Primera Technology II user manual Index, Overview of Recording

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•Job Status Window. As each Job Panel is formed, an entry is made in the Job Status Window at the lower left side of the main Application Window. When jobs are started, this list displays the status of each job, including the number of discs copied and the number remaining. This window may be hidden by clicking on the Show Job List Panel under the View menu.

One other sub-window available is called the Activity Log Panel. It records all user actions and system responses during the recording process by time of occurrence. If a problem occurs while you're not present in front of the computer, you can browse the log to find out details that may no longer be present on the main screen. The Log may be viewed by clicking on View: Show Log. The log may be saved (this happens automatically every time you exit the software). Emptying the log will delete all entries permanently.

Overview of Recording

Three basic recording operations are available: (1) actual recording, (2) test recording, and (3) verifying.

Actual recording is self-explanatory. Discs will be recorded without any testing beforehand. If you have used the Publisher successfully before with a particular brand of media that is highly reliable, you may choose to record without testing or verifying. This will deliver the highest throughput rate of finished discs.

Test recording performs all of the operations of recording with the drive's laser turned on to reading power. A test recording run will determine if the data source will keep up with the recorder's demand.

Verifying will compare the data recorded to the original data. This ensures that the recorded data exactly matches the original. Note that is will take about twice as long to Record and Verify as compared to just Record. All discs that do not verify properly will be rejected.

Please note that if Verify is not enabled, Primo will still reject discs that record improperly. The Verify feature simply double checks the record job to compare that the copy and master contain the same information.

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