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DVD Duplicators come in two types. Tower duplicators / Rack-mount and Auto-loading DVD Duplicators. DVD Tower Duplicators provide an inexpensive and fast means of duplicating discs. This is at the expense of labor: It requires more labor to manage a tower DVD Duplicator then an automated DVD Duplicator. Every burn cycle the trays open on the tower, one for each disc. The discs have to be manually removed and replaced with new blank discs.

DVD duplicator autoloaders on the other hand can have a stack of blank discs waiting for the next job. Some can even switch between DVD and CD (or Blu-ray for that matter). With a capacity of 25 to 1000 discs it’s hard to go wrong with DVD Recordable automation. Automated DVD Duplicators come “PC Attached” (or Mac) which use the computer to manage the functions of the automated disc duplicator. Standalone DVD Duplicators have a special computer or “Controller” that manages the operation of the duplicator. The last type of automated DVD duplicator is the PC embedded (or other OS, typically Linux). Automated DVD duplicators can also print discs with various printer technologies. Duplicators that integrate a printer are called “Disc Publishers”. Various printer technologies exist that provide for labeling your CD-R or DVD-R and DVD+R.

DVD Duplication Towers do not have the capacity for printing and must rely on a external printer for any labeling. There are several stand alone disc printer technologies that will compliment a tower duplication system. Inkjet, Thermal, dye sublimation and thermal re-transfer. Inkjet printing provides a quick and easy means of producing labeled recordable discs. Thermal disc printing provides a tough solid color graphic, fast and cheap. Thermal Re-Transfer and Dye sublimation provide a photo like reproduction of the disc label.

Automated disc printer auto loaders can keep up with the output of towers. You just stack in the printable discs and the automated printer does the rest. Depending on the technology employed it can go very fast with the automated disc printer solution.

Tower DVD Duplicators and automated DVD duplicators provide an excellent means of producing one master of many files or producing many copies of one master.

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