Primera PoINT Publisher User manual

PoINT Publisher
Getting Started
Kurzanleitung
Guide de démarrage
PoINT Software & Systems GmbH

PoINT Publisher: Getting Started / Kurzanleitung / Instruction
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PoINT Software & Systems GmbH
Eiserfelder Str. 316
57080 Siegen; Germany
Phone: +49 271 / 3841 159; Fax: 151
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Internet: http://www.point.de
Printed in Germany, 2007
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23.01.2007, TT
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PoINT Publisher
Getting Started
Kurzanleitung
Guide de démarrage
PoINT Software & Systems GmbH

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License Information
Possession, use, duplication or dissemination of this documentation as well as the soft
ware described in this documentation is authorised only pursuant to a valid written
license from PoINT Software & Systems GmbH or an authorised sublicensor.
Disclaimer
PoINT Software & Systems GmbH believes the Information included in this publication
is accurate as of the date of publication, it is subject to change without notice. PoINT
Software & Systems GmbH is not responsible for any inadvertent errors. PoINT Soft
ware & Systems GmbH makes no representations that the use of its products in the
manner described in this document will not infringe on existing or future patent rights,
nor do the descriptions contained in this document imply the granting of licenses to
make, use, or sell equipment or software in accordance with the description.
The production of a perfect disc requires besides a recording server a well configured
system environment with a working recording device and a flawless medium. There
fore PoINT Software & Systems GmbH does not warrant in any case that a disc
recorded with PoINT recording software is readable without errors. It is the obliga
tion of the user of PoINT recording software to ensure correct recording by proof
reading techniques or by playing the in players.
Contents
1 System Requirements .................................................................5
2 Installation.................................................................................5
3 Device Configuration.................................................................6
4 Licensing .................................................................................11
5 Concept and Usage..................................................................12

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1System Requirements
The following hardware and software is basically required:
1. PC with Intel Pentium processor or any compatible processor,
2. A CDROM drive for installation,
3. Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3 or above, Win
dows 2003, or Windows XP with Service Pack 1 or above,
4. For detailed requirements concerning CPU, RAM, and hard disks,
please refer to the actual values listed in the README.TXT file on
your installation medium.
Please note:
Running other recording software in parallel to PoINT
Publisher may cause initialisation and recording er
rors. In some cases, other recording software replaces
standard system components by incompatible versions
at installation time. This may cause permanent failures
of PoINT Publisher.
2Installation
Before You Install
Please read the file README.TXT on your installation media first. It
contains important information about system requirements, installa
tion, restrictions, and additional features of the current version of
”PoINT Publisher”.
The following installation sequence is recommended:
First connect the autoloader to your PC and, if the loader supports
printing, install the device drivers for the disc printer. This proce
dure is described in the documentation delivered with your hard
ware.
5. Install ”PoINT Publisher”, preferably on a local hard disk drive.

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The Installation Process
The PoINT Publisher installation CD includes an interactive installa
tion program that installs all components of PoINT Publisher.
Your login must have Administrator rights to run the setup program.
1. Insert the CD in your CDROM drive.
If the setup program does not start automatically, perform the follow
ing steps:
2. Click on ‘Start’ and then on ‘Run’.
3. Type the following command in the Command Line box (replace
‘Drive’ with the drive letter of your CDROM drive):
Drive:\SETUP <Enter>
The welcome screen of the installation program appears.
4. Click ‘Install’ and follow the screen prompts to continue the instal
lation.
The installation process offers two options:
Server Installation
Client Installation
The server installation is required on the computer to which the auto
loader is connected.
The client installation can be done on any other computer in the net
work. However, usage of a client installation and the number of clients
that can be used together with a “PoINT Publisher” server depends on
the purchased license. For more information about licensing please re
fer to section 3.
Most recent information about requirements, supported hardware, and
installation can be found in the “readme” files on the installation me
dia.
3Device Configuration
Starting ”PoINT Publisher - Server”
1. Click on the ‘Start’ button to open the start menu.
2. Click on ‘Programs’ and then on PoINT Publisher. This opens the
program group of PoINT Publisher and shows the installed com
ponents.

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3. In the PoINT Publisher program group, click on ”PoINT Publisher
Server”. This starts the program.
Entering a License Key
As long you have not entered a License Key, ”PoINT Publisher 
Server” will display a message box after starting the program, which
indicates that an valid License Key has not been entered. The software
will run without a License Key for 7 days with all functions and fea
tures being enabled. Please refer to chapter 4 for information on how
to get and how to enter the License Key.
If after 7 days no valid License Key has been entered PoINT Publisher
changes the functionality to the demonstration mode which means
that the program can be started but recording of discs is disabled.
Configuring PoINT Publisher - Server
When you run “PoINT Publisher Server” the first time after installa
tion you have to configure the software. Later on you may alter the
configuration whenever this is necessary. PoINT Publisher stores and
uses the current configuration until you change it.
You may open the ‘Device Configuration’ dialogue by command ‘Set
tings’ of the ‘Configuration’ menu. When you start ”PoINT Publisher 
Server” for the first time, the dialogues are displayed automatically.
1. Setup the connected hardware.
2. Select recording speed and simulation mode (if required).
Additional settings can be done in the ‘General’, ‘Defaults’ and ‘Auto
loader’ dialogues.
In Windows 2000/XP/2003 PoINT Publisher will automatically disable
the ‘Autorun’ function. You have to reboot the system to make the
changes effective.
The ‘Autorun’ function is disabled in order to prevent Windows from
starting recorded CDs automatically before they are unloaded from
the recorders. Additional information can be found in the Online
Help of PoINT Publisher.
Setting up the connected Hardware
To open the setup dialogues, click on the ‘Setup’ button in the ‘Device
Configuration’ dialogue.

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If several autoloaders are supported, a selection dialogue will appear
from which the installed type of autoloader can be chosen. Press ‘OK’
to confirm the selection. Then the autoloader specific setup dialogue
will appear.

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It displays the current settings. The layout of the dialogue may vary
depending on the functionality of your specific hardware. For exam
ple, some loaders do not use a serial port, others don’t provide printing
support.
First you should define port and printer driver. Then you may specify
your drives. To do that, select the number of groups (if applicable),
click on the exact position of the drive (if applicable), and click on the
‘Add’ button and select a drive from the opening list. Please note that
”PoINT Publisher” needs to know the exact position of drives in some
loaders.
Finally confirm your choice by clicking on ‘OK’. This will return to
the ‘Settings’ dialogue which shows the configured drives. The ‘Test’
button should now finally be pressed to check the current settings.
The tests include checking the serial port, the communication with
the loader, and the existence of the selected drives(s). During the tests
a disc will be loaded to and unloaded from all configured drives. This
test must complete without errors. Otherwise ”PoINT Publisher” will
not work properly.

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If you have setup an autoloader (not a CDR Tower) you will find this
page in the ‘Settings’ dialogue.
In order to avoid wasting discs by a malfunctioning recorder, you can
instruct ”PoINT Publisher” to disable it after a certain number of fail
ures that occurred in a row with this device. In case that a recorder is
disabled, processing continues with the remaining recorders. Disabled
recorders are automatically reenabled when you start the next pro
duction cycle. This option is not available in manually loaded tower
versions.
If you want to permanently disable a malfunctioning recorder, remove
it from the configuration in the hardware Setup dialogue.
For autoloaders with a disc printer and a rotation function the next op
tion is available. Jobs that require disc rotation to a marker before
printing will be excluded from further processing when a certain limit
of rotator errors occurred. Usually rotator errors are caused by discs
that have no marker.