to reflect the Erase Test Record Verify selections to start the operation This button remains grayed if the list is empty or if there are any settings that prevent the recording from starting e The discs will be loaded into the recorder s and then printed if a print file was selected If no print file was selected the discs will bypass the printing process and be moved directly into the output bin when unloaded from the recorders Extract and Record a Disclmage A Disclmage is a set of files that completely describe either a CD or a DVD Extracting a Disclmag
12. By default in the Details window of an Action the internal buffer for each drive is shown with a small progress meter While informative this requires Zulu2 to send read buffer status command between write commands requiring more communication with the drive In extreme situations or handling drives or controllers that have problems with higher communication levels uncheck this option Ripping This sets the reading cache when physically reading an audio disc during ripping Increasing this value above the default 16 sectors can greatly improve the ripping speed however some drives and controllers cannot reliably operate with transfers larger than 16 sectors per command which may lead to an operating system crash Additional Notes and Tips You find here additional notes on Zulu2 as well as tips for optimum use Recording Speed 65 Zulu2 was designed with a special effort to implement a more correct and precise way of determining the recording speed combining the capability of both the recorder and the disc you are using Until a disc is inserted in the drive Zulu2 does not show any specific speed Therefore if you prepare an Action without a disc in the drive the speeds you can chose are Max maximum the default Med medium on Min minimum When the disc is recognized and the recording operation begins Max will set the maximum possible speed of that disc on the drive Med will set the speed equal to or just below half of the
13. Left Drive Details 0G Disk Publisher 1 Right Drive Erase bqtP 5 Robotic Drives Select Print File E Oui o Pause when round ends a When done Result dialog Buffer Speed Position Status Zi C 2 1E Teac CD W524E LG LP Disk Publisher 1 Left Drive 29 6 Disk Publisher 1 Right Drive 2 drive s selected Cancel Recording Speed You can use the Speed combo to select among Max Med medium and Min or the actual possible speed if you have already inserted the target disc A more in depth explanation of recording speed is in the paragraph Recording Speed of this document How to Create a Disclmage from an Action Some actions allow you to create a Disclmage instead of recording to a disc Press the button at the right of the Close Tray button or select Disclmage gt Target Disclmage in the action menu to toggle between recording to disc or creating a Disclmage Data Mastering 2ulu2 IOl x File Edit Drive Discimage wiew Window Source Destination on Disc Mum of Files Folders Size CWINDOWS Helpagtt41F hlp Lagto4 iF Alp 10KB Cp INDO w SHelpiacc dis chm facc_dis chm 22KB CWI DOW S Help access chm access chm 36KB C WINDOWS Helplaccess hip access hlp 34KB Ed CoWINDOWS Help accessib chm faccessib chm Z22KB EE CAWINDOWS Help aclui chm Laclui chm 52KB xl H a gt En a vv Y 16 Entries 16 Files O Folders 476KB 58 Opt
14. Microboards PRF19ML USB Printer Cable 1394b cable 1394b PCI card Input Bin rods 100 disc output assembly If any of these items are missing please contact your distributor or Microboards Technology Technical Support department at 952 556 1639 DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER System Requirements The Microboards DX 2 Disc Publisher has the following minimum requirements and compatibilities Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 with SP4 or Windows XP with SP1 Processor Pentium 4 or equivalent CPU running at 2 0 GHz or faster System Memory Minimum 512 MB of system memory More memory is suggested for intensive recording operation like running operations on many drives simultaneously multiple drive copy or recording or running several operations concurrently on different drives Hard Drive Space Only 10MB of free space is required on the system hard drive for the applications and drivers For storing disc images temporary space is needed for the full disc dimension That could be up to about 800MB for CD or about 5 GB for DVD A separate 7200 RPM hard drive is required for storing your data Using the same hard drive as the operating system can cause the system to perform slowly Assembly Instructions DX 2 Disc Publisher Assembly Remove the DX 2 Disc Publisher system from the shipping box and confirm you received all of the items listed Place the DX 2 Disc Publisher on a stable flat surface You will need room both
15. a disc that has uncorrectable reading errors on some sectors Raw A CD can be read in several ways Selecting Raw P Q Channels forces the drive to read additional portion of the sectors and every sector will be 16 bytes longer Raw P Q Channels will force Zulu2 to read the entire sector information adding 96 bytes per sector Not all drives are able to read in these Raw modes and there is no way to know in advance if they can If you get an error trying to read in Raw mode simply read the disc normally A Raw mode image must be recorded in Raw mode as well so be sure that you have access to a drive that supports both reading and recording in Raw These drives are not common and are generally more expensive AJSAJSAJS e Extraction amp Tools MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER Manage Disclmage Because a Disclmage can be created by multiple files and also because Zulu2 keeps the image in an open format this function provides a way to easily manage and explore Disclmages The Manage Disclmage window is a standard Windows open file common dialog with a few additions including a list and few buttons When you select a DI Disclmage all the files included in the image are listed along with a brief description and the size If the image is incomplete or corrupted that is noted in the list Copy Move Delete All the Disclmage s files are either copied moved or deleted depending on the action chosen You can
16. a standards organization responsible for the MPEG1 and MPEG 2 standards for the compression of full motion video Multisession A method of adding data incrementally to a CD in more than one recording session If data is linked between sessions all data on a multisession disc when read on a multisession CD ROM drive may be seen as part of a single logical structure Multisession is very different from packet writing e Glossary MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER 83 Multivolume A disc containing multiple sessions which are not linked together so that each volume on the disc must be read as if it were a separate disc NTSC The standard used for broadcast television in the U S whose resolution is 525 horizontal lines at 30 frames per second Orange Book The Philips Sony specification for Compact Disc Magneto Optical CD MO and Write Once CD WO systems in other words the standard by which recordable CDs are recorded Packet Writing A method of writing data on a CD in small increments contrast with Track at Once and Disc at Once Packets can be of fixed or variable length This method is proprietary meaning the resulting disc cannot be used except under specific conditions and cannot be duplicated PAL Phase Alteration by Line The standard used for broadcast television in much of Europe and Asia with a resolution of 768 pixels x 576 horizontal lines at 25 frames per second PCA Power Ca
17. also rename a Disclmage Master A Record Disclmage action is opened with the selected Disclmage as the data source Show Opens a window showing the Disclmage index or the Disclmage track that is selected in the list This display is meaningful only for experienced users as the bare unstructured data is shown Compare Files Compare Files lets you select 2 files or 2 folders and compare them to the byte There is an option to compare if the selections have the same date stamp Differences are listed in the Details area This function is simple but extremely efficient and fast It provides a compare capability on a large amount of files and detailed reporting otherwise unavailable within Microsoft Windows Options Zulu2 as most of the Microsoft Windows applications has a set of options that are stored within the Windows system registry These option settings can be changed from the defaults and will remain in effect until you uninstall and re install the application or change the option settings again General 63 Autoplay is blocked while this application is running Autoplay is a feature of Windows that checks for a disc that has been inserted in a drive When a new disc is detected Windows will normally initiate the Autoplay dialog Windows XP or a default application depending on various settings This can cause multiple Autoplay dialogs to appear during the duplication or mastering process forcing you to close the Autopla
18. available at any time without having to keep the complete mastering application open In the Options Tools gt Options gt View you can select to keep the taskbar icon or to launch it at startup doing so you may access Zulu2 even if its main window is closed Taskbar Menu Wizard Launches the Wizard for simple recording on the spot Again the Wizard is not used with the Microboards DX 2 Disc Publisher Launch Launches any Zulu2 action just like from the main window Open Opens a Zulu2 action document that you have saved in the past Option Accesses the Zulu2 Options dialog Contents and Index Opens the Zulu2 Help About Zulu2 Opens the about box with relevant version information Window Re opens the main window or any other action window that is running You can also re open the main window by double clicking directly on the taskbar icon Recording Actions Zulu2 calls every recording operation an action and keeps it in a separate window on the desktop with its proper entry in the taskbar Every action has its proper document with the standard New Open and Save functions as it is common in Microsoft Windows You can create a new action from the Zulu2 main window or from the Zulu2 taskbar icon Action Layout 56 Every action is divided in 2 distinct sections In the upper part of the window you find action specific controls while the lower part is common to all actions Input and Outp
19. be used inside any of the Zulu2 Action screens or in the Print Only function SureThing CD Labeler LE MICROBOARDS Edition Untitled 1 Design i Of xj e File Edit View Format Insert Tools Window Help a x I k 7 k Volkswagen fiz m r B iu r 2 E l Her Oper Save Add Dl gt gt Print Preview E CO Face 1 of 1 Backgrounds lt 4 K y vn l R i Hi AAA Ms Text Effects Adding Text No Background 1 of 38 Click and drag to move object s Double click to edit object Utilities Print Test Disc e Enable Configure Dialog This function will drop a disc onto the belts Caca and print a test disc Print Utilities Print to DP fi Print Test Disc Print Alignment Disc Place Disc On Belt Print Alignment Disc This function is used to print an alignment disc Place Disc On Belt Thus function will place a disc onto the belts so you can print from a program outside of Zulu2 Enable Configure Dialog This checkbox will enable the Configure Menu see page 30 to appear when launching Zulu2 About Shows the version of the robotic software used by Zulu2 53 54 View Menu Toolbar Shows Hides the toolbar of the main window Logo Shows Hides the logo in the toolbar of the main window Status Bar Shows Hides the status bar of the main window Drives List Physical Address Shows Hides the Bus ID address of each d
20. driver is named PZWDM sys and is placed in the System32 Drivers folder in this case it becomes a system service started at boot time There is the possibility that applications other than Zulu2 that use the same driver are installed on your system If so the driver will be shared among them When you uninstall Zulu2 an option will appear checked by default to remove the driver only if the driver is not shared you can leave it in the system as it is totally harmless If other applications using that driver are installed the option to remove the driver will not appear The driver is left on the system after decrementing the proper user count in the Windows Registry If the driver is removed you should reboot your system to fully unload it from the memory Robotics The Robotics menu allows users to run specific functions associated with the Microboards DX 2 Disc Publisher system These functions are explained in the Main Window Menu section You can also use Zulu2 to manage the drives that are not inside the autoloader like an internal CD RW in your computer You cannot mix normal drives and robotic drives in the same action however Therefore the module that interfaces the autoloader is in charge of all the functions of the robotic menu plus loading unloading and printing the discs in the robotic drives Wizard 39 The Wizard function of the Zulu2 software is designed for single recorders installed inside a PC It
21. e lf you need to Test activate the Verify or set any other recording specific flag like erasing the destination disc before proceeding check the appropriate box e Select the number of copies you wish to make e f you wish to print on the recorded discs click on the Select Print File box and select a print file This file can be a prn file or a SureThing std file e When your Action is ready you can save the compilation setup with File gt Save for use again at a later time e Press the Record button the caption on the button will change to reflect the Erase Test Record Verify selections to start the operation This button remains grayed if the list is empty or if there are any settings that prevent the recording from starting e The discs will be loaded into the recorder s and then printed if a print file was selected If no print file was selected the discs will bypass the printing process and be moved directly into the output bin when unloaded from the recorders Record Data to CD or DVD To copy files and folders to a CD or a DVD e Highlight the drive s you want to record to in the Zulu2 main window and then double click on the Data Mastering icon The Data Mastering window Zulu2 calls that an action will open with the drive already set and an empty list lox File Edit Drive DiscImage View Window Source inati i Mum of Files Folders Size a E gt a a v Y a O Entries O Files O Fol
22. have multiple Actions opened and recording at the same time A Time or absolute time In an audio CD the time elapsed since the beginning of the disc Appendable Disc A multi session disc that is open for additional data to be written ASPI Advanced SCSI Programmer s Interface A layer of code which manages communication between software and SCSI cards ATAPI Stands for AT Attachment Packet Interface used to attach removable media devices such as CD RW CD ROM DVD ROM Etc Authoring What you do to create an application which may eventually be stored on CD For example if you wish to create a multimedia game or presentation you will need authoring software that allows you to combine sound graphics and text with user interactivity When you have finished creating your application with authoring software you can use CD recording software such as Zulu2 Auto Insert Notification See Autoplay Autoplay A feature of Windows operating systems which causes a CD or DVD to be played or an application disc to launch an application as soon as the disc is mounted in a CD drive With earlier CD R software it was recommended that this feature be turned off but with Zulu2 it is preferable to leave it on Autorun See Autoplay Barcode A unique code for a compact disc With recordable CDs this number is often printed in the clear inner ring of the disc Some recorders can also read this information digitally Block See se
23. interestingly you can check the actual recording speed of every drive If you double click the word Speed the display will toggle between the instant speed is displayed and the average speed from the beginning of the operation In the right side of the line are left specific error message that each drive could report Such messages are also present in the Result dialog Extraction amp Tools This chapter describes those Zulu2 functions that cannot be considered actions These functions do not record they do not appear in the Action List nor do they use the same interface as an action This is a collection of tools for disc extraction or for other purposes Rip Audio 60 The Rip Audio function works outside of the DX 2 Disc Publisher system Drives inside the DX 2 Disc Publisher system are not used with this Action When the disc in the drive becomes ready its content is shown in the window When an audio track is detected a checkbox is put in front of it check the box to indicate that you want to rip that track Audio tracks are contained in Audio CDs in CD Extra discs all are audio tracks but the last which is a data track in old style Mixed mode discs all are audio tracks but the first which is a data track and on some other disc types like Portfolio Photo CD and some games where you find audio tracks at the end of the discs containing narration or background music The Zulu2 Rip Audio function features a small but effi
24. multiple drives or additional Fields more easily Action List The Action List has been designed to control the progression of many simultaneously open and or running actions All the actions that are currently open appear In the Action List 2 columns display which drives the Action is operating and the Action status Zulu2 can manage several actions at a time on different drives such as a Data Mastering recording on one drive and an Audio Compilation recording on another drive Multiple actions can also be queued on the same drive like a Data Mastering recording on your autoloader and an Audio Compilation on the same drives which will begin when the Data recording finishes Highlighting one Action in this list and right clicking gives you a convenient to way to access the Action gt Current Action submenu Action Launch Pad Use the Action Launch Pad to easily find and launch the various Zulu2 actions and tools To launch an action from the Action Launch Pad you can double click the action icon To see text description of various actions next to small icons rather than the default icons choose View gt Action Description or right click on the Action Launch Pad area and select Action Description If you have only one drive the actions will start with that drive selected by default If you have several drives in your system it is convenient to select the drive s you intend to use in the upper Drive List and then start the Action which
25. of each session on a recordable compact disc which is left blank for the session s Table of Contents The lead in is written when a session is closed and takes up 4500 sectors on disc 1 minute or roughly 9 megabytes The lead in also contains next writeable address on the disc so that future sessions can be added unless the disc is closed 82 Lead Out An area at the end of a session which indicates that the end of the data has been reached The first lead out on a disc is 6750 sectors 1 5 minutes about 13 megabytes long any subsequent lead outs are 2250 sectors 5 minute about 4 megabytes Link Block A sector which is written each time the recording laser is turned on writing a track or a packet See also Run in Run out Blocks Linked Multisession A disc containing more than one session in which all or selected data from the various sessions can be seen as if it had all been recorded in a single session Logical Block The smallest addressable space on a disc Each logical block is identified by a unique Logical Block Number LBN assigned in order starting from O at the beginning of the disc Under the ISO 9660 standard all data on a CD is addressed in terms of Logical Block Numbers Logical Format Logical Structure File System A file system such as ISO 9660 translates the sector by sector view of a compact disc into a virtual tree of directories and files which makes it easier for both humans and com
26. s placed into a drive inside your computer The recorders inside the DX 2 Disc Publisher system are not used for this function When you have an Audio CD from which you want to extract one or more tracks as audio files into your hard drive e Highlight the internal drive in your computer and double click on the Rip Audio icon The Rip window opens it shows the audio tracks when an Audio CD or a CD Extra is inserted in the drive and is ready iol x File Edit Drive Track View Track Type Length Artist Title Status a 0 Je 01 Audio 4 26 68 20 018 0 02 Audio 3 56 69 17 769 0 0 Audio 2 5400 13 050 O Je 04 Audio 3 43 64 16 789 0 9 05 Audio 3 17 46 14 821 Oa 06 udio 2 55 59 13 184 O Je OF Audio 43973 20 958 7140 08 Audio 3 40 26 16 526 4 2 2 E b CD ROM Audio CD 16 Tracks 57 32 32 258 932 O Tracks Checked 0 00 00 0 lbum Title Read speed Max Target Folder 14 965 free on cit Target File Rip Codec wave uncompressed PCM bwaw Format 44 1 kHz 16 bit stereo e Select the tracks by placing a check in the checkbox in front of the listed tracks you want to rip You can play the tracks with the Track Player by double clicking the track or by selecting the menu View gt Track Player The track player lets you skip from one track to the other check the track from its own small window and move quickly within the tracks if you need to recognize a certain piece of music
27. that you transfer from an Audio CD should not be distributed to other user if it is protected by Copyright and most of the commercial music is indeed copyrighted material You should use this function to create audio files from commercial music only for your private use Record an Audio Compilation To create a compatible Audio CD from MP3 or WMA files e Highlight the drive s you want to record to in the Zulu2 main window and then double click on the Audio Compilation icon The Audio Compilation window Zulu2 calls that an action will open with the drive already set and an empty list Ue Audio Compilation Zuluz 0 x File Edit Drive DiscImage View Window Track Type Pre 0ar Ler DOBlBxBpzeaw zx ii Bmp O Tracks 0 00 00 0 Options Target drive Jer J Robotic Drives Pe Speed Max Peci Mot ready 1 Ji Erase before Rw Test Copies 2 Select Print File f Ouick Full he Record verify Overburn ECD Mo tel Pause when round ends When done Result dialog Buffer Speed Position Status f Sl I Is a e Drop into the list the MP3 WAV or WMA files you wish to use make your compilation You can also use the Edit gt Add Audio Files or the button with a small green plus e Re arrange the sequence if needed by dragging the track with the mouse or using the menu entries Edit gt Move Up Down You can also select one or more tracks from the list and right click to
28. the firmware by running upgrade software on the computer attached to the recorder FPS Frames per second Frame A single complete picture in a video or film A video frame is made up of two interlaced fields of either 525 lines NTSC or 625 lines PAL Full motion video for NTSC runs at 30 frames per second fps for PAL 25 fps Film runs at 24 fps Fuzzy Logic Fuzzy Logic is an approach to computing based on degrees of truth rather than the usual true or false 1 or 0 Therefore Fuzzy Logic introduces a superset to the conventional Boolean logic which is extended to handle the concept of partial truth truth values between completely true and completely false It was introduced in the 1960 s as a mean to model the uncertainty of natural language but it later found numerous utilizations to handle uncertain events CD and DVD recording can include uncertain events Zulu2 takes advantage of Fuzzy Logic and the new concept is to fully use the current converging command specifications and manage borderline firmware interpretation in the best possible way The mastering engine attempts all possible actions before returning an error to the calling application This enormously facilitates the work of OEMs and integrators Gap The gap also called a pause is a space dividing tracks on a CD In some situations a gap is required by the standards Red Book and other color books For example if you have data and aud
29. the selected drives F5 refreshes and F8 and Ctrl F8 open close the Options and Details windows Listview Tip 68 The Listview is a Microsoft Windows control in which a list of information is displayed in icons or in columns Windows is full of listviews like the right side of the Windows Explorer Zulu2 also uses the Listview primarily in column mode The drive list of the main window is a Listview as the compilation file list for example A quick and easy way to automatically resize the columns to fit the longest entries is to double click on the Field dividing line at the top Just place the cursor on the dividing line and double click when the cursor changes to left and right arrows with a bar in between Resizing will make dealing with a large number of columns in Zulu2 as well as in Windows itself more simple e Additional Notes and Tips MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER Printer Properties Setup Tab lt MB PrintFactory Series Printing Preferences xj setup Features Color Utility Print Quality Quality MICROBOARDS Technology a Wwe Microboards com g00 646 2081 All Pages Fhoto Printing PhotoREt 48001200 Optimized dpi Media Type Fhoto 7 Factory Settings Cancel Apply Help Print Quality e Best e Normal e Fast Print Modes e Text and Graphics e Photo Remember that when printing in Text and Graphics mode the H
30. up to 108 UNICODE chars DiscImage C Documents and Settings pubxpl My Documents discimage di T Fe write Eo Disclmage 15 156 Free on c UE When done Result dialog Speed Position Status A 58 e Recording Actions MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER 59 Erasing Disc Before Recording All of the actions except Erase Disc give you an opportunity to erase RW discs before recording onto them You can choose between a Quick erase and a Full erase mode Test Record Verify You can choose to just Record which is the default or to Test and Verify also Some combinations are forbidden like testing and verifying without recording or verifying only if the erase option is checked Copies Select how many copies you want to record If the number of copies is greater than the number of drives you selected for simultaneous recording then Zulu2 will act in multiple rounds until all the discs have been successfully recorded Should any disc fail to be recorded successfully it is not counted and the rounds will continue until you get the number of successful copies requested Failure of all drives during one round will also cause the rounds to stop Overburn CD Select here the overburn size of the discs This option is valid only if you are recording CD Remember that most drives support overburn only in SAO Session at Once mode There is no way to say in adv
31. will have the selected drive s as its target The target drive can be changed inside the action window but the Action Launch Pad will show which drives are already in use for an existing action DENN E ioj x Action Brive Robotic wiew Tools Advanced Window Help E Bill H ao G 2 a zold aalE Ble Prassi Drive Mame Supported media Disc Content Status STE Teac CD W524E CD ROM IRR CD ROM Audio CD 16 Tracks 57 32 32 25 my A Disk Publisher 1 Left Drive CD ROMIA A DVD ROM AEREA Mot ready AO Disk Publisher 1 Right Drive CD ROMIAA DVD ROM ERItR wy Mot ready Recording Actions E Disc Copy Make a duplicate of a CD or DYD disc Stream Copy via robotic a pile of discs with the original on the top Ha Audio Compilation Create an Audio CD compilation From audio Files E3 Data Mastering Record data files to CD or DYD disc multisession or at once RS Record Disclmage Record a Disclmage previously extracted From a CD or DYE re Record BINICUE Image Record an image in the popular BIM CUE Format Fe Record Generic Image Record another type of disc image like an 150 stream the blocking can be specified E3 Record VIDEO TS Record a compatible DYD Video disc From a VIDEO TS Folder Erase an Ri disc quick or Full Extraction Tools YA Rip Audio Extract frip tracks From audio CD and create an audio Files From each track Y Extract DiscImage Extract into file a complete image DiscImage of a CD or DWO EN Manage Disclmage View c
32. 0 0 The full erase takes longer but guarantees that all the information is wiped out from the disc e Click the Erase button which will include either Quick or Full depending on the erase method selected to start the operation e The discs will be loaded into the recorders erased unloaded and then moved into the output bin Disc Content To explore the actual content of a disc e Double click the drive containing the disc to explore in the Zulu2 main window or select Drive gt Disc Content The Disc Content window will open e You can check the information about each track CD or zone DVD and additional disc information expanding the window with More Mi Disc Content E Zuluz 10 x Length Artist CD Text Title 1 DAO CODA CD ROM Closed 9 01 Audio O 4 26 68 20 018 0 02 Audo 20 018 3 56 69 17 769 0 03 Audio 37 767 2 54 00 13 050 JO 04 Audio 50 837 3 43 64 16 789 0 05 Audo 67 626 3 17 46 14 821 D 06 Audio 82 447 2 55 59 13 184 gO 07 Audo 95 631 4 39 73 20 998 22 08 Audio 116 629 3 40 26 16 526 wil H 39 E CD ROM Audio CD 16 Tracks 57 32 32 258 932 Read speeds 40 0 6 0 4 Dx Disc is blank Mo Volume Audio CD Used sectors 256 932 Write speeds n a b Next Writable Address nja Album Artist CD Text Album Title CD Text Free sectors 0 Serial 0148 7235 Capacity mia UPC B eres see File System
33. 394b PCI card on the back of the PC Windows XP Turn on power to the DX 2 Disc Publisher Turn on power to the PC Windows will now boot up and Windows XP will start stating that new hardware is found much like this screen 1 Found New Hardware x Generic USB Hub BS OS 10 46 am The operating system will next display the following screen Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install software for MicroboardsPrintF actor If your hardware came with an installation CD 12 or floppy disk insert it now What do vou want the wizard to do Install from a list or specific location Advanced Click Next to continue Back Cancel Insert the Microboards DX 2 Disc Publisher CD into a drive in your computer Click on Next The following screen will appear Hardware Installation A The software you are installing for this hardware Printers has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility With Windows XP Tell me why this testing is important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Continue Anyway Click Continue Anyway 8 e Hardware Installation
34. Biscimade dimension Raw No ive FG ic Dri a F l Drive fF Gi Robotic Drives a Speed Max _ Mot ready F G Details Erase before Rw _ Test Copies E Select Print File Ignore reading errors i f Ouick Full hr Record verify Overburn CDi Mo Y Pause when round ends When done Resul dialog Buffer Speed Position Status b_n Ful tat a e If you need to Test or you want to activate the Verify or set any other recording specific flag like erasing the destination disc before proceeding check the appropriate box e Select the number of copies you wish to make e f you wish to print on the recorded discs click on the Select Print File box and select a print file This file can be a prn file or a SureThing std file e Press the Record button the caption on the button will change to reflect the Erase Test Record Verify selections to start the operation This button remains grayed if the source disc is not ready or if there is any setting that prevents from starting e The discs will be loaded into the recorder s burned and then printed if a print file was selected If no print file was selected the discs will bypass the printing process and be moved directly into the output bin when unloaded from the recorders e Quick Start MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER Rip an Audio CD to WMA Files 41 The Rip Audio function will work with CD
35. CDFS 255 protected n a e CD Text Session 1 Manufacturer n a e Sectors Sectors Dump e Tracks E 16 e To force the drive to re read all the information click the Refresh button holding the Ctrl key 48 e Quick Start MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER Main Window When you initially launch the application the Zulu2 main window starts This is the place to monitor all your drives to launch Actions to control many Actions if several operations are running at once and from where to launch the Zulu2 tools and set its options The main window is not essential as all the recording actions and tools run into separate windows and you can easily run Zulu2 from its Taskbar Icon However we suggest that until you are comfortable operating Zulu2 you should use the main window to explore all the features and to control the behavior of your new drives Main Window Layout 49 Besides the common menu and toolbar the Drive List and the Action Launch Pad are displayed when you launch Zulu2 for the first time Another component the Action List is hidden by default but can be shown and toggled with View gt Action List The Action Launch Pad can also be hidden and toggled with View gt Action Launch Pad The Drive Window is always visible Context menus for the components can be conveniently accessed by right clicking on them Jolxi Action Drive Robotic View Tools Advanced Window Help o o asa z
36. Current Actions Record Functions like pressing the Record button on the selected action Current Actions Pause when round ends Stops the selected action at the end of the round This is like checking the homonymous checkbox in the details of the action Current Actions Move Up Down Moves the selected action up or down in the list This is useful when you have actions waiting for drive to become ready because engaged by other actions and you want to change their priority The actions are listed in order of priority from top to bottom and will be performed in order Exit Terminates Zulu2 or closes the main window if the Taskbar icon is set to remain Drive view Tools Ady Drive Menu we Disc Content F4 Disc Content 2 Eject F Opens the Disc Content window for the selected drive s lseTray F7 Eject Windows Shell i Select All Ejects the disc in the selected drive s af Unselect All Invert Selection m Drive Properties 52 Close Tray Closes the tray of the selected drive s Note that many drives cannot be closed by software but only by pushing back the mechanism by hand including almost all drives found in laptop and notebook computers For certain pop up drives these do not have a tray only a slot in which the disc is inserted such as car stereos even if the disc is usually inserted by hand this command can retract the disc if it is half inserted Windows Shell Properties Starts t
37. DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER 11 Found New Hardware Wizard E Install Hardware Device Drivers Pha tae A device diver is a software program that enables a hardware device to work with Sy an operating system This wizard will complete the installation for this device 2 USB FAST SERIAL ADAPTER A device diver is a software program that makes a hardware device work Windows needs diver files for pour new device To locate driver files and complete the Installation click Nest What do pon want the wizard to do Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that can choose a specific driver lt Back Cancel Insert the Microboards DX 2 Disc Publisher Install CD into the reader drive in your computer Select Search for a suitable driver for my device and click Next Locate Driver Files Pha tae Where do you want Windows to search for diver fles S3 Search hor driver tiles for the following hardware device Oh USB FAST SERIAL ADAPTER The wizard searches for suitable drivers im its diver database on pour computer and in any of the following optional search locations that you specify To start the search click Nest IF you are searching on a floppy disk or CO ROM drive Insert the floppy disk or CO before clicking Next Optional search locations M CO ROM drives Specify a location Microsoft Windows Update lt Back Lancel Ch
38. MICROBO4SROS Edition is now ready to be installed Back d Click on Start to begin copying the files DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER If you wish to change the default Install directory it can be done here Click Next when completed SureThing CD Labeler LE MICROBOARDS Edition Next you have options to add an icon to your desktop and or a folder in the Start Menu Once selected click Next Copying 32 bit replaceable files EX Sure Things TOD sted exe All Files Time Remaining minutes 10 seconds IITTI Back Hests Cancel The files will now be transferred from the CD to the operating system SureThing CD Labeler LE MICROBOARDS Edition x Finished Finished installing Sure Thing CO Labeler LE MICROBOAROS Edition W Register Online lt lt Back Once completed the finished screen will appear You can choose to register the software online at this screen Click on Finish AS This system must be restarted to complete the installation Press the OF button to restart this computer Fress Cancel to return to Windows without restarting Cancel You will need to restart the computer for the Zulu2 and SureThing software packages to work correctly Click on OK to restart your computer 26 e Software Installation MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER Installing Ink Cartridges Supported Ink Cartridges The DX 2 Disc Publisher uses a color and black ink ca
39. MICROBOARDS nology DX 2 Disc Publisher Version 2 2 2 e Introduction MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION A e 5 HARDWARE INSTALLATION lt lt diosas 5 WHAT SS ANCEUD ED ld bla olas asici mad 5 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 4 ii a tans eBncuaticertad oostusacuipecwees 6 ASSEMBLA INSTRUCTIONS eto deci ae cuado dre lo cl da adoos scale oo ol de o el la do 6 DA DIS PUDIESE TAS SOMA AA A ATA E AA aA 6 TEE TS 9O4P CECA MAA o ae a Bie ed Do ae ee te ad ee oo o r CONNECTING TO ARE A A A 7 DATE EA A EE E EEA EE EEEE AE EEE EEEE AEE as eck ee tees EESE SE AE EEEE EE E E TEE 8 WINDOWS 2 OOO sit tasa des ee ea ee EEEE cee a die tee el ido eo de eames 10 SOR TW AREAINS TAL EA TION onanan ea a a Rockers aa a aee aaeeea E R aT 19 DA e MP P a e IO OR RE A AA 19 SURE LHING LABELER SOFTWARF INSTA L ATION is 23 INSTAELINGINKE CARTRIDGES orren E T E A I acta asta E N NE 27 SUDDOTIC INK COTIF COS A AAA AAA lea Mita biti inode a bin AAA Mester EE A 27 Loading Replacine INK Car rid SES AA AAA AAA AAA A A A Ad 27 FRONT PANEL INDICA TORS AND DUTTON nnan a a a a e O een ees 28 AEE N II E E E E TA 28 VATED CSE Y AA O O A 29 NUIT S EE EE EET GSU A T 3d LOADING ESC Se en e e de e a o e e 33 CONFIGURING DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER ceccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccoes 33 HOW TO USF eee ees es 38 INS TATE INGA INI IN CIN en tere acces essences esd sess e
40. MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER The files will now be copied from the CD to the operating system x a Ly ea hpzvipUe all To CAVWINDOMWS Systemsas wrocroboardsprinthact Ual When completed the following screen will appear Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard The wizard has finished installing the software for LA MB PrintFactor Series a Click Finish to clase the wizard Cancel Click on Finish Next the operating system will find some additional new hardware When all new hardware is found and installed the following message will appear i Found New Hardware x Your new hardware is installed and ready to use 563900238 11 01 am The hardware has now been successfully installed Proceed to the Software Installation section Windows 2000 Turn on power to the DX 2 Disc Publisher Turn on power to the PC Windows will now boot up and Windows 2000 will start stating that new hardware is found much like this screen Found New Hardware a USB FAST SERIAL ADAPTER e mua Installing Next the operating system will state that it has found new hardware Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install a device driver for a hardware device To continue click Hest Cancel Click Next 10 e Hardware Installation MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC
41. OGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER Loading Discs The next step is to load your DX 2 Disc Publisher with output discs The system will accept CD or DVD 12 cm inkjet printable discs If the disc does not have an inkjet printable surface the ink will not adhere to the surface of the disc The DX 2 Disc Publisher will only accept 12 cm discs Business card or 8 cm discs are not supported by this system Figure 1 Figure 2 Load the first 5 or 6 discs flat as seen in figure 1 Load the rest of the discs at an angle against the wide input rod as seen in figure 2 The DX 2 Disc Publisher will hold a maximum of 100 discs DO NOT load more than 100 discs in the system as this may cause the discs to feed incorrectly Configuring DX 2 Disc Publisher The first time the user launches Zulu2 the software will ask you to configure the DX 2 Disc Publisher system This only needs to be done the first time the software is used When launching Zulu2 for the first time the following screen appears Configure Disk Publishers gy x Cancel DP None 1 None y 7 None 1 None 1 DPZ None 7 None 1 None 7 None 7 Dont show this window again Comm Port Left Drive Right Drive Printer With a single DX 2 Disc Publisher attached to your system specify the DP1 port drives and printer The DP2 selections are used only if you have a second DX 2 Disc Publisher attached to your system When the DX 2 Disc Publisher is in
42. P C8842A Versatile Black Ink cartridge is highly recommended If you do not have this black ink cartridge installed we recommend using Photo Mode Printing Recommendations Text and Graphics mode is used for printing mainly text information and small graphics Here are some examples for images in Fast Normal and Best Modes 69 COMPAN Y NAME VERSION 1 0 INSTALL SOFTWARE Text and Graphics Fast VERSION 1 0 sit DISC TITLE Text and Graphics Normal 70 e Printer Properties MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER COMPACT alse DISC DETAILS DISC DETAILS DISC DETAILS Text and Graphics Best Photo Mode should be used when printing on the entire disc Here is an example Up to 464 Certified 700MB G60MIN TAIYU YUDEN 1 800 646 8881 Y Www microboards com Photo Normal Best and 4800x1200 Modes 71 Features Tab xi Ink Yalume Adjusts the amount of ink printed on a page The lighter the ink volume the faster the printout will dry eee eee eee Provides extra drying time for slow drying printouts The device Will hold onto the printout until the dry tine has elapsed Less More Check this box if your computer does not have enough memorntdisk space to print the print job you have requested THis mar reduce the quality of your printout T Low Memory Mode Advanced Features allow you to adjust the amount of ink placed on the disc and adjust t
43. X 2 Disc Publisher You may need to adjust the values depending on the images you are printing To run the alignment utility first confirm the Top and Left values are O zero If they are not set these values to zero Please follow these steps Place an Alignment CD in the input bin ALIGNMENT CD In the Utilities menu select Print Alignment Disc Utilities AS W Enable Configure Dialog Ca Cancel Print Utilities Print to DP fi Print Test Disc Print Alignment Disc Place Disc Un Belt The alignment guide will be printed on the disc 31 ALIGNMENT CD Confirm the numbers that cross the circle If the circle does not cross the alignment guide at both zeroes change the vertical and horizontal numbers in the Utility Tab by the number at which the circle does cross the guide amp MB PrintFactory Series Printing Preferences Setup Features Color Utility Diameters Duter i 180 Inner 360 A Print on hub Hub outer 360 Hub inner 360 Clean cartridge Ink level Factory Settings Cancel Apply Help Once the new numbers are entered click Apply The Alignment CD pattern is also included on the DX 2 Disc Publisher CD so you can print additional Alignment patterns with your DX 2 Disc Publisher once it is aligned The alignment circle is 8 cm in diameter and is 2 cm from the outer edge of the CD 32 e Software Installation MICROBOARDS TECHNOL
44. a enue 57 EXTRACTION A TOOD S k aia dedos 60 SA EAS A AA AS E I E E E EEE EIE I A 60 FEN OE Sen E OE EO NE ENE EET E OE 60 P UANL OT OPU o A A A TE E 60 TIEM ena A AN 6l Ea V O ARA NR IS E RO 6l DS ARCO TU PANCARTA O 6l T N RAR E EA E A AS A 61 ON 62 EXTRACTOS CIA tenes De E tea AL a eT nee 62 ODIOS A E AE E EEE aca 62 MANA DI COMA Ea a a a a Do ed LE tea a 63 COMPARE TIE a a a O ed e a do ee eta 63 OPTIONS a E a a a a a aa a S 63 GENERA uree a asia 63 O IN 64 TEMPORARIA e ela teo en le coda do dect 64 ADVANCED O RR 65 ADDITIONAL NOTES AND TITO Suicidas 65 RECORDING PEDO e o et a E EE E e EETA 65 TAE DISCIMACE FORMAT tl OS 67 DIDRECORDINO MODES lt e ecos do CL 67 SHORTCUT RES s Se ences ee cae cst era a TEE E atk Se Se taser a aac apo ATA A seta 68 MES TT Wy B ais seers cea o EE reinos N 68 PRINTER PROPERTIES unidades 69 SETUP TAB a SO A dto SN Oe ae eT a A NM ae as a ET Nn oe en o e Te 69 BT SB add laa os cena cee aha aa eel ve oad ee ee aac can teens ke 72 COLOR TTAR aa TR 0 ne mr rere ee ne ert mee Ce eT eT re eee een eer mee omen er et err rene mere eee emer eT rare eee 72 CTE arco etc secs ae das E O 73 Clean COTO CC dansa 73 VA A A A E E EEI A AE AEE AS A AEEA 74 TROUBLESHOOTING aaa ed 75 PREVTER NOT PRINTING a an 75 ISE OADING ERRO Saar eer ne lato e clio clica lencia olaa l teca Jalea ts mee tds 75 LOW INEN DICA TO torpon talco odds closets ica dsd cone clica leads conos idss 75 PRINTING SPE GCUIRICA TION Souuasi i
45. ac it appears as an HFS disc Indexes Indexes provide additional starting points within a single audio track Not all audio CD players support indexes Index markers are written into the Q sub channel and are incremented by 1 sequentially during the track ISO 9660 Format The most common international standard for the logical format for files and directories on a CD ROM Some other common logical formats such as Joliet and Rock Ridge are extensions of ISO 9660 ISO 9660 Image It is commonly referred to an ISO Image as a file that is just the stream of all the sectors of a data track of a CD without any particular structure Therefore and ISO Image does not tell if the CD was recorded Track or Disc at Once for instance but it just represents all its byte or better sectors with a certain blocking ISRC International Standard Recording Code Some recorders allow the ISRC to be recorded for each audio track on a disc The code is made up of Country Code 2 ASCII characters Owner Code 3 ASCII characters Year of Recording 2 digits Serial Number 5 digits Jewel Case The hinged plastic case in which CDs are often stored Joliet Joliet is an extension of the ISO 9660 standard developed by Microsoft to allow CDs to be recorded using long filenames and using the Unicode international character set Joliet allows you to use filenames up to 64 characters in length including spaces Lead in An area at the beginning
46. al Versatile Disc Recordable Media capable of holding up to 4 7GB data and uses UDF Universal Disk Format file system DVD RW Digital Versatile Disc Rewritable Capable of holding up to 4 7GB DVD R Digital Versatile Disc plus Recordable A write once variation of DVD RW 80 DVD RW Digital Versatile Disc plus Rewritable Media capable of holding up to 4 7GB data per each side DVD RW is compatible with many existing DVD drives and players EAN See UPC ECC Error Correction Code A system of scrambling data and recording redundant data onto disc as it is recorded During playback this redundant information helps to detect and correct errors that may arise during data transmission EDC Error Detection Code 32 bits in each sector which are used to detect errors in the sector data EnhancedCD See CD Extra Extent A sequential set of sectors in which a file or portion of a file is recorded File System A data structure that translates the physical Sector view of a disc into a logical files directories structure which helps both computers and users locate files In other words it records where files and directories are located on the disc See also Logical Format Firmware In a CD recorder firmware is the programming instructions contained on a ROM chip within the CD recorder which tells the recorder how to respond to commands issued by software Some firmware is flash upgradeable meaning that you can upgrade
47. ance if a recorder supports overburn and to which extent Moreover there is no way to read viaa recorder what overburn size is possible on a certain disc You need to experiment or rely on the information provided by your drive and media supplier Pause When Rounds Ends Checking this option will cause Zulu2 to stop at the end of each round and ask for user confirmation before continuing This gives an opportunity to pause long operations allowing for more discs to be loaded into the DX 2 Disc Publisher or do another urgent task with your computer The pause cannot happen in the middle of the recording the operation will pause only at the completion of a round When Done You can choose what Zulu2 will do when an operation is completed By default it pops up a result dialog other options include no notice an audio tone upon completion or a shutdown of the computer NOTE If you have more than one job queued the next job may not automatically begin depending on which When Done option is selected Recording Control Area In the lower part of the recording section appears a line for each drive involved in the operation plus some information with the respect of the input cache These are quite technical information but you may want to watch the level of the internal drive buffers to understand the system performance as well as from where every thread is reading from the Zulu2 input cache at any given time Also and probably more
48. b site Log OFF Turn OFF All Frograms P Start Click Browse and select the drive with the install CD File name My Network F Files of type Select Publisher exe and click Open Click OK 19 20 Type the name of a program Folder document or Internet resource and Windows will open it For you Open Ce Publisher exe Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Disk Publisher The InstallShield Wizard wall install Disk Publisher on your computer To continue click Next Cancel Click next e Software Installation MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER Disk Publisher InstallShield Wizard Ready to Install the Program The wizard le ready to begin installation Click Install to begin the installation Fou want to review or change any of your installation settings click Back Click Cancel to exit the wizard InstallShield Cancel Click Install Once the files have been transferred the Finish screen appears Disk Publisher InstallShield Wizard InstallShield Wizard Complete The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed Disk Publisher Click Finish to exit the wizard PrasaiTech ulu2 will now be installed Back Eancel Click Finish Next the Zulu2 software install screen will appear 21 22 F PrassiTech Zulu2 Setup A ess Version of this installation 0 240 Welcome t
49. carbonate then a reflective layer gold or silver colored On top there is a thin layer of lacquer and sometimes a printed label The standard recordable disc is write once data written to it cannot be erased although it is possible to add data in a later session see Multisession For erasable rewritable discs see CDRW Red Book The Philips Sony specification for audio CD DA compact discs 84 Rock Ridge An extension of the ISO 9660 file system designed to support UNIX file system information such as longer filenames and deeper directory structures Run In Blocks Four sectors written just after the Link Block before the valid data sector start Run Out Blocks Two sectors written just after the last valid data sector SCSI Small Computer System Interface An interface which allows up to seven or fifteen peripheral devices to be linked to a single controller Sector The smallest recordable unit on a CD A disc can contain 75 sectors per second x 60 seconds per minute x number of minutes on disc sectors The amount of data contained in the sector depends on the physical format in which it is recorded for regular CD ROM data one sector can hold 2048 bytes 2 kilobytes of data Session As defined in the Orange Book a recorded segment of a compact disc which may contain one or more tracks of any type data or audio In data recording there is usually only one track per session In audio recor
50. cient Track Player that you can use to quickly recognize and select the appropriate tracks File Naming Naming the extracted files can be very tedious but very important if you want to give some consistency to your collection of digital music There are many naming formats currently in use Zulu2 tries to help you in creating files that do not need to be immediately renamed You can select among different naming formats in the Edit menu and in the Target file field of the Rip Audio window you can verify how the files that you extract will be named By default the name is composed of the Album Title plus the track titles If the disc has CD Text as do many recent Audio CDs the CD Text information will be put in the list and in the Album Title If not you can enter the Artist and Title of each track with the Track menu or by double clicking on the appropriate list column The Artist and Title information are also inserted in the audio file into the appropriate fields so you will see them displayed regardless of the filename while you are playing those files with the Media Player If you need to put the same Artist name to all the tracks you can multiple select and enter the Artist just once Because entering all the titles can take some time and effort you can save them on text files to be used at a later time using the File menu Digital Audio Format If you do not have Microsoft Windows Media 9 run time support installed you wil
51. could be 10 potential possible combinations of medium type and recording mode 3 of these combinations are considered impossible and some other limitations are set to keep the remaining modes under control and to maximize the reader compatibility Please check below the 7 combinations that Zulu2 considers legal DVD R At Once Only blank disc always closed DVD R Incremental Blank or Incr disc closed or not closed Link or Not the data already on disc if not blank DVD RW At Once Only blank disc always closed DVD R compatibility mode DVD RW Incremental Blank or Incr disc always not closed Always link data already on non blank disc Zulu2 uses the Restricted Overwrite method DVD R At Once Not possible DVD R Incremental Blank or Incr disc closed or not closed Short or Long Lead out if closed Link or Not the data already on disc if not blank Always record no test DVD RW At Once Not possible DVD RW Incremental Blank or Incr disc always not closed Always link data already on non blank disc Always record no test Shortcut Keys You can quickly accomplish tasks you perform frequently by using shortcut keys one or more keys that you press on the keyboard to complete an operation For example pressing CTRL O will bring up the dialog to open a file as is common in the Windows interface Zulu2 also implements shortcuts common all across the Actions for instance F6 and F7 always open and close the tray of
52. ctor Bootable A CD or floppy hard disk or other storage media from which a computer can be started up containing the minimum operating system software the computer needs to run A bootable CD contains a bootable image a file which is an exact representation of a boot floppy or hard drive Bootable CDs are usually made according to the El Torito standard Buffer The amount of memory used as a temporary data store to help compensate for differences in the transfer rate of data from one device to another In CD recorders the buffer helps to prevent buffer underrun 78 Buffer Underrun A buffer underrun occurs when your computer system cannot keep up the steady stream of data required for CD recording The CD recorder has an internal memory buffer to protect against interruptions and slowdowns but if the interruption is long enough that the recorder s buffer is completely emptied a buffer underrun occurs writing stops and most often the recordable CD is ruined Caddy An obsolete plastic carrier into which a CD must be inserted before it is loaded into some CD ROM drives or CD recorders CD Bridge A set of specifications defining a way of recording CD I information on a CD ROM XA disc Used for Photo CD and Video CD CD Extra A multisession disc containing a number of audio tracks in the first session and one CD ROM XA data track in the second session Additional characteristics are defined in the Blue Book standard
53. der for ripping Target Folder Default Sets the Windows default folder My Music for audio extraction as the folder for ripping Filename Format Selects from the different file naming formats Substitute All Spaces with Underscore Some users do not want any spaces in their filenames as that could create incompatibility with UNIX file systems Drive Menu Eject Ejects the disc from the drive Close Tray Closes the drive tray Rip Starts the ripping operation Track Menu Artist Edits the Artist field for the selected tracks You can also double click on the Artist column of the track you want to edit Title Edits the Title field for the selected tracks You can also double click on the Title column of the track you want to edit Check All Checks all the audio tracks of the disc Uncheck All Unchecks all the audio tracks of the disc Invert Checks Inverts the checks on all the audio tracks of the disc Play Starts the Track Player on the selected track View Full Row Select Toggles an option of the Windows Listview to allow selection of an entry by clicking on the entire line instead of clicking on the first column Gridlines Toggles the gridline on the list Track Player Shows Hides the Track Player Refresh Forces a reload of the disc Extract Disclmage 62 The Extract Disclmage function works on an outside of the DX 2 Disc Publisher system Drives inside the DX 2 Disc Publ
54. ders OKB 0 Options Volume Mar 12 04 10 54 Link data already on disc if any Recording Mode for CD Recording Mode For DYD Track At Once Mode 2 Open fiso 9660 Joliet Long up to 108 UNICODE chars Target drive 1 J0 Robotic Drives fA Speed Max ua Mot ready 1 Ji Erase before Rw Test Copies E Select Print File For Fu M Record Verify Overburn CCA Mo Pause when round ends When done Result dialog Buffer Speed Position Status i Ti mmm l ER C Is a e Drop the files and folders that you want to transfer to CD or DVD into the list You can also use the Edit gt Add Files Folders or the button with a small green plus e You can reparent files folders to change the way they will appear on the recorded disc You can reparent multiple files folders at once by selecting the desired files folders and choosing Edit gt Reparent or clicking on the Reparent button You can also double click on the file folder list The Reparent panel will launch giving four different options Whichever option you choose and enter in the text input area will be reflected at the bottom of the panel When you press OK you will see the change in the Destination on Disc column of the list o Add will add parent folder to selected files folders o Substitute only works with folders not files and will replace the source folder with what you type o Reset to de
55. ding all audio tracks are contained in a single session A lead in and lead out are recorded for every session on a disc Session at Once SAO Session at Once is a subset of Disc at Once used for CD Extra In Session at Once recording a first session containing multiple audio tracks is recorded in a single pass then the laser is turned off but the disc is not closed Then a second data session is written and closed SPTI SCSI Pass Through Interface Microsoft uses this driver to send SCSI requests to peripherals Sub channels or sub codes Audio CDs have 8 sub channels of non audio data interleaved with the audio data called the P Q R S T U V and W channels You can think of them as small separate streams of data running alongside the audio which can be read by a player at the same time as the audio if the player is smart enough to interpret them For example CD Graphics discs karaoke store rudimentary graphics and text in the sub channels but you need a special player to read and display this information The P and Q channels are used to tell an audio player how to play back an audio disc The Q channel contains the index markers In the pause gap before a track begins the index marker is set to 0 zero When a track begins the index marker changes to 1 If a track contains sub indexes these are incremented by 1 sequentially during the track In this case the Q channel might contain 1 2 3 4 etc When the t
56. dows needs diver files for pour new device To locate driver files and complete the Installation click Nest what do wou want the wizard to do Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that can choose a specific driwer Back Cancel Select Search for a suitable driver for my device and click Next Found New Hardware Wizard l Locate Driver Files Where do pou want Windows to search for driver fles Search for driver tiles for the following hardware device Oh Unknow The wizard searches for suitable drivers im its diver database on pour computer and in any of the following optional search locations that you specify To start the search click Nest IF vou are searching on a floppy disk or CD ROM drive Insert the floppy disk or CO before clicking Next Optional search locations e CO ROM drives Specify a location Microsoft Windows Update Back Cancel Check the box labeled CD ROM drives and click Next Found New Hardware Wizard l i l Driver Files Search Results The wizard has finished searching for driver files for Your hardware device The wizard found a driver for the following device oy Unknown Windows found a driver for this device To install the driver Windows found click Next eink xp mbte 22k rt Cancel The printer driver will be located on the CD Click Next
57. dy for recording Temporary Files 64 To perform a Disc Copy Action using a single drive enough hard disk space is required to temporarily hold the data for transfer from the master to the blank media The drive will read the data from the source disc store it temporarily on the hard disk and then write it back onto a blank disc You have the option to let Zulu2 choose the first hard drive with enough space to hold the temporary file or you can specify a folder you want Placement If the default setting of Automatic is chosen Zulu2 will check the root of your C drive to see if there is enough disc space specifically the soace needed to store the data from the source along with an additional 50MB If enough space is not found then the next hard disk on the system will be checked This continues until either enough space is found on a hard drive or no hard drives remain to be checked If you specify a temporary folder Zulu2 only checks the drive on which that folder resides for available space At every launch scan for and delete any lost temporary When this is checked Zulu2 will scan for and delete any lost temporary files every time it is launched e Options MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER All the Zulu2 temporary files are called Pzxxxx TMP where xxxx can be any combination of up to 4 digits or letters Advanced Disc Content Auto Refresh Zulu2 always keeps the content of the disc in the d
58. e therefore means to completely copy a disc on the hard drive The Extract Disclmage can only be used with drives outside of the DX 2 Disc Publisher The recorders inside the DX 2 Disc Publisher are not used for this Action e Highlight the drive from inside your computer from which you want to extract in the Zulu2 main window and then double click the Extract Disclmage icon The Extract Disclmage window will open F Extract DiscImage E ulu2 Gg ol x Disc Ready CD ROM Audio CD 16 Tracks 57 32 32 758 932 Read speed Max Space required 5580 8MB DiscImage File Extract F e Type the name of the destination Disclmage or use the Browse button to select a filename F Extract DiscImage E uluz i z ioj x Disc Ready CD ROM Audio CD 16 Tracks 57 32 32 258 932 Read speed Space required S60 8MB Disclmage File S audicimage di E Extract 56 6056 free on gij Options y e When the disc in the drive is ready press the Extract button to begin the operation When you have a Disclmage ready for recording e Highlight the drive s you want to record to in the Zulu2 main window and then double click the Record Disclmage icon The Record Disclmage window Zulu2 calls that an action will open with the drive already set 46 e Quick Start MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER lala File Edit Drive View LJ Discimage E Asynchronou
59. eck the box labeled CD ROM drives and click Next 12 Found New Hardware Wizard Driver Files Search Results The wizard has finished searching for driver files for pour hardware device The wizard found a driver for the following device oy USB FAST SERIAL ADAPTER Windows found a driver for this device To install the driver Windows found click Next d usb driverusb serial drv fidibus int Cancel The driver will be found on the CD Click Next Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard O USE High Speed Serial Converter Windows has finished installing the software for this device To close this wizard click Finish antcel lt Back The Completed screen will now appear Click Finish e Hardware Installation MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER 13 Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install a device driver for a hardware device To continue click Mest Cancel The operating system will now request the driver files for the printer Click Next Found New Hardware Wizard g Install Hardware Device Drivers A device driver is a software program that enables a hardware device to work with an operating system This wizard will complete the installation for this device oy Unknown A device driver lea software program that makes a hardware device work Win
60. eed Depends upon percentage of coverage and print mode selected Approx 108 seconds for 100 full color coverage Photo Normal Mode Approx 20 seconds for 100 full color coverage Text amp Graphics Best Mode Approx 12 seconds for 20 coverage Text amp Graphics Normal Mode Ink Cartridge Types Microboards PRF38ML Microboards PRF19ML Black monochrome HP C8842a Versatile Black Ink recommended HP C6615d Photo Mode Only HP 51645a Photo Mode Only Media Types Printable surface 120mm CD R or DVD R Label Editing Software SureThing First Edition Software for Windows included Maximum Print Width 4 72 120mm Power Supply Auto Detect AC Power 9OVAC 240VAC 47Hz 63Hz Warranty One Year Print Technology HP Thermal Inkjet Print Quality Black 600 x 600 dpi with HP PhotoREt III Print Quality Color 4800 x 1200 optimized dpi with HP PhotoREt III Color Technology HP PhotoREt III Memory 8MB Connectivity USB Technical Support For technical questions or support issues please contact Microboards Technology technical support at PH 952 556 1639 FAX 952 556 1628 by email at support microboards com or on the web at http www microboards com 76 e Printing Specifications MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER Glossary 17 Action Zulu2 refers to a single mastering operation as an action A Data Recording window is an Action a Copy window is another Action Zulu2 can
61. fault will write the default path which is the source name of the file folder o Force full path will write the full path of the source file folder e Type in the Volume label for the disc to replace the default label based on your system date time e lf you need to Test activate the Verify or set any other recording specific flag like erasing the destination disc before proceeding check the appropriate box 44 e Quick Start MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER Select the number of copies you wish to make If you wish to print on the recorded discs click on the Select Print File box and select a print file This file can be a prn file or a SureThing std file When your Action is ready you can save the data disc setup with File gt Save for use again at a later time Press the Record button the caption on the button will change to reflect the Erase Test Record Verify selections to start the operation This button remains grayed if the list is empty or if there are any settings that prevent the recording from starting The discs will be loaded into the recorder s and then printed if a print file was selected If no print file was selected the discs will bypass the printing process and be moved directly into the output bin when unloaded from the recorders Record a DVD Movie VIDEO TS When you have a DVD Video movie ready to be recorded in your computer hard drive you can use this action to prepare a DVD com
62. ffect To use SPTI you need to have Administrator privileges This option is unchecked by default View Sectors Show All the dimensions of a CD or a DVD are in sectors which is the smallest addressable block of information on the disc a sector is around 2K bytes in length When this option is checked Zulu2 will show the exact number of sectors with every disc dimension after the reported total size data or overall time audio between square parentheses Taskbar Icon You can choose to keep or not keep the Zulu2 icon on the taskbar Note that you can keep the icon on the taskbar even if all application windows are closed There are four options from which to select e No taskbar icon The taskbar icon will not appear e Only when the application is active The taskbar icon appears after Zulu2 is launched and is removed when Zulu2 is closed e Keep the taskbar icon even after all the application windows are closed The taskbar icon appears after Zulu2 is launched but it is not removed when closed Zulu2 remains in the background and can be reached using the taskbar icon e Launch at startup The Zulu2 taskbar icon is activated when Windows is started Monitor for a ready VIDEO_TS folder Checking this option will activate a special monitor function of Zulu2 which looks for VIDEO_TS video DVD folders that have become ready When this happens a Record VIDEO_TS Action is automatically started on that folder rea
63. h accompanies this license the Software s the property of Microvision Development Inc Microvision or its licensors and is protected by copyright law While Micro lesion continues to own the Software you will have certain rights to use the Software after your acceptance of the license Except as may be modified by a license addendum which accompanies this license your nights and obligations are az follows Sure hing CO Labeler End User License Agreement fou should carefully read the following terms and conditions before using this software Unless you have a e Decline Click on Accept Welcome This program will install Sure Thing CO Labeler LE MICROBOAROS Edition On your computer Click on Next 24 e Software Installation MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC 25 SureThing CD Labeler LE MICROBOARDS Edition Select Destination Directory Select the Directory where you want SureThing CO Labeler LE MICROBOAROS Edition installed Ey Documents and Settings Ey Program Files SS rarirlar x C Disk Space Required arrg k Disk Space Free 15306312 k Add to Desktop Start Menu Ashortcut for SureThing CO Labeler LE MICROBOAROS Edition can be installed on the desktop and or a folder in the Start wenu e Add to Start Menu Personal Group Sure hing Administrative Tools Games Norton Ghost 2003 Ready to Install Sure Thing CO Labeler LE
64. hat you blocked before exiting Zulu2 Commands Log Opens a command log trace window for every selected drive The log shows all the commands that Zulu2 sends to the drive in the common SCSI format whether or not the drive is attached via a SCSI connection or another type of bus You can right click on the command log to access a specific context menu to pause the logging and to control its appearance You can also save the log into a file This function is for experienced users that understand the recording command specifications Reset Drive Sends a reset sequence to the selected drive s This function must only be used when a drive has failed to respond such as media recognition failure caused by a damaged disc The reset sequence is not a complete bus reset which is forbidden for any application under Windows but it is usually strong enough to prevent having to reboot the system to get a drive back in running condition Window Menu Close All Closes all the running action windows A list of all running action windows appears under this menu Selecting an entry puts the corresponding window for that entry into the foreground Help Menu Contents and Index Opens the Zulu2 Help Web Site Opens Internet explorer on the web site of the application vendor About Zulu2 Opens the about box with relevant version information Taskbar Icon The Zulu2 taskbar icon can be used as a shortcut to the most important functions of Zulu2
65. he Windows standard properties dialog on the selected drive Windows Shell Launch Explorer Starts Windows Explorer on the selected drive Select All Selects all the drives in the drive list Unselect All Unselects all the drives in the drive list Invert Selection Inverts the selection on the drives in the drive list Drive Properties Opens the Zulu2 drive properties dialog for the selected drive s In this dialog you can find some drive characteristics that are not usually reported by the system ___ Robotic view Tr Robotic Menu Load Load Unload Loads a disc from the input hopper into the DX 2 Disc Publisher Reject drive that is selected in the Drive List Prink Only Unload Sure Thing Unloads a disc from the DX 2 Disc Publisher drive selected on ICES in the Drive List The disc is placed into the output bin Unloads a disc from the DX 2 Disc Publisher drive selected in the Drive List The disc is rejected and placed in the reject bin on the back of the DX 2 Disc Publisher Print Only Prints discs through the DX 2 Disc Publisher while bypassing the recording step x Print Disk Publisher fi Cancel Number of copies 1 Print File Hame E proto church std d e Main Window MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER Sure Thing This selection launches the SureThing label design application SureThing is used to create labels for printing onto the surface of the discs These labels can
66. he dry time of the disc Color Tab MB PrintFactory Series Printing Preferences x Setup Features Color Utility f High Quality f Black only Saturation Muted A Vibrarit Brightness Darker Lighter Color Tone Cooler WW SITET Factory Settings Cancel Apply Help 72 ePrinter Properties MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER Print in Grayscale This allows you print in grayscale only The High Quality setting will print the disc using the Color ink cartridge The Black Only selection will use the Black ink cartridge only Saturation Brightness and Color Tone allow you to fine tune your print image The Factory Settings button will set the above values back to the factory defaults Utility Tab Setup Features Color Utility Diameters Outer 1180 Inner 360 e Print on hub Alignment Top E 0 Left side fo Resolution mm f imm Hub outer 360 Hub inner 360 Clean cartridge Ink level Factor Settings Cancel Apply Help Clean Cartridge Manually place a CD onto the belts in the DX 2 Disc Publisher and click the Clean cartridge button Clean Print Cartridges X IF Your printed output i streaked like the example on the left the print cartridges need to be cleaned This takes about one minute and uses one sheet of paper iih p Click Clean to clean the print cartridges nov Cancel 73 74 If your
67. hen asking for technical support Options Starts the Options dialog e Main Window MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER 55 Reset Options and Defaults Returns all the Zulu2 options to their original defaults after confirming this action The location of the various folders used lately as well as the last accessed documents and disc images are cleared as well After using this reset Zulu2 should act exactly as just after the initial installation Save Options and Defaults The options and the folder file locations are saved in the registry when Zulu2 exits With this function you can freeze the current settings to avoid the loss of those settings Advanced Menu Re Scan for Drives Forces a rescan of the computer bus connections and reload the drive list Zulu2 is normally aware of adding or removing drives on the fly usually on USB and Firewire buses There could be situations in which you want Zulu2 to refresh its internal drive list however Lock Unlock Drive Tray The tray of each selected drive can be locked and unlocked manually preventing other applications from ejecting the disc Remember to unlock the drives that you have locked before exiting Zulu2 This function is for experienced users only Block Unblock Drive Activity You can prevent the system from seeing the selected drives Blocked drives will be reported by the system as not ready no disc inside Remember to unblock the drives t
68. hich means the speed the operation is going at in the last 2 seconds double click on the word Speed on the Action window How to Check a Disc Possible Speeds The simplest way to verify which speeds are possible by your drive on a certain recordable disc is to insert a disc and click Drive gt Disc Content after having selected the drive in the Zulu2 main window If you now click More you will see a list of all possible recording and reading speeds after the disc has become ready If the disc is a blank there will be no reading speeds while the recording speeds are blank if the disc is not recordable silver or closed recordable How to Change the Speed after the Disc is Recognized To set the speed to a specific value or to check which actual speed has been selected before a disc has been inserted as will happen when using an autoloader device you need to click Tools gt Options gt General and check Show the Action Check dialog Before the recording starts but after the disc has been recognized the Action Check dialog will show up the selected speed is shown and can be modified at this point Because the disc has been recognized at that point the speed combo in the Action Check dialog will list actual speed values not Max Med or Min This dialog will show up if there are setting warnings or errors even if that Option check is not set CLV vs CAV speeds Modern fast drives usually use the CAV Constant A
69. ia idad 76 TECHNICAL SUPPOR TL dias 76 GLOSSARI aA dsc 77 4 e Introduction MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC Introduction The Microboards DX 2 Disc Publisher is a two drive 100 disc print and record system The DX 2 combines industrial strength printing and recording into a single easy to use duplicator The system includes two 16x DVD recorders or two 52x CD recorders The Microboards PrintFactory print engine is incorporated allowing up to 4800 x 1200 dpi printing The Prassi Technology Zulu 2 software is a dynamic interface for both beginners and power users Easily record DVD Video DVD data Audio CD s Data CD s Video CD s and much more Other features include e Asynchronous print and record function Creation of audio CD s from MP3 wma or wave files Full support for CD Text Pre Gap UPC and ISRC Batch mode allowing up to 8 different masters to be used at a time Multi borders support Integrated print function with prn or SureThing print files Hardware Installation What s Included When unpacking your DX 2 Disc Publisher system the following items should be included DX 2 Disc Publisher print and record system DX 2 Disc Publisher Quick Start Guide Power Cord Alignment CD s Blank Printable CD s Users Manual This document Microboards DX 2 Disc Publisher Install CD Includes Windows 2000 XP drivers Zulu2 software and SureThing Label software Black Ink cartridge HP C8842A Color Ink cartridge
70. image looks like this example it may be necessary to clean the ink cartridges Click the Clean button The printer will clean the cartridges and print out the following image Print Factory MICROBOARDS Technology Inc Cleaning Test Print If one cleaning does not fix the issue repeat the process If after multiple cleanings the problem still exists it may be a defective ink cartridge Try another cartridge and print again Ink Level MB PrintFactory Series Estimated Ink Level Tri color Print Cartridge hp Part Humber hp Part Humber hp ch5S78 seres hp 51645 seres Ink Cartridge Ordering Information Estimate only Actual ink levels may vary This button will give an estimate of how much ink is left in the color and black cartridges Please note that the printer assumes that when a cartridge is replaced it is replaced with a new full cartridge If a used cartridge is used as a replacement the ink levels may not be correct NOTE The part number listed for the color cartridge is not correct Only Microboards PRF19ML or Microboards PRF38ML cartridges can be used e Printer Properties MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER Troubleshooting Printer not printing 1 Confirm the DX 2 Disc Publisher is plugged into a power source and is turned on The ON OFF switch is located at the back of the unit above the power cable connector 2 Confirm the green light is lit on the three button fr
71. in front and in back of the system as discs will be accessed from both locations Screw the input bin posts into place Figure A Figure A Figure B Using the two thumb screws secure the 100 disc output bin into place Figure B 6 e Hardware Installation MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER IEEE 1394 PCI Card Installation Windows Install Windows XP Professional Win 2000 Power off the PC computer Remove the cover to your PC You will need one open PCI slot in your computer Remove the IEEE 1394b card from the static packaging Remove the PCI slot backplate if necessary Carefully seat the IEEE 1394b card into the open PCI slot making sure the card is completely seated Screw the IEEE 1394b card into the slot locking it in place Place the cover back on the PC Proceed to the Connecting to a PC section page 7 oe en oO Connecting to a PC The connection between the PC and the Microboards DX 2 Disc Publisher is done with one USB cable and one 1394b cable Confirm that the power is turned OFF on the DX 2 Disc Publisher and on your PC e Plug in the AC power cord to the back of the DX 2 Disc Publisher Connect the square shaped end of the USB cable to the back of the DX 2 Disc Publisher Z Connect the flat rectangular end of the USB cable into a USB 2 0 port in your PC Connect one end of the 1394b cable to the back of the DX 2 Disc Publisher Connect the other end of the 1394b cable to the 1
72. ing compatibility for virtually every existing MP3 or WMA file formats and encoding in many different WMA formats from phone low quality high compression to professional quality up to 500Kbit per second Launching the Application When Zulu2 is installed you will see it listed in the Start Menu under Programs as it is standard within the Windows operating system Uninstall Zulu is uninstalled by uninstalling the Disc DX 2 Disc Publisher software in Add Remove Programs in the Control Panel fe Add or Remove Programs l g Ioi x 5 Currently installed programs Sort by Name Change or Eal Adobe Photoshop 5 5 Size 67 20MB Remove Programs Add New To change this program or remove it From your computer click Change Remove Change Remove Programs i HighMAT Extension to Microsoft Windows XP CD Writing Wizard Size 2 15MB Ta ey Intel R Extreme Graphics Driver Size 2 16MB aE RHR amp Internet Explorer 832394 Size 0 95MB A O J Components EN LiveReg Symantec Corporation Size 1 99MB i LiveUpdate 1 80 Symantec Corporation Size 4 78MB a Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business Size 43 18MB Set Program Access and ir Morton Ghost Size 50 53MB 1eFaulks Hetil 55 Outlook Express Update 9330994 PrassiTech Zuluz E Size 1 75MB 38 eHow to use Zulu2 MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER Device Driver Removal Zulu2 requires a device driver to better communicate with the drives Under Windows 2000 XP the
73. io tracks within the same session they must be separated by a gap Also there must be a gap of 2 to 3 seconds preceding the first track on a disc The gap which belongs to a track is actually the gap before it not the one after it This is why on some audio CD players you will see a countdown 02 e Glossary MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER 81 01 etc before a track begins it is counting down to the next track not counting up from the end of the last one Header Field Four bytes recorded at the beginning of each sector which tell the address of the sector expressed as a Logical Block Number and the mode in which the sector is recorded HFS The file system used by the Macintosh operating system to organize data on hard and floppy disks Can also be used for CD ROMs High Sierra Format The standard logical format for CD ROM originally proposed by the High Sierra Group on which the ISO 9660 standard is based essentially identical to ISO 9660 The original High Sierra format is no longer used Hybrid Under the Orange Book standard for recordable CD hybrid means a recordable disc on which one or more sessions are already recorded but the disc is not closed leaving space open for future recording However in popular use the term hybrid often refers to a disc containing both DOS Windows and Macintosh software which on a DOS Windows platform is seen as a normal ISO 9660 disc while on a M
74. ions volume Mar 09 04 14 04 Link data already on disc if any Recording Made For CD Recording Mode For DvD Track t Once Mode 2 Open 150 9660 Joliet Long up to 108 UNICODE chars o A i 3 rm Drive lr 61 Robotic Drives Speed Max eee Mot ready Fi a Target Discimage DiscImage Details Erase before Rw Test Copies 2 Select Print File to puik E Full 4 Record verify Overburn CD No hd Pause when round ends D when done Result dialog Buffer Speed Position Status AAA Fi _ 65 a The recording section options will change as many of the settings required for actual recording are not necessary Enter or browse for a target DI file to create a Disclmage that can be used as a source at a later time or location a Data Mastering Zulu O x LA File Edit Drive DiscImage View Window Source Destination on Disc Mum of Files Folders Size CI WINDOWS Helplagt041F hip 1aot041F hlp 10KB B4 COWINDOW SHelpiacc dis chm Lace _dis chm 22KB E COMIDO 5 Help access chm laccess chim 36KB cAWINDOw S Helpiaccess hlp laccess hlp 34KB E CATAN Helplaccessib chm laccessib chm 2 KB E CAWINDOWS Helplaclui chrn yaclui chm 52KB hd H c Se 16 Entries 16 Files O Folders 476KB 238 Options Volume Mar 09 04 14 04 Recording Mode For CD Recording Mode for OYO Track At Once Mode 1 Open so 9660 Joliet Long
75. isher system are not used with this Action As soon as the disc in the drive becomes ready its content is shown in a line at the top of the window as well as the dimension that the Disclmage would take You can select the extraction speed although with modern drives using the default Max typically will work fine Also with Zulu2 like in any other case in which you want to physically extract from a disc the physical condition of the medium is essential as well as its cleanness It is common to have users reporting reading problems because the discs are scratched not clean or full of fingerprints Please make sure your disc is free of any scratches or contamination You will need to select the target Disclmage file before starting the extraction Options The window expands when the Options button is clicked to include settings to eject or play a sound when the extraction is done Like with the actions windows you can minimize the window while the operation is in progress and do other tasks on the computer Ignore reading errors Setting this option instructs Zulu2 to not report that a reading error happened on one or more sectors Those sectors will be zeroed in the image This is not recommended as the content of a file could get damaged Still there are situations in which an experienced user will prefer to go on and read as much as they can and complete the operation rather than being barred from creating an image from
76. l be able to extract only in the standard Wave format which is the 44KHx 16 bit stereo PCM format used by Audio CD You will not have any quality loss but the file dimension is considerable Windows Media 9 represents the latest Microsoft multimedia technology with enhancements in compression and WMA sound quality lt guarantees encoding in many different WMA formats from phone low quality high compression to professional quality up to 500Kbit per second You can select the WMA codec and the format in 2 controls inside the window Please note that Zulu2 does not rip in MP3 format The reason is twofold first MP3 involves expensive licensing fees for the user and second today s WMA technology has greatly surpassed the MP3 formats in sound quality You will find that most of today s players consumer devices or other are compatible with both MP3 and WMA formats e Extraction amp Tools MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER 61 File Menu Load Artist and Title from Text File Loads the Album Title and all the track names from the selected file The file is in a simple text format and can be created by the function below Save Artist and Title to Text File Saves the Album Title and all the track names in a text file so you can extract tracks at a later time from the same disc without having to enter that information again Close Closes the Rip Audio window Edit Menu Browse Selects the target fol
77. l motion pictures with associated audio on CD The video and sound are compressed together using the MPEG 1 standard and recorded onto a CD Bridge disc Video CD disc contains one data track recorded in CD ROM XA Mode 2 Form 2 lt is always the first track on the disc Track 1 The ISO 9660 file structure and a CD I application program are recorded in this track as well as the Video CD Information Area which gives general information about the Video CD disc After the data track video is written in one or more subsequent tracks within the same session These tracks are also recorded in Mode 2 Form 2 The session is closed after all tracks have been written Volume Under the ISO 9660 standard volume refers to a single CD ROM disc However volume is often used to mean a session on a multi session disc which is not linked to other sessions WAV Standard Windows format for storing digital audio in PCM format Yellow Book The book which defines the standard developed by Philips and Sony for the physical format of compact discs to be used for information storage CD ROM
78. lay back audio CDs but require external headphones or speakers CD ROM XA XA stands for Extended Architecture CD ROM XA is an extension of the Yellow Book standard generally consistent with the ISO 9660 logical format but designed to add better audio and video capabilities taken from the CD I standard so that CD ROM could more easily be used for multimedia applications CD ROM XA was abandoned as an independent multimedia format but Photo CD discs are written in the CD ROM XA physical format e Glossary MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER 79 CD RW Compact Disc ReWritable CD recordable media which can be erased and re recorded CD RW media can only be written in a CDRW recorder not in a normal CD recorder though a CD RW recorder can also record standard CD R discs More information on the read back compatibility of CD RW discs CD Text An audio CD format in which up to 5000 characters of disc information title artist song titles etc is written into the disc Table of Contents This information is displayed when the disc is played back on CD Text enabled players Close Disc To close a recordable disc so that no further data can be written to it This is done when the last session s lead in is written The next writeable address on the disc is not recorded in that lead in so the CD recorder in subsequent attempts to write has no way of knowing where to begin writing Note It is NOT necessary to c
79. libration Area PCM Pulse Code Modulation PCM allows digital encoding of analog data such as music voice etc Photo CD A compact disc format based on the CD ROM XA and Orange Book Hybrid Disc specifications used to store photographic images for display and printing Physical Format The physical format of a compact disc determines how data is recorded in each sector The various physical formats are defined by the color book standards e g Red Book Yellow Book etc Pre gap The pause areas between tracks See also Gap PMA Program Memory Area On a recordable disc an area which temporarily contains the Table of Contents information when tracks are written in a session which is not yet closed When the session is closed this same information is written in the session lead in Pre mastering The process of preparing data to be recorded onto a compact disc This includes dividing the data into sectors and recording those sectors with the appropriate header address and error correction information In the case of recordable CD systems pre mastering and mastering are done in one operation resulting in a ready to read compact disc Recordable Disc The media used in recordable CD systems The blank disc is made of a bottom layer of polycarbonate with a preformed track spiral which the recording laser follows when inscribing information onto the disc A translucent layer of recordable material is laid on top of the poly
80. lose a disc in order to read it in a normal CD ROM drive Close Session When a session is closed information about its contents is written into the disc s Table of Contents and a lead in and lead out are written to prepare the disc for a subsequent session Coaster Popular term for a ruined recordable CD named after the round object you rest your drinking glass on so that it doesn t mark the table Cue Sheet A command that send a list of tracks which will be written one after the other in the same session without user intervention Generally used to create multi track audio or mixed mode discs DAT Digital Audio Tape Data Area In ISO 9660 the space on a CD ROM where the user data is written It begins at the physical sector address 00 02 16 Digital Audio Extraction The process of copying CD DA audio tracks digitally from your CD recorder or CD ROM drive to hard disk or to recordable CD Not all CD ROM drives support this but most modern CD and DVD recorders do Disc at Once DAO A method of writing CDs in which one or more tracks are written in a single operation and the disc is closed without ever turning off the writing laser Contrast with Track at Once Disclmage DI A set of files which is an exact representation of the whole set of data and programs as it will appear on a CD or DVD in terms of both content and logical format The Disclmage DI is a proprietary format of Zulu2 DVD R Digit
81. mage BIN CUE Image Image 210 x Prassi Mot ready Record Generic Record VIDEO TS How to use Zulu2 Installing and Launching Zulu2 is installed as part of the initial setup of the Microboards DX 2 Disc Publisher Please refer to the Software Installation section for details Zulu2 is small and apart from the device driver does not share any system components as it links directly to the main Windows support libraries Therefore it is extremely stable is not subject to interference from other processes and more importantly Zulu2 does not interfere with anybody else Because of its small footprint on the system Zulu2 is always installed in a specific folder under Program Files this means that the installation will not prompt you about where to copy the application files Windows Media 9 and Audio Format The installation of the Microsoft Windows Media 9 run time support is strongly recommended for audio encoding and decoding With previous version of this Microsoft multimedia run time support Zulu2 will record and extract only in the standard Wave PCM uncompressed format at 44KHz 16 bit stereo Certain versions of the Zulu2 installation Setup can install or update Windows Media 9 should your system have an older version Windows Media 9 is fully backward compatible and represents the latest Microsoft multimedia technology with enhancements in compression and WMA sound quality Windows Media 9 guarantees decod
82. maximum speed while Min sets the minimum possible If an Action is prepared with the disc already inserted in the drive the speed combo will indicate the possible recording speeds after Max Med and Min 66 Actual Recording Speed Depends on the Disc Recording speed is determined by the combination of the drive and the disc inserted in it A drive that supports 48x burn speed to CD could instead report only 16x on one disc while another disc could report a 24x speed Zulu2 makes a point to not just list the declared speeds of a drive as those speeds that are very often not achievable depending on the media that you are using Until the disc is inserted in the drive Zulu2 displays a neutral Max Med or Min only after the disc s capabilities are recognized does Zulu2 list the real possible recording speed Example of Recording Speed Selection Let s assume that you have a 52x CD recorder which in theory could record to from 52x down to 4x many modern drives do not go slower than 4x and you insert a disc that cannot record faster than 32x on that drive If you select Max Zulu2 will pick 32x if you select Med Zulu2 will record at 16x while 4x is the speed selecting Min Speeds While Recording During recording Zulu2 indicates the real speed that the drive is achieving in the details area of the action This speed is the average speed from the beginning of the operation If you want to see the instant speed w
83. n be a prn file or a SureThing std file e When your Action is ready you can save the Disclmage setup with File gt Save for use again at a later time e Press the Record button the caption on the button will change to reflect the Erase Test Record Verify selections to start the operation This button remains grayed if the list is empty or if there are any settings that prevent the recording from starting e The discs will be loaded into the recorder s and then printed if a print file was selected If no print file was selected the discs will bypass the printing process and be moved directly into the output bin when unloaded from the recorders 47 Erase an RW Disc To erase a CD RW a DVD RW or a DVD RW e Highlight the drive s from the DX 2 Disc Publisher you wish to use to erase in the Zulu2 main window and then double click the Erase Disc icon The Erase Disc window will open with the drive already set Erase Disc Zulu2 F m e xf ia r Note Only a Full erase guarantees that all information is Quick Erase Full Erase permantly removed From the disc ive OGRE teased Baas 2 v Target drive ADA bs Speed max y Quick Erase Not ready 1 J Details Copies 1 Select Print File Pause when round ends When done Result dialog y Lo e Load the discs you wish to erase into the input bin A maximum of 100 discs can be loaded e Select either Quick or Full erase Position Status 1
84. ngular Velocity scheme instead of CLV Constant Linear Velocity With a CLV drive the selected speed remains the same all across the recording This means that the disc will rotate at different soeeds faster at the beginning and slower as the pickup gets more distant from the center With CAV however the disc rotates always at a selected speed or has 3 or 4 ramp speeds In this case the recording speed changes during the recording process So when a vendor declares a very high speed for a drive the declared speed its maximum possible occurring only at the outer border of the disc It is common to see a 52x drive burning at 24x initially going through several record speed zones until achieving 52x only at the very end of the disc If you are not recording a full disc you are not getting to the maximum burn speed e Additional Notes and Tips MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER The Disclmage Format A Disclmage refers to a set of files that completely describe a CD or a DVD These files contain all the information retrieved from the disc Extracting a disc into a Disclmage which is also referred to as creating a DI from a disc or copying a disc into a Dl and then mastering another disc from that Disclmage is absolutely equivalent to performing a disc to disc copy How Disclmage is Composed There is one small file the index which contains all the disc logical information with a default extension is
85. o PrassiT ech ul The definitive tools for CO and DWD Mastering Wwy prassitech com To start the installation click Mert Cancel Click Next The files will now be copied from the CD to the operating system Once finished this screen will appear F PrassiTech Zulu2 Setup The installation of PrassiT ech Zulu version 2 0240 has been successful Details The diver or Windows Media have been installed or updated ou should reboot before using PrassiT ech Zuluz Click Finish to complete the installation Uncheck the box for Reboot computer We do not wish to reboot at this time e Software Installation MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER SureThing Labeler Software Installation Click on the Start button and select Run Click Browse and select the drive with the Microboards DX 2 Disc Publisher CD Select Surething exe My Network P Cancel we Files of type Programs Click on Open Run 2 x Type the name of a program folder document or Internet resource and Windows will open it For vou pen D Surething exe Cancel Browse Click on OK The SureThing software will now start to install 23 x SOFTWARE LICENSE AND WARRANTY Read this agreement carefully IF you agree to its terme press the Accept key to continue with the Setup IF WOU do not agree to its terms press Decline to abort the installation The software whic
86. olJ aalo Bls Drive Mame Supported media Prassi Disc Content Status Lej E Teac CD W524E CD ROM IRR CD ROM Audio CD 16 Tracks 57 3232 25 oT Disk Publisher 1 Left Drive CD ROMIRI R DYVD ROMItR IER Mot ready A O Disk Publisher 1 Right Drive CD ROM RJRAWY DYD ROM ERIRW Mot ready Recording Actions m Lull lt E CUES a MA q e H i i ED WwW Ww DH ww Disc Copy Stream Audio Data Mastering Record Record Record Generic Record Compilation Discimage BIM CUE Image Image YIDEO_T5 r ie ss Extraction amp Tools tn a M E be Rip Audio Extract Manage Compare Files DiscImage DiscImage Pow DM sys Pas Robo E Drive List The Drive Window area can be resized vertically by dragging the horizontal bar that separates it from the other components below if any are visible The Drive Window is an overview of your drives and their characteristics when you insert or remove a disc from a drive this list is normally updated to manually refresh the list use View gt Refresh Drive List Highlighting one or more drives and right clicking on the list gives you a convenient to way to access the Drive menu By default main information such as drive Name Supported Media Disc Content Status are displayed You can view additional information such as Firmware version by choosing the Field you want from View gt Drives List The Gridlines Field is useful when you want to view
87. ont panel If AC power is on and the green light is off press the bottom button on the front panel If the light still does not come on contact Microboards Technical Support 3 Confirm the DX 2 Disc Publisher is connected to the computer with a USB cable This can be checked by clicking on Start going to Settings and selecting Printers Confirm the printer is listed and is active If the icon is not active make sure the Use Printer Offline is not selected Also check to make sure the correct printer port is selected Disk Loading error 1 Ifa disc is not loaded correctly it could cause the out of paper indicator to come on Press the out of paper button on the interface The DX 2 Disc Publisher will attempt to load another disc If this does not clear the error remove the discs from the input bin Check to see if there are any discs on the belt Remove any discs that are left on the belt 2 Lift the cover and check for any discs on the front deck of the DX 2 Disc Publisher Remove any discs found on the belts Close the cover 3 Next reload the input bin and press the out of paper button The system will load the next disc and continue printing the remaining discs for that job Low Ink indication When an ink cartridge is low on ink the Ink indicator on the front panel will come on 60065 If you notice poor ink quality or a missing color in your prints replace the ink cartridge 75 Printing Specifications Print Sp
88. opy rename and explore DiscImage Files fen Compare Files Compare byte per byte Files or Folders Pz DM sys Pao Robo Z 50 e Main Window MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER When the Action Launch Pad is toggled off you can launch the various Actions by selecting Action gt Launch in the menu Each action will open up an interface with the minimum options needed to start recording immediately The Details Options buttons at the lower left corner of each window can be clicked to show or hide the advanced options and information that are available for the selected action Each window is resizable by dragging the lower right corner of the window Main Window Menu 51 Action Menu Wizard The Wizard function does not apply when using the Microboards DX 2 Disc Publisher system Launch Launches any Zulu2 action just like double clicking in the Action Launch Pad Open Opens a Zulu2 action document that has been saved in the past Recent Actions Accesses directly one of the latest 10 action documents you created or used Current Actions Accesses the Action List submenu This submenu is available only when the Action List is visible and appears also as the context menu when you right click on the Action List Current Actions Show Puts the selected action in foreground useful for isolating a specific action when many are running Current Actions Close Closes the selected action
89. orts COM amp LPT ce Processors 2 Sound video and game controllers He System devices H Universal Serial Bus controllers Open up the Ports COM amp LPT selection 34 e Configuring DX 2 Disc Publisher MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER Computer Management o aj x m File Action View Window Help eee Computer Management Local TESTPUBS Er H System Tools H Computer TE Event viewer Set Disk drives E Shared Folders i q Display adapters A Local Users and Groups E 5 DYDICD ROM drives i Performance Logs and Alerts E a Floppy disk controllers Po Device Manager E q Floppy disk drives a 5 Storage H IDE ATAJATAPI controllers E Removable Storage fia IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers vee Disk Defragmenter H gt Keyboards ohe Disk Management Mice and other pointing devices El Services and Applications H Monitors Network adapters a cd Ports COM amp LPT mo o Port COML E SBPZ IEEE 1394 Devices E Sound video and game controllers 3 System devices de Universal Serial Bus controllers You will see an entry labeled USB Serial Port COMx enter for each DX 2 Disc Publisher you have installed The COMx will be the COM port number to be entered into the Configure screen Select the COM port as found on the Computer Management screen Configure Disk Publishers E x Cancel Comm Fort Left Drive Right Drive Printer
90. patible with most of the consumer DVD player e Highlight the drive s you want to record to in the Zulu2 main window and then double click on the Record VIDEO_TS icon The Record VIDEO_TS window Zulu2 calls that an action will open with the drive already set ligg Record YIDEO_T5 Zulu2 3 Ioj xj File Edit Drive Disclmage wiew VIDEO_TS Folder i 2B volume Target drive f 133 Robotic Drives Speed Max necta Mot ready 1 J Erase before Rv ES Copies 2 E Select Print File lig Record YIDEO_TS Zulu2 Ioj x File Edit Drive Disclmage view Target drive Jet J0 Robotic Drives e 7 Speed Max R Erase before Ruy Test Copies 2 E Select Print File Tr 3 Z ouick Cpu A Record Verify Overburn CD Mo v Pause when round ends When done Result dialog Buffer Speed Position Status Zh Type in the VIDEO_TS folder or use Edit gt Browse to select it A compatible folder contains the files VIDEO TS IFO VIDEO_TS BUP VIDEO_TS VOB plus a number of VTS_nn_m Usually this folder is named VIDEO_TS but it could also have another name After the folder has been selected a string below its name will indicate if the folder is valid and the size of the movie Zulu2 will verify that all the needed files are present and are in the correct format VIDEO TS folder D DVD Video WIDEO_T5 mm gt DVD Video 4 3GB
91. puters to use the information on the disc UDF is another example of a file system which can be used to write CDs Mastering Technically refers to the process of creating a glass master from which compact discs will be reproduced in quantity In desktop recordable CD systems mastering is done together with pre mastering by the desktop CD recorder and the term is generally used to mean recording Mixed Mode Disc A compact disc including both computer data and CD DA tracks The data is all contained in Track 1 and the audio in one or more following tracks MMC A standard command set used by some CD recorders Many newer recorders follow this standard though many of them also interpret it differently so there are still differences in how software must address these recorders in spite of the standard Mode 1 A somewhat inaccurate way of referring to the CD ROM physical format Mode 2 A not totally accurate but common way of referring to the CD ROM XA physical format Mount To install a CD or DVD so that the computer recognizes its presence and can read data from tt MP3 MP3 is a scheme for compressing audio MP3 files do not maintain the quality of audio CD tracks and cannot be recorded directly to CD as standard audio tracks They can be recorded as data tracks and played back via your computer using appropriate player software or converted to Wave files and then recorded to CD MPEG Motion Picture Experts Group
92. quickly access the Track menu 42 e Quick Start MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER 43 Ue Audio Compilation Zuluz Ioj x File Edit Drive DiscImage View Window Track Type Pre 9ap ab e OF Gaudio Audio CD 0148 2238 06 Track way Wave 44100Hz 166i 0 25558 e 08 Gaudio Audio CD 0148 2238 07 Track way Wave 44100Hz 16bi 0 43973 5 e 09 Gaudio Audio CD 0148 7238 08 Track way wave 44100Hz 16bi 0 3 40 26 2010 Giaudio fudio CO 0148 7236 09 Trackawaw 220202000000 Wave 44100Hz lob asada 2 11 Gaudio Audio CD 0148 7238 10 Track way Wave 44100Hz 166i O 4 00 4 a H J x E A aly ud 5 12 Tracks 1 selected 42 16 18 190 218 Pl Move Le Target drive 1 3 Robotic Drives E Speed Max meerd Mot ready 1 J Details Erase before Ri Test Copies E Select Print File f Ouick Full M Record verify Overburn ECD Mo Y Pause when round ends When done Result dialog al Buffer Speed Position Status m Ts _ _ 1s a e You can add the Album CD Text by clicking Options and filling the Album Artist CD Text and Album Title CD Text fields You can then add each track Artist and Title highlighting a track and selecting the menu Edit gt Track gt CD Text Artist and Edit gt Track gt CD Text Title This can also be done by double clicking on the track in the appropriate column position
93. rack ends the Q channel index marker goes back to 0 and then re starts at 1 when the next track begins Table of Contents For a whole disc or any session within a disc shows the number of tracks their starting locations and the total length of the data area The TOC does NOT show the length of each track only its Starting point Track Every time you write to CD you will create at least one track which is preceded by a gap Any session may contain one or more tracks and the tracks within a session may be of the same or of different types for example a mixed mode disc contains data and audio tracks e Glossary MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER 85 Track at Once TAO A method of writing data to disc Each time a track data or audio is completed the recording laser is stopped even if another track will be written immediately afterwards Link and run blocks are written when the laser is turned on and off Duplication of TAO audio discs will insert 2 second gaps between tracks UDF Universal Disc Format A file system endorsed by OSTA the Optical Storage Technology Association for use with packet writing and other recordable optical disc technologies such as DVD UPC Universal Product Code With some CD recorders you may define a thirteen digit UPC catalog number for the entire disc which will be written in the disc s Table of Contents Also known as EAN Video CD A standard for displaying ful
94. rive in the list Drives List Firmware Version Shows Hides the internal firmware version of each drive in the list Drives List Bus Type Shows Hides the type of bus connection SCSI ATAPI USB etc of each drive in the list Drives List Capabilities Column Shows Hides an additional column in the drive list including specific characteristic of each drive like CD Text support or BUR buffer underrun protection technology Drives List Gridlines Shows Hides a gridline to better read the list when you have a large number of drives Drives List Default Returns all the display options of the drive list to the original default The list is resized to the optimal dimension Refresh Drives List Forces Zulu2 to refresh the drive list re reading the content of any inserted disc Action List Shows Hides the Action List in the main window Action Launch Pad Shows Hides the Action Launch Pad in the main window Action Description Toggles between large icon or small icon and description in the display of Action Launch Pad Show Groups Toggles between normal or group display in the Action Launch Pad This is available when using Windows XP only Tools Menu Log Panel Shows Hides the log window In the log Zulu2 records all the major events that happened like the start and the result of each recording any drive error that happened the number of copies made You can save the log in a file and eventually produce it w
95. rives always updated in its windows Windows has a volume tracking feature that an application can utilize to recognize when a disc has been inserted or removed from a drive This advanced option activates a private tracking function within Zulu2 that sends a Test Unit Ready command every few seconds Even though the private tracking is more reliable users may prefer to use the Windows feature exclusively to minimize the number of commands that are sent to the drive Recording Specific recording options can be set here The Recording Cache defines the number of Mb of data that Zulu2 keeps in its circular buffers while recording This is also commonly known as the level 2 caching and in the past was an extremely important mastering parameter With current buffer Underrun protection mechanisms that most of the drives now use and also because DVD recording does not usually have buffer Underrun problems this value is less important now Zulu2 can manage a large cache though The cache value can be adjusted if you are recording to a large number of drives simultaneously and do not want the drives buffer Underrun protection mechanism to activate too often which can extend recording time You can choose to have every disc be closed even if an error occurred during the recording process Having this option checked will add time to the process when an error occurs The last option specifies the reporting of the drive internal buffer status
96. rtridge The color ink cartridge comes in two sizes 38 ml and 19 ml The 38 ml cartridge is a Microboards PRF38ML The 19 ml cartridge is a Microboards PRF19ML These cartridges are available from any Microboards reseller The black ink that comes with the system is HP part number C8842A Versatile Black Ink This is a fast drying black ink designed for coated surfaces like an inkjet printable CD or DVD Standard black ink cartridges are also supported but can take longer to dry The HP 45 black ink cartridge is used The HP part number is 51645A It is recommended to run in Photo mode only when using the standard black ink cartridge Running a standard black at Normal or fast Normal can cause the text to not print evenly Refill kits or non Microboards ink cartridges are not recommended for use in the DX 2 Disc Publisher system Use of these types of cartridges will cause the printer to fail Use of these types of cartridges will void the warranty Loading Replacing Ink Cartridges The DX 2 Disc Publisher system ships with standard HP ink cartridges The black ink cartridge model C8842A is specifically designed for fast drying applications We highly recommend using this model of black cartridge for printing on CD or DVD discs The HP 51645A black cartridge is supported with the printer but should only be used in PHOTO mode as it can take longer for the black ink to dry when using the HP 45 cartridge e Confirm that your DX 2 Disc P
97. s x i le ar F Target drive Jer J Robotic Drives Speed Max ecard Mot ready 1 Js Details Erase before Rw Test Copies 1 Select Print File ouick Full hr Record Verify Overburn CD Mo Z Pause when round ends When done Result dialog Buffer Speed Position Status f I E l Ti m l Is a e Type in the Disclmage filename or use Edit gt Browse to select it After selecting the Disclmage a string will appear below the name indicating if the file is valid and its size Zulu2 will verify that all the needed files are present and are in the correct format cla File Edit Drive View L Discimage SHEEREIIET Nel i E Asynchronous CD Image 1 Tracks 791 7MB aa F i F Target drive Jer J Robotic Drives E Speed Max E Mot ready 1 Js Details Erase before Rw Test Copies 1 Select Print File is guik Full hr Record Verify Overburn CD Mo bi Pause when round ends When done Result dialog Buffer Speed Position Status f m Sl Ti SSS Js a e lf you need to Test activate the Verify or set any other recording specific flag like erasing the destination disc before proceeding check the appropriate box e Select the number of copies you wish to make e f you wish to print on the recorded discs click on the Select Print File box and select a print file This file ca
98. s Update lt Back Cancel Select CD ROM drives and click Next Found New Hardware Wizard Driver Files Search Results The wizard has finished searching for driver files for Your hardware device The wizard found a driver for the following device oy USB Serial Port Windows found a driver for this device To install the driver Windows found click Mest d usb drvervusb serial drv ttdiport int Cancel Click Next Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard LY USE Serial Port Windows has finished installing the software for this device To close this wizard click Finish Cancel The operating system will now find the remaining new hardware Proceed to the Software Installation section 18 e Hardware Installation MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC Software Installation DX 2 Disc Publisher Install DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER Place the Microboards DX 2 Disc Publisher CD into the computer CD DVDROM drive Click on Start and select Run install screens pubxpT _ Internet Internet Explorer 1 My Documents E mail Outlook E ULIDOR Express 5 My Pictures Windows Update fe My Music xI MSN Explorer e Fa gt Control Panel A Morton Ghost j Set Program Access and Defaults windows Media Player ES Esc Windows Movie Maker O Help and Support p Tour Windows XP Search Opens a program Folder document or We
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100. stalled Windows creates a new COM port This new port is used by the DX 2 Disc Publisher The new port can be determined by looking at the device manager To view the device manager right click on My Computer from the Windows Desktop and select Manage 33 Internet p My Documents Internet Explorer 15 E mail Outlook Express Zulu Y Paint gt l i Shortcut to FreewWatch exe My Recent Documents Ta E vy comp gt My Com d A Open a Expore 3 control Pat eer cee Set Prova Lleyn Defaults Map Network Drive Microsoft Word mM dida Printers am Disconnect Network Drive m a MSN Explorer O Sh Dieskt Yes Help and Si E e Rename Windows Media Player Properties All Programs P P Log OFF o Turn OFF Computer Start EU Freewatch ES Printers and Faxes The Computer Management screen will appear m Computer Management oj x A e m Computer Management Local a PUBAP Er ih System Tools 4 Computer E Event viewer E Disk drives 7 E Display adapters do DWD CD ROM drives i 42 Floppy disk controllers Dey ice l Manager i A Floppy disk drives a T Storage lg Human Interface Devices Removable Storage eS IDE ATAJATAPI controllers Disk Defragmenter Cel IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers Disk Management coe a Keyboards E Services and Applications T Mice and other pointing devices H Monitors H Network adapters fly P
101. ublisher system is powered on e Open the top cover The print cartridge cradle will move to the center of the DX 2 Disc Publisher e Raise the cradle latch 27 Black Cartridge e If replacing an ink cartridge lift the old cartridge out of the cradle e Remove the new print cartridge from its packaging and carefully remove the plastic tape Hold the print cartridge so that the copper strip is at the bottom Color Cartridge o Pull tab to remove the plastic tape e Push the print cartridge carefully but firmly into the cradle e Secure the cradle latch Front Panel Indicators and Buttons Cancel Button Pressing the Cancel button cancels the current print job 2 Print Cartridge Status Light The light inside the Print Cartridge Status symbol flashes when a print cartridge is low on ink or incorrectly installed or the DX 2 Disc Publisher s cover is open 3 Resume Button and Light The Resume light flashes when an action is required such as loading a disc or clearing a jam When the action is completed press the resume button to continue printing 4 Power Button and Light The Power button turns the DX 2 Disc Publisher on and off It may take a few seconds for the DX 2 Disc Publisher to turn on after you press the Power button The green light next to the Power button flashes when the printer is processing NOTE The AC power switch located on the back of the DX 2 Disc Publisher must be turned on first
102. ut Concept The upper area defines and controls the input to the operation and the lower part the output to the drives with all the recording options Therefore if you are doing an Audio Compilation for example the upper part will define the files or the CD Text the lower part defines the drive you want to record to all its options like the writing speed etc e Recording Actions MICROBOARDS TECHNOLOGY LLC DX 2 DISC PUBLISHER Action Common Section 57 The common section of every action starts from the line just above the Drive control Under this Details area you control everything regarding the recording Target Drive s Select the recording drive s inside the DX 2 Disc Publisher or the target Disclmage if you want to create a Disclmage instead of recording The highlighted drive s in the Zulu2 main window Drive Pad become the default drive s of a new launched action You can change the drives you wish to use within the action as well 101 I File Edit Drive DiscImage View Window Source inati i Num of Files Folders Size E E gt ar Y a O Entries O Files O Folders OKB 0 Options volume Mar 09 04 14 04 T Link data already on disc if any Recording Mode For CO Recording Mode For DYO Track At Once Mode 2 Open fise 9660 Joliet Long up to 108 UNICODE chars Drive KF Gn Robotic Drives wi es Speed Max bl Beer Ex Teac CD WS24E Fi Disk Publisher 1
103. y down several times This option deactivates the Autoplay feature while Zulu2 is running The blocking feature is checked by default Use the Buffer Underrun protection when available in the recorder Buffer underrun occurs when the recording speed outpaces the source providing the data The data is not being supplied when the recorder requests it interrupting the data flow and corrupting or aborting the recording process Many recorders currently provide buffer underrun protection as a mechanism to prevent this kind of failure This option activates buffer underrun protection and is checked by default Show the Action Check dialog even if there are no Warnings or Errors A dialog comes up if the Action settings present a warning or error situation to Zulu2 For instance if you asked to load the previous session of a Data Mastering action but the disc in the source drive is blank a warning message is displayed If no warning or error situation exists the recording will normally start without interruption Check this option to have always the Action Check dialog appear to verify the type of recognized disc and to see which speed has been selected This option is unchecked by default Use SPTI instead of PZWDM sys If for any reason you wish to use the built in Microsoft SPTI short for SCSI Pass Through Interface instead of the Zulu2 device driver PzWDM sys you can check this option Zulu2 must be re launched for this setting to take e

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