Microboards DX-1 Print & Burn DVD/CD Duplicator
October 17, 2005
Chanhassen, MN - Microboards is shipping a new disc creation system ($2,995) with a high-speed DVD/CD recorder and industrial printing technology from HP. Included is custom label design and recording software.
Co-developed with Hewlett Packard, the DX-1 uses large-capacity ink cartridges to lower the cost-per-disc in ink by up to 60%, according to Microboards, and the company says it offers the highest image resolution and throughput in discs per hour available in a single drive solution.
“We wanted to address the entry-level market for printing & recording discs in a single unit”, said Mitch Ackmann, Microboards’ President and COO. “And the DX-1 achieves the desired balance between needs for compactness, low consumable cost, and reliable operation.”
The system includes a publisher with full automation, printing, and recording capabilities, as well as software for label design and recording. The unit features 16X DVD recording and 48X CD recording, and the companys says it supports virtually every disc format for CD and DVD, including the dual layer DVD standard. Microboards says they have perfected and patented gravity feeding ‘singulation’ technology, which loads and unloads CDs with minimal moving parts and in a small area.
“The partnership between Microboards and HP has been ideal”, said Clay Higgins, HP Specialty Printing Systems’ Director of Sales and Marketing. “Marrying Microboards’ patented media handling technology with HP’s inkjet technology has now resulted in three significant, market leading products. We expect the DX-1 to be quickly adopted, like the PF-2 and DX-2 before.”
“HP’s inkjet technology enabled us to provide a solution that is both the highest quality print and the lowest cost-per-disc” said Ackmann. “That’s a winning combination in any technology, and a difficult one to achieve.”
Microboards says the integrated disc printer is capable of up to 4800 dpi printing in full color. The companys says that the unit can print up to 75 discs per hour, dependant on coverage and resolution, and ink consumption costs as little as $.05 to $.15 per disc.
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