Big Changes at Rimage / Qumu

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Qumu, formally known as Rimage, sold off all of its disc publishing assets to Minneapolis based Equus Holdings for and all cash deal of $23 million. This transaction is subject to certain closing conditions like shareholder approval and buyer financing

 Should be an interesting transition. We will keep you posted on how this may affect support of your current Rimage printers and duplicators.

 After listening to the conference call this morning it appears Qumu is relieved to divest the disc publishing business from their operations in order to focus all their efforts on their video streaming business.

Stay tuned for updates and relevant information related to the disc publishing and digital delivery market with Techware Distribution.

Damaged Rimage Prism Printheads

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Take a look at the picture of this damaged and now unusable Rimage Prism print head. Notice the damage to the gold colored area of this particular printhead. This damaged occurred when 2 or more silver lacquer discs stuck together when picked from the output bin of the Rimage robot. One of the CDs ended up getting wedged in the printhead causing the printhead to fail and the ensuing damage.

prism printhead - damagedAll Rimage printers are designed so only 1 disc is to be loaded into the printer at a time. When multiple discs are placed on the printer tray, damage is a real possibility. No Bueno.

Prism printheads cost over $600 just for the part (labor is additional). A very expensive price to pay for using cheaper and lesser quality CD-r and DVD-r disc media.

Call Techware @ 952-944-0083 x13 if you have experienced these types of problems as we can help you out with all of your cd/dvd printer and duplicator repair needs – specifically w/ Primera, Microboards and Rimage equipment.

LightScribe CD-r or DVD-r user? The end is nearing.

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It was great while it lasted, but the end of LightScribe disc technology is very near. The writing was on the wall starting over a year ago when tower duplicator manufacturers like Microboards stopped offering units with Lightscribe drives. Now Microboards is dropping their DVD version of the LightScribe product within the next 30 days. If you have a product requirement then now is the time to purchase a bunch before they are all sold out. We’re looking into other product options, but we wanted to let you know that this technology is close to being dead.

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This is the note from Microboards –

“Microboards Branded LightScribe DVD-/+R blank media – We’ve come to the end of our supply of DVD-R & DVD+R LightScribe media. We currently have about a 30-day supply left and will discontinue both skus once we have sold out (P/N’s LS-DVD-R-50Y & LS-DVD+R-50Y)”

From Wikipedia –

“Companies such as HP, Samsung, LaCie and LiteOn have discontinued or are phasing out LightScribe drives as of June 2013[5] with only LG still manufacturing drives.

As of the beginning of January 2014, LightScribe.com HP’s official LightScribe website has been removed. This has been replaced with the following message:

“Thank you for your interest in the LightScribe disc labeling technology. This website is no longer active. LightScribe software and disc utilities may be found on a number of public websites.”

 

Let us know if you have any questions or need to look into a buying a new CD printer.

Don’t Use Cheap Media in your Everest Printer

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Take a look at the picture a CD recovered from a Rimage Everest printer this past week. This is a prime example of what can and will happen when two or more discs stick together. Discs stick together typically if the manufacturing process is rushed or the correct precautions are not taken in the packaging and/or shipping process. These manufacturing short cuts are seen frequently in CD-r and DVD-r products made in Taiwan, China and India.damaged cd or dvd media

When the discs stick together, multiple discs are picked up by the Rimage picking mechanism. The sticky discs end up jamming up the printer itself and sometimes end up behind the closed printer tray or even below the tray. Damage occurs in this scenario, and typically expensive damage to the printhead ($1800+), inner cables and connectors, and sometimes even the printer tray has to be replaced ($900+).

The best way to avoid this is to use high quality CD and DVD media manufactured in Japan. Japanese manufacturers boast much higher quality controls than their counterparts in China and Taiwan. Discs made in Japan cost more than Chinese CDs/DVDs, but the long term value typically proves itself over time with lowered repair costs, labor costs, down time and shipping costs.

Brands like Taiyo Yuden and JVC work the best. Rimage also has its own brand also manufactured by JVC.

Rimage Everest 600 Printer Sale – Two for $9900

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2-everest-600s-NEWRimage just announced a great deal on their industry leading Everest 600 AutoPrinter. Get (2) Everest 600 Autoprinters for $9900. That is the lowest cost promotion Rimage has ever had for two of these industrial, high resolution CD/DVD/Blu-ray printers. Promotion runs from December 2, 2013 – March 14th, 2014.

This is proven technology as the Everest line of printers were first introduced in 2000. The Everest 600 printer is the 4th generation, and has been a strong performer since 2008. Previous Everest printers maxed out at 300×300 resolution or 90,000 dots/inch. The Everest 600 boosts 600×600, or 360,000 dots per square inch. That means the E600 printer has 4 times the sharpness. 4x the resolution/definition/clarity/detail as the Everest III and Everest II printers.

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Read a comprehensive Rimage Everest 600 review that we did a few years back.

These will sell quick, so orders will be filled on a 1st come 1st served basis.
Call us today for details!

1-800-295-0083 x-13
1-952-944-0083 x -13

Or email mike@techwaredist.com

We also sell gently used and refurbished Everest printers . Repair Everest printers & Prism printers, autoloaders and full Rimage systems.

 

Fast CD Printer Repair

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We have an interesting disc printer repair story to share with you this week. Yesterday, a longtime customer stopped in our office with an older PrismPlus printer that was in need of repair. The customer needed the printer back ASAP as he had numerous CD and DVD projects that he needed to complete this week.Rimage PrismPlus printer

 The Issue:

The Prism DVD printer was intermittently failing to print the bottom part of the disc. Essentially the printer stopped working about 1/3 of the way onto the disc.

Timeline:

10:15am – Printer is dropped off and checked in at Techware
10:45am – Our tech started work
11:30am – The printer was cleaned (needed badly), firmware was updated, and we replaced the disc detect strip
1:30pm – 250 test discs were printed using our test Rimage AutoPrinter II – all looked good
2:30pm – Our customer had the printer back at his shop up and printing discs perfectly

Now this repair story is a best case scenario, but it does happen this smoothly and quickly often. This is the kind of outstanding service that your get by being a Techware Distribution customer. It is what we strive for here at Techware.

Consider Techware for all of your disc printing, replication and duplication needs.

Rimage 5300n CD/DVD Equipment Sales and Support

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Are you a hospital, imaging lab or print shop that has a Rimage 5300n system that is in need of repair? Or would you like a back-up system or replacement? Have you been told5300N “no” or “not possible?” Or been told you have to upgrade to a new $15,000+ system?

Techware has better options for you.

Many of you may have Rimage systems that are private labeled by 3rd party companies like GE Medical, Siemens, Philips, Pacs Gear and many others.

We have pristine 5300n systems that look like the above picture (keep in your system may have a different model name or number) that can be easily integrated or swapped into your DICOM / PACS environment.

We also have plenty of spare parts for these Rimage 5300n systems – printheads, picker mechanisms, lift motors, embedded power supplies, embedded modules, sensors and more.

Call us at 1-800-295-0083 x-13 or fill out our contact form here  – http://www.techwaredist.com/equipment/models/rimage-5300n-publisher.php

Techware Duplication Room Featured Prominently in New Vinpower Spot!

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Untitled-2 copyIn “You can’t make this stuff up!” news we received an interesting marketing communication via email this morning. Now it wasn’t the copy in the subject that caught our eye, it wasn’t even the message in the body of the email.

Something made us double take – something looked familiar???

Oh yeah that’s what it is, the image used. You see that is our dupe room, we understand their wanting to highlight it – I mean it is impressive after all. The strange thing is, we don’t ever remember that particular technician operating our Microboards duplication towers.

So off I went to our graphic designers for answers.  They informed me that through some magical high tech program called Photoshop (magic as of yet unconfirmed) one could remove our beloved Kevin and replace him with some two bit imposter.

Don’t be fooled by imposters, if you want high quality & high capacity CD or DVD duplication contact us directly at 952-944-0083.

Or you could always contact Vinpower to see if they can “schedule” some time in our facility to complete your job (*don’t really do that).

Sony & Panasonic Join Forces to Create Next Optical Disc Format

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Sony Corporation (‘Sony’) and Panasonic Corporation (‘Panasonic’) today announced that they have signed a basic agreement with the objective of jointly developing a next-generation standard for professional-use optical discs, with the objective of expanding their archive business for long-term digital data storage.

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This is good news for early adopters of 4K televisions as well as the medical imaging community and data centers alike.  As data continues to grow the demand for a cheap long term storage alternative to magnetic storage is still robust.

With metered data from major ISPs and the cost of data pipes increasing day by day (looked at your cable/internet bill lately?) this is welcome news.

One must ponder if this sets up Sony/Panasonics solution for a HDD vs Bluray type battle with the optical disk currently being developed at General Electric? Clearly GE has a captivated audience in their healthcare imaging sector with the gigantic files associated with modern day MRI/PET and CT scans.

Still the question remains- is the market big enough for two major players/formats?

Time will tell, for more updates about the current state of optical media and long term archival options such as CD/DVD, UDO and Magnetic Media please stop back often.

 

 

Rimage is now Qumu

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rimage now qumu copySignaling their commitment to the growth and future viability of the online video market Rimage today announced the change of name.

Minneapolis, MN – June 17, 2013 – Rimage Corporation (NASDAQ: RIMG), the leader in secure multimedia content management and delivery solutions, today announced that it will change its name to Qumu Corporation. The change will take effect in the third quarter of 2013.

The name change reflects the company’s ongoing commitment to the growing multi-billion dollar market for enterprise video and rich content.

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Rimage or rather Qumu will continue to offer its award winning line up of CD/DVD/BluRay publishers under the Rimage name.  The name change will take effect in Q3 2013.

For more information and up to date news on the state of the disc publishing market please bookmark our site or stop back often.

To learn more or purchase a Rimage CD or DVD Publisher.