Primera Bravo-Series Disc Publishers now available with Discribe v6.0 Software for Mac

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Primera Technology, Inc., today announced an agreement with Charismac Engineering, Inc. for disc burning software that runs on Apple, Inc.’s Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard operating system. Beginning April 1, 2008, Primera will include Charismac’s new Discribe v6.0 software in all Bravo-Series and XR-Series Disc Publishers. Discribe v6.0 has been completely rewritten from the ground up in Universal Binary Code for optimal performance on all current Mac platforms. It runs natively on both Power PC and x86 (Intel)-based Mac computers.

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New automated DP50 Disc printer from StorDigital

Fast, economical and automatic CD and DVD printing

StorDigital’s DP50 disc printer is easy to use and reliable

New from StorDigital the DP50 DVD/CD Printer offers out-of-the-box automated printing for in-house CD and DVD production.

With its capable 50 disc capacity the StorDigital DP50 DVD/CD Printer offers out-of-the-box printing of 100's of discs per day. The first automated printer from StorDigital will prove to be the new benchmark for in-house disc printing solutions. Using the industry standard HP print engine and a patent-pending disc loading system, the DP50 offers support for artwork created on a range of applications meaning that the DP50 is the most flexible solution on the market.

The DP50 offers fast full colour hi-resolution printing, allowing customers to produce discs costing from just a few pence to print. Using its own intuitive disc labeling software the StorDigital DP50 CD and DVD printer can even produce glossy, water resistant prints, when used with WaterShield discs from Taiyo Yuden or Dri-Gloss discs from CD-writer.com.

Nic Ranshaw (MD of CD-writer.com and CEO of StorDigital Systems) had this to say; "Over the last 7 years we have helped many 1000's of our customers enter and develop their businesses within the CD and DVD production marketplace. We feel that the DP50 fills a gap in the market for a well designed and robust automated solution, that is cheap to run and easy to maintain." He added, "The StorDigital DP50’s simple design, robust build and low ink costs will all be very attractive to customers. This is the perfect time to upgrade or invest in a new disc printing solution".

The StorDigital DP50 DVD/CD Printer will be available to trade customers and end users from CD-writer.com Ltd and their partners. To register for a CD-writer.com trade account log on to http://reseller.cd-writer.com.

Retail customers can get more information and buy online CD Printer

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