Aleratec 13 DVD CD LightScribe Duplicator SA User Guide

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Overview
Other Label Printing Related Options
There are other label printing related operations available as described below:
Menu 3: Copy+Print
This function allows you to perform the disc duplication then the disc labeling 
operation as part of one process.  Just flip the disc from the data side to the label   
side after each duplication pass.
To use this function, the data file required for duplication and the label file required 
for labeling will need to be preloaded onto the...

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Control Functions
For detailed descriptions of each control function and feature see the Menu Overview 
section beginning on page 59 of this User Guide. 
Control Functions
1. Copy2. Print3. Copy + Print4. Test5. Compare6. Test + Copy7. Copy + Compare8. Select Burn Speed9. Select Source10. Erase11. Hard Drive Setup1. Select Partition2. Load Partition3. Rename Partition4. Delete Partition5. Partition Info6. Select Loading Drive7. Format Hard Drive12. Print Setup1. Load Label 2....

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Making Disc-to-Disc Copies
This process copies a Master Disc to several blank discs simultaneously. Due to 
the nature of simultaneous disc duplication, a good quality Master Disc and lower 
recording speeds maybe necessary to ensure high success and quality duplications 
rates.
1. Turn on the duplicator. After the duplicator has booted up, you will see the 
following display:
2. Make sure the Source Drive is set to the DVD-ROM drive.
It...

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4. Start the Copy Process.
a. Insert your Master Disc and blank discs into their corresponding tray(s) and 
press the ENT button. You will see the following display:
b. “Duplication Mode” offers three choices:
 ▪Load and Copy
 ▪On the Fly
 ▪Prompt
Press UP or DOWN arrow button to display your desired mode. Press the 
ENT button to confirm.
c. “No Counter” can be used when you prefer to copy continuously with no 
interruption. (It will...

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Making Disc-to-Disc Copies - continued 
Example:
To enter a value of 21 copies, do the following
Make sure the cursor is located at the first position:
i. Press DOWN button consecutively until “0” is displayed.
ii. Press ENT button once to move the cursor to the next position.
iii. Press DOWN button consecutively until “0” is displayed.
iv. Press ENT button once to move the cursor to the next position.
v. Press DOWN button consecutively...

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Note: If either one of the PREVIOUS 2 screens are displayed for 
more than 2 minutes, please check your Master Disc or blank 
discs for quality.
d. Allow 5-10 seconds for the duplicator to detect both your Master Disc and 
blank discs. After your Master Disc and blank discs have been recognized, 
you will see the following display:
Note: “3” indicates there are 3 discs recognized by the Writer 
Tray. For this example, number of discs...

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Making Disc-to-Disc Copies - continued
e. 2 or 3 seconds after copying begins the following “Copy Progress” screen 
will appear:
Note: It is normal to see the progress indicator stay at 0-10% and 
at 100% for approximately 30 seconds during CD duplication. 
Additionally it is normal to see the progress indicator stay at 0-10% 
and at 100% for up to 1 minute during DVD duplication. There 
is a delay caused by the initializing and...

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To continue making additional copies, remove the successfully completed copies 
from the ejected trays and replace with blank discs. To terminate your project and 
return to the main menu, press ESC. 
If you’ve specified a counter value you will see the following display when your 
project is completed:
If you see above message, you can press ENT to go back to main menu.
Note: If you enabled the counter and the number of blank discs you...

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Load Master Disc onto the Hard Drive
In order to copy from the Hard Drive, you are required to load your Master Disc 
onto a hard drive partition.
The number of partitions the hard drive can hold is determined by the capacity of 
your hard drive and the size of the partitions you created.
For example, if you have an 80GB Hard Drive with a system capacity of 74GB.* 
You can load 74 CDs or 19 DVDs (given a 4GB average capacity).
*There are...

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Load Master Disc onto the Hard Drive - continued 
c. Press ENT to submit your selection. After your selection has been 
submitted, you will see the following display:
2. Load your Master Disc onto the Hard Drive.
a. Use the UP or DOWN arrow button to navigate to the following screen.
b. Press ENT to enter “Hard Drive Setup” menu and you will see the 
following display:
c. Load your Master Disc on to the Hard Drive. To do so, use the UP...