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Verbatim Releases New Range of Rimage Desktop CD/DVD

Announcement posted by Verbatim 15 Apr 2003

Featuring Liberty- New HP Enabled Print Technology
_ Completely updated to meet the needs of an ever-growing marketplace: The new desktop line features a fresh look, increased disc capacity, updated software and new configurations to meet the needs of its diverse, and expanding customer base. While the product has been significantly enhanced, each Desktop CD or DVD publisher continues to offer networkability, unique publishing and duplication capabilities, world-class software, reliable automation, ease of use, quick and simple setup, and the versatility of a wide variety of configurations tailored to the specific needs of any given environment.
_ Versatility Specific Solutions for Specific Environments: The Desktop Publishers are available in configurations 1, 2 or 4 recorders, with choices of CD, DVD or both. The 1500, comes with 1 or 2 CD or DVD drives, removable spindle based disc output, and a 100 disc capacity. The 4500 has 120 disc capacity and a rotating 3-bin carousel that can be configured for simultaneous CD and DVD production, and comes with your choice of 2 or 4 drives with CD, DVD or both.
_ Liberty Thermal Inkjet Printing Technology: As part of a total CD/DVD production solution, each Desktop Publisher features world-class label printing. Every new Desktop Publisher is equipped with the new HP-enabled Liberty inkjet printer. Providing the industries highest 4800 dpi printing and the largest number of prints per cartridge, the Liberty represents a major development in inkjet printing. With built in HP Colour RET industry standard colour management, and the smallest 4 pico-litre droplet size, Liberty provides a stunning photo-quality output with fast drying time and reduced colour bleed.
_ PC and Mac Interface: The new Desktop units will also feature an updated version of the OfficeNET software suite, which now has a java based client application and API tools for multiplatform environments, including Windows, Mac, Linux and Unix environments.
_ Pricing: Pricing for the Desktop Series is from $8999 for the Desktop 1500 with 1 CD-R Drive and the Liberty printer.
The introduction of the new Desktop line allows us to bring forward a product possessing the feature sets necessary to shape and grow this emerging Office/Desktop market. Features like multi-platform support, increased disc capacity, performance, networkability, a wide-variety of configurations all these are built into the Desktop line specifically for their ability to adapt to these markets as they grow and their needs change, said Callum Hingston, Hardware Product Manager at Verbatim Australia and New Zealand.