Home | Forums | Article Search | Subscribe & Shop | Contact Us | Log Out Primera Bravo CD Publisher Email This Print This View My Personal Library Hardware Reviews November 2002 • Vol.5 Issue 11 Add To My Personal Library Primera Bravo CD Publisher Jump to first occurrence of: [PRIMERA] [BRAVO] CD duplicators aren't exactly inexpensive, but their prices are dropping nicely. Primera's $1,995 Bravo CD Publisher not only dupes discs but also inkjet prints their labels at up to 2,400 x 1,200 dpi. The Bravo requires both a USB and a FireWire connection to your Win2000/XP computer, so it comes with a PCI FireWire card. A TEAC 40X CD-RW handled burning duties in our test unit, although Primera says LG 48X CD-RWs ship in new Bravos. The Bravo isn't really suited for standalone operation, as it tended to drop a blank CD-R on top of our source CD when we tried duping from its internal drive. Using a disc image on our test PC's hard drive, the Bravo burned and printed five beautiful-looking CD-Rs in 24:14 (minutes:seconds). It burned a single 700MB CD-R in 4:08—7:05 with a label—and a 639MB CD-RW without a label in 7:24. Different labels we printed ranged from slightly grainy to exquisite. I'd recommend the Bravo to small businesses just for its label printing; it's that good. For supplies, you'll need special printable CD-Rs that let ink dry. Don't try printing regular CD-Rs with the Bravo, or you'll get smeared labels. Primera sells white or silver printable CD-Rs for $32.50 per 50 and $225 per 500. The Bravo holds as many as 25 discs at a time. The company also sells three-color and black ink cartridges, unique to the Bravo, for $42.50 each. A color cartridge prints about 200 discs, Primera says. Primera also sells a $2,495 DVD-R/CD-R version of the Bravo with an 8X Pioneer DVD-R drive. There's also a $199 adapter for 8cm mini-CDs and business card CDs. Any small business that distributes content on CDs should definitely look into the Bravo. by Marty Sems Bravo CD Publisher $1,995 Primera (800) 797-2772 (763) 475-6676 www.primeratechnology.com CPU Rating: 4 (out of possible 5)  User Reviews Be the first to write a review of this product Want more information about a topic you found of interest while reading this article? Type a word or phrase that identifies the topic and click "Search" to find relevant articles from within our editorial database. Enter A Subject (key words or a phrase): ALL Words (‘digital’ AND ‘photography’) ANY Words (‘digital’ OR ‘photography’) Exact Match ('digital photography'- all words MUST appear together) Home      Copyright & Legal Information      Privacy Policy      Site Map      Contact Us Copyright © 2010 Sandhills Publishing Company U.S.A. All rights reserved.