Plymouth, MN5/23/2003 -- Primera Technology, Inc.,
the world's leading manufacturer of CD/DVD duplication and printing systems,
today announced its new PTBurn Software Developer's Kit (SDK) for its
best-selling Bravo Disc Publisher. Also announced is a new low-cost network
software package for Bravo based upon the PTBurn SDK.
The PTBurn SDK is
a programmer's toolkit of text-based commands that control all functions of
Bravo such as burning, printing and robotic movements. This allows programmers
to integrate Bravo into a wide variety of customized disc publishing
applications where unique data and disc face labeling is required in a "one-off"
fashion.
A few examples of applications that need this capability
include medical and diagnostic imaging, on-demand music, audio and video,
kiosks, and digital photo minilabs. Theses applications typically have their own
front-end user interface and use Bravo as an output device.
The PTBurn
SDK is available at no charge to qualified software developers and integration
companies. A developer's application and agreement must be signed between
Primera and the developer before code is released. A specification of API
commands is available now. Actual code will be released on or about July 1,
2003.
Network Software for Bravo Disc Publisher
Primera also
announced today a version of PTBurn for disc publishing over a corporate
network. The new PTBurn Network Software allows up to 5 users to send CD or DVD
recording and print jobs to a Bravo remotely from client PCs. The software runs
on virtually any server/client network under Windows 2000/XP and sells for just
US$ 299.95. Additional 5-user license blocks are available for US$ 299.95 each.
There is no limit on the number of users that are able to send jobs over the
network.
PTBurn Network includes a range of useful features such as job
status, priority job queue management, type of disc (CD/DVD), multiple copies,
replacement fields and more. Disc labeling software called SureThingT CD Labeler
is built into PT Burn Network for designing disc faces that Bravo prints
directly onto the surface of CD-Rs or DVD-Rs.
Job status is reported
back to the user in real time. Remote recording and printing of discs is highly
reliable and efficient, since Bravo's major functions can be viewed remotely
instead of having to physically supervise the unit in operation. Users can
produce either unique "one-off" CDs or multiple disc duplication runs of up to
50 discs at a time.
"When combined with our Bravo Disc Publisher, PTBurn
Network delivers a highly capable networking solution at the industry's best
price," said Mark D. Strobel, Primera Technology's Vice President of Sales and
Marketing. "Essentially, we've taken a previously complex and expensive hardware
and software integration task and packaged it into an affordable, off-the-shelf
product - much like today's networked office laser printers."
It is
anticipated that PTBurn Network will be shipping by mid-August 2003. All of
Primera's products can be purchased from Primera Technology's Authorized
Resellers and Distributors in more than 85 countries.
Source: Primera
