RIMAGE PRODUCER SOFTWARE

RIMAGE PRODUCER
SOFTWARE

Rimage DiscFlow for Macintosh
Macintosh client for automatically burning and printing discs
Rimage DiscFlow has been designed specifi cally for Mac-based media production
environments and embraces the Mac’s visual environment, making it instantly familiar
and comfortable. In no time content creation professionals can burn and print DVDs, CDs
and Blu-ray Discs. Perhaps best of all, DiscFlow mimics the OS X inventive Cover Flow
navigation, providing quick and easy visual access to all disc-publishing projects.
Total Automation
Rimage DiscFlow totally automates
digital publishing, making it fast and
effi cient to create one or thousands of
discs, even in multiple formats. Users
simply drop fi les into an innovative
“watch folder” for unattended recording
and printing.
DiscFlow works seamlessly with Apple
Final Cut Pro, Avid Adobe and many
other popular digital production
applications.
Unlimited Networking
Rimage DiscFlow may be installed on
an unlimited number of networked
Macs and takes the ease of networking
one step further. Auto Discovery Server
enables users to instantly fi nd and
use all networked Rimage publishing
systems.
With DiscFlow, digital content producers
can accomplish the following:
- Create one or many DVD test discs,
dailies, pre-screeners or promos –
manually or automatically – without
burdening editors or producers with
time-consuming tasks
- Enjoy the ease and cost savings of
in-house disc production, while adding
valuable services, creating revenue
streams, and impressing clients with
photorealistic disc labels.
Select a label
design.
Quickly
choose a
template or
upload your
own artwork.
Customize
your label.
The DiscFlow
interface
allows you
to edit your
label in a
matter of
seconds.
Select content
and Publish
your disc.
Burn your content
to CD/DVD or
Blu-ray disc and
print your label
in no time!

1 – 2 – 3 Design - Burn - Print:
Professional Disc Production Made Easy
Rimage’s wizard-based 1-2-3 workfl ow makes disc production easy and intuitive for
users of all levels and experience.
Step 1 Design and create label with CD Designer
CD Designer is an easy-to-use and & powerful application providing the ability to
create, import and customize the graphics that will be printed on the CD or DVD
surface. It enables easy drag-and-drop type adding of background colors, additions
of custom text, photos, mail-merge data and even bar codes by clicking and
dragging within the CD Designer user interface.
PDF-fi les, the most common standard in the graphics and
publishing industries are supported by Rimage and may be
used for disc label creation.
Step 2 Create and submit job with QuickDisc
QuickDisc is a straightforward, wizard-based application for
job preparation, submission and monitoring.
• select job type (i.e. Data CD/DVD, Audio CD, Video DVD)
• select content by drag-and-drop of fi les or folders
• select label design, add merge fi eld information,
preview label
• submit job (i.e. number of copies)
• monitor job status (progress, completion, problems)
QuickDisc allows to save complete disc images or single /
multiple jobs for easy later submission.
Step 3 Monitor job progress with Rimage
System Manager
System Manager provides access to system level
preferences, queuing and priority options and other system
management controls (i.e. system protections, permissions
and preferences) for production monitoring and system
administration throughout the network.
It is Browser based and can be run from any client on the network to manage all
Rimage systems from one single point, providing system information (i.e. serial
number, software version, fi rmware level, recorder and printer type), detailed system
and job status as well as consumable and media tracking.
With Auto Discovery Server every new system hooked up to the network will
introduce itself dynamically to all clients and can easily be accessed.

“You notice
immediately that the
complete software is
developed by Rimage.
The components
complement each
other perfectly and
the entire system runs
stable.”
Dietmar Tachlinski,
Bertelsmann
Software Is Key
Software has become one of the key differentiators in disc-publishing systems. Regardless
of whether one looks at ease-of-use, overall functionality, performance from fi rst-disc-out
to total throughput, or workfl ow integration, software has become a crucial part of the
complete system and highly determines its value to users.
30 Years Of Innovation
Rimage has over 30 years in the industry
and we have put our experience to good
use developing software that provides
a competitive edge in professional disc
publishing.
All of the components, including the
burn engine, have been designed and
developed by Rimage in order to achieve
Rimage Producer Software Suite
Disc Flow
CD Designer
Quick Disc
Rimage
System
Manager
Custom
Application
Rimage API
Rapid API
One-Stop Publishing System
Unlike other companies in our industry,
Rimage develops its own robotics,
printers and software, which allows for
a much tighter integration than bundling
components from different sources.
Messaging Server
Production
Server
Imaging
Server
Stream
Server
industry-leading performance, functionality
and reliability as well as best-in-class
ergonomics.
On-demand disc publishing and
production from Rimage is the easiest,
most effi cient, and most reliable system
available today.
Control Center OS (Microsoft XP Pro)
Robotics
Burning
Printing
This results in improved system
performance, much broader functionality,
and assures signifi cantly higher reliability
of the complete system.

Performance Advantage
The overall performance of a disc-publishing system is largely determined by its
software capabilities and not just by the number of recorders and maximum recording
speed. Rimage has mastered the challenges of managing different multiple jobs from
many simultaneous users in a networked environment.
Rimage’s Production Server has been designed and developed for true parallel
operation. The Adaptive Streaming improves distributed computing, eliminates
network access and local caching to increase performance, and achieves the fastest
fi rst-disc-out. Rimage’s patented Data Streaming feature transfers data directly to
multiple recorders simultaneously at full speed for excellent system throughput even
when each disc’s content is unique.
The Production Server automatically balances the load within
networked systems allowing Modular Imaging, where the CPU
and I/O intensive disc image creation may be performed on
any system in the network. This feature offl oads work from the
Rimage control center.
Productivity Advantage
It’s often true that a multitude of small items make the
difference between an ordinary and an extraordinary
solution. Rimage has developed valuable features
which make it very intuitive and effi cient for users to
produce professional optical discs.
A Wizard-Based Workfl ow guides even the most novice users through
the disc creation process step-by-step. The preview in CD Designer
shows a clear sample of the label including exact graphics and of
merge data.
Software Generating T
Performance
Productivity
Automation helps users gain productivity, save time and avoid errors. The Job Streaming feature
simplifi es the copying of discs. The system detects the master disc and copies its content to the
blank discs following in the bin stack. Multiple sets of discs can be staged to automate multiple
jobs. The Bulk Read feature allows the system to read back a batch of previously recorded discs and
automatically save the data to a defi ned storage location. The Disc Spanning feature splits huge fi les
that exceed the capacity of a disc and reassembles them automatically when the content is read back.
Rimage System users can monitor job progress at any time from job submission to completion, using
QuickDisc, the Rimage System Manager, or DiscFlow.

ue Customer Value
Reliability
Reliability Advantage
In professional environments the reliability of a disc-publishing system is paramount.
This is true for job processing, recorded disc quality, and error recovery and prevention.
Rimage has designed all of its hardware and software components as part of a Totally
Integrated System thus reducing the possible points of failure. All system activities are
logged to aid in detecting potential failures before they occur.
The detailed status of any job can be monitored in real time from anywhere in the network;
users may automatically be notifi ed upon job completion. Rimage’s Recovery Protection
even allows submitted jobs to automatically complete even after an unexpected system
interruption such as a power or computer failure.
Manageability
Multiple options are available to check and verify the quality of
recorded discs. Using the Verify function, discs are verifi ed after being
recorded, either in every single instance or for a defi ned control
sample. For more sophisticated quality verifi cation, Hash Codes and
Checksums are also available.
Manageability Advantage
Managing disc-publishing systems can become
a time-consuming task in a networked environment
with multiple systems.
Rimage System Manager (RSM) allows you to manage
systems remotely and simultaneously from a single point.
The new browser based WebRSM offers this functionality
through a web browser with no need to install software on
any client workstation.
Using Auto Discovery Server, every new system hooked up to the network will introduce itself
dynamically to all clients and can be accessed from QuickDisc, WebRSM or DiscFlow without having
to know and enter the individual IP address or other tedious network information.
Workloads are balanced automatically on a single system or among many systems on the network.
Individual job priorities may be altered even after jobs have been submitted.
Consumable usage (print ribbons as well as blank media) is precisely tracked to provide the actual
consumable supply status and initiate early warning messages in case of unexpected shortages.

Tight Workfl ow Integration
Users can integrate disc publishing into existing workfl ows and information systems to
fully automate the production process and gain time and cost savings.
Software Development Kit
Rimage Software Development Kit (SDK) is available for Windows or any system
supporting Java such as Mac, Linux, or Unix. Rimage’s SDK offers two different
interfaces for programmers: Client API (Application Programming Interface), a
powerful XML-based version and Rapid API, an object-oriented version.
Rimage API
Client API offers all the functionality necessary to create and
submit disc orders and retrieve all feedback status information
(order progress, error messages, consumable status etc.)
in real time.
The Rimage Imaging and Production Servers receive XML
orders, process the orders, and send order status back to the
client-application programs. This allows for a tight, operatorfree
integration into fully automated workfl ows similar to the
order management process in ERP systems.
Rapid API
Rapid API has been designed for fast
and easy integration and eliminates
the XML-related development work. It
presents an object-oriented interface
that encapsulates the Rimage Client
API for job creation/processing,
parameter settings, as well as the status
of XML jobs and the Rimage system.
Rapid API is available for
programmers using
Windows C++ or .NET.
“Marquis have
developed a post
production integration
solution that allows us
to ‘burn’ media directly
to DVD or Blue Ray by
using Rimage’s Software
Development Kit.
Thanks to the new
Rapid API the
development of the
drivers for the Rimage
system in C# was only
a few man days of effort
without compromising
functionality and
quality.”
Granby Patrick,
Marquis

Product Overview
Rimage Producer and Professional Series
Rimage produces a full range of optical media
publishing systems and solutions from entry level
desktop systems through more powerful front offi ce
systems and then back offi ce systems for handling
large scale production applications on a fully
automated basis.
*Up to 300 discs, when the carousel is used as the output bin. The external output bin can be configured as the only output bin if higher input capacity is required.
Rimage Corporation
7725 Washington Avenue South
Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55439 USA
Toll Free: 800 445 8288
Tel: +1 952 944 8144
Fax: +1 952 944 7808
www.rimage.com
Rimage Europe
Rimage Europe GmbH
Albert-Einstein-Strasse 26
63128 Dietzenbach, Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 6074 8521 0
Fax: +49 (0) 6074 8521 100
www.rimage-europe.eu
Rimage Asia/Pacific
Rimage Japan Co., Ltd.
2F., WIND Bldg.
7-4-8 Roppongi Minato-ku,
Tokyo 106-0032 JAPAN
Tel: +81.3.5771.7181
Fax: +81.3.5771.7185
www.rimage.co.jp
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Our state-of-the-art robotic automation,
unmatched print quality, unique workfl ow
integration, and unrivalled reliability make Rimage
the standard for many applications in multiple
markets for the publishing, production and
duplication of optical media such as CDs, DVDs
and Blu-ray discs.
Technical Specifi cations 5100N 5300N 6100/N 7100/N 8100/N
Number of Recorders 1 2 1 2 4
Input capacity 50 discs 100 discs 300 discs 300 discs 300 discs
Output capacity One 75-disc Five single-disc 100 discs* + 100 discs 100 discs* +
output bin output trays and 20-disc external 75-disc external
one 100-disc output bin output bin output bin
Supporting Printer Everest Everest Everest, PrismPlus Everest, PrismPlus Everest, PrismPlus
Embedded PC Standard Standard 6100N only 7100N only 8100N only
Physical Size
(HxWxD) [cm]
48,9 x 38,1 x 23,4 74,29 x 38,1 x 59,39 58,7 x 41,3 x 62,9 64,1 x 41,0 x 62,9 72,7 x 41,9 x 62,9
Power 100-240 VAC, 100-240 VAC, 100-240 VAC, 100-240 VAC, 100-240 VAC,
60/50 Hz, 4.7-3.7 60/50 Hz, 4.7-3.7 60/50 Hz, 4.7-3.7 60/50 Hz, 4.7-3.7 60/50 Hz, 4.7-3.7
A, 500W max. A, 500W max A, 500W max. A, 500W max. A, 500W max.