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The software now lets a business or a company department share a single Disc Publisher II, Disc Publisher Pro, or XR-series duplication and printing system. Primera Managing Director Andreas Hoffmann cited various advantages of using only one system: “Costs and service effort are naturally much lower than if every individual computer has a burner. In addition, burn and print jobs for the entire network can be coordinated automatically and more effectively at one device and, if necessary, logged in an audit-proof manner.”
The network version of PTPublisher is especially suitable for companies or departments. Optical media are mainly used for long-term data backup or for creating professional corporate presentations. IT companies in particular also frequently distribute new versions of their software on CD, DVD, and, more recently, Blu-ray.
To benefit from the new PTPublisher NE software, the user must install a server license on the PC for each device intended to act as a network publisher. If several Primera devices are to be integrated into the network, such a server license must be purchased for each one. For €399, the PTPublisher NE software package includes an unlimited number of client licenses. “In terms of cost, this puts us at around half of what the direct competition charges for a server license with five clients,” Hoffmann reported. Interested users could download both a fully functional 30-day trial version and the purchase version at http://www.primera-europe.eu.
