Month: June 2012

You heard it here first, StorDigital have just released their new range of Premium Blu-Ray Duplicators and we think they are definitely worth a look! They vary in size from a petite 1-1 device through to a mammoth 1-15 capable of churning out an incredible 60 Blu-Ray discs per hour.* Backwards compatibility means they also function as a DVD and CD duplicator, and come with a host of upgrade options to improve their performance even further. Packed with the latest high speed Blu-Ray burners, these machines are built to offer a first class solution for even the most dedicated duplicator professional.

StorDigital as always provide their renowned UK based support, and all the systems come with a 12 month parts and labour warranty.

 

Get in touch now for more information about the best value Blu-Ray Duplicators around on +44 (0) 208 293 0777 or buy online here.

The Primera 4100 Auto Disc printer for MAC and PC is the latest disc printer available from market leading, Primera. It offers 100 disc capacity and a remarkable 6 second per disc print speed for full face, full colour discs. Whilst the 6 second disc print is not to the highest resolution it is sufficiently good for most purposes. When you need to produce a great many discs in the shortest possible time your throughput is largely determined by the speed at which you can print your discs.

The 4100 Printer from Primera does have it’s limitations. WHilst it has a fast print speed it should not be confused with more expensive industrial type CD printers. However its 4 colour ink system does help to ensure the best possible prints at the lowest possible cost (albeit based on Primera ink prices).

Customers should also note that the 4100 AutoPrinter requires the changing of print heads after printing upto 8000-10000 discs. But at a price under £100 this is a small price to pay for the convenience of speed and quality, since the new print heads will ensure the printer continues to print discs to the highest possible standard.

Use JVC Taiyou Yuden watershield discs to get full colour, high resolution, glossy water resistant discs.

Find out more about the 4100 Printer by calling 020 8293 0777 or by clicking here.

After a shaky start to what was considered the most important match so far in England’s Euro 2012 campaign, the Three Lions booked their place in the quarter finals with a 1-0 victory over co-hosts Ukraine. A goal from the previously suspended Wayne Rooney sealed a top place finish in Group D.

 Wayne Rooney’s goal came in the 48^th minute following earlier criticism after the miss of his first-half sitter.

 England started the game in a very defensive frame of mind inviting early pressure from Ukraine who threatened to defy England’s expectations. Early attacks from Yarmolenko and Garmash looked to danger Joe Hart’s goal and the two Ukranian full-backs, Gusev and Selin, aimed to attack the wings at every opportunity causing Glen Johnson and Ashley Cole problems in defense. Against the run of play England looked likely to score after a good ball in to the box from Ashley Young perfectly picked out the head of Wayne Rooney who found himself one-on-one with the unconvincing Pyatov, but the Manchester United forward’s finish didn’t quite match the quality of the delivery with the ball consequently drifting wide of the target. A packed central midfield forced Ukraine wide as a solid partnership of Scott Parker and Steven Gerrard seemed to be handling the centre of the park very capably, however the Ukrainians continuously showed their quality to deliver exceptional balls into the box.

 After a poor first half performance some good work from Gerrard on the wing created an opening for England. A low driven ball in from the right proved to cause difficulty for the unimpressive Pyatov who managed to spill the ball only to direct it into the path of the goal-poaching Wayne Rooney who finished with a simple header from close range. Ukraine’s best piece of play came with a cross from the left finding the head of Milevskiy who failed to finish from just 6 yards. Ukraine attacks continued to flood the England box and an effort from Devic, which seemed to have crossed the line, looked to have put the co-hosts level only to be denied by the extra official on the goal line following John Terry’s quick reactions who controversially scooped the ball away which inevitably sparked post-match talks. England saw out the remainder of the match to hold on to the all important victory which ignited English celebrations and sent the co-hosts crashing out of the tournament.

 England now go on to play Italy in the quarter finals on Sunday 24^th June.

Digital Media creativity in 2012 is bigger than ever and the leading tool for the UK’s digital creatives remains the Apple Mac platform. To that end Epson appear keen to ensure they don’t miss out on this very important corner of the market and have release apple MAC software for their fantastic automated disc publisher the Epson DiscProducer. Available as printer only or print and burn with varied options the software is available for the following MAC OS platforms.

Mac OS X 10.6.8 “Snow Leopard”, Mac OS X v10.7.3 “Lion”

The Epson Disc Producer is available here

 

Here’s the full press release from EPSON:

Epson Discproducer now compatible with Mac OS X

Free software download enables Mac users to enjoy
high-quality disc burning and printing

 

xx June 2012 – Epson makes its popular Discproducer^TM range available to Mac users with the release of its new Mac OS X-compatible Discproducer software, Total Disc Maker Version 1.0. The success of the Discproducer range and the growing demand for Mac-compatible CD/DVD publishing solutions led Epson to develop the software, which registered Discproducer owners can download for free at https://download.epson-biz.com from 1 July 2012.

 

Leonard Beckmann, product manager at Epson Europe, says: “We are delighted to offer Mac users exactly the same Discproducer features that Windows users already enjoy, including fully-automated CD and DVD production, accurate burning, and high-quality, 6-colour printing. As one set of ink cartridges can produce over 1,000 fully-covered discs, the Discproducer is an economical choice for a variety of businesses and applications, including creative agencies, music and video production, pre-press, arts, education, duplicators and corporations.”

 

Total Disc Maker 1.0 supports the following:

• Epson Discpoducer models: PP-50, PP-100, PP-100AP
• Mac OS versions: Mac OS X 10.6.8 “Snow Leopard”, Mac OS X v10.7.3 “Lion”
• CD/DVD formats: all major standard formats for data, music, video
• Image formats: AI (Illustrator: PDF-compatible formatted), Adobe PDF, BMP, PNG, JPG, TIFF
• Audio formats: WAV, MP3, AIFF, AAC
• Barcodes types: EAN 8/13, ITF, Code39, Code128, NW-7, PDF417, QR
• Auto insert fields: date, time, data size, volume label, counter
• File systems: ISO9660, Joliet, UDF(1.02), UDF Bridge, HFS+
• Languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese

 

Registered Discproducer owners can download Total Disc Maker Version 1.0 free of charge at https://download.epson-biz.com from 1 July 2012. The software will be included with any purchase of an Epson Discproducer PP-50, PP-100 or PP-100AP from approximately July 2012 onwards.

Yes, this week we have been very happy to supply famous London band Squeeze with a series of daisy chain duplicators from the StorDigital Link Tower range. Glen Tilbrook, of Squeeze explained that the units would be used to create instant CDs of the evenings show and will include the first new songs from the band in 14 years. The limited edition discs will be available at the end of each show, alongside other merchandise offered by way of a ppop up squeeze shop.

Obviously as CD-writer.com we are very proud to be supporting Squeeze on their tour and wish them every success with their LIVE duplication experiment.

Here’s a link to the StorDigital LinkTowers chosen by the band.

To find out how CD-writer.com Ltd can help your band call us today on 020 8293 0777.