Nexis 100AP Publishing System

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MegaDETH
Senior Moderator and Senior Reviewer
Article posted 04 Jan 08 19:44

System Features

 

 

System Features:

 


The specifications of the Nexis 100AP Publishing System were found at the XLNT Idea website.

 

Features

  • DiscWorks: The Nexis 100AP makes auto printing easy. With the included Disc Studio™ Labeling software you simply send a print job and the Nexis 100AP will automatically insert a CD/DVD/BD for printing. No additional software required. You can also use your favorite labeling program.
  •   Ink: The NEXIS 100AP also uses low cost non-proprietary inkjet cartridges available at virtually any office products store. Making the cost per finished disc lower than the competition. This provides the end user with the most cost effective solution but best of all no more worrying about running out of ink.
     
  •   Flexibility: The NEXIS 100AP is perfect for the duplication of amateur or commercial CD/ DVD/BD, software and music titles as well as time-critical applications such as data distribution, digital photo processing, service bureaus and kiosks.
     
  •   Speed: In standardized testing, NEXIS 100AP burns up to 50 discs per hour making it faster than most other models. The secret is our independently mounted disc transport robotics. With the ability to move disc’s while printing the NEXIS 100AP achieves the highest throughput with fewer drives.
     
  •   100 Disc Capacity: The Nexis 100AP comes standard with 50 disc hoppers. However you can easily double you’re per session disc capacity with the available 100 Disc Capacity adapter.
     
  •   Media Options: The Nexis 100AP not only prints on standard 120mm disc but can also print on a wide variety of disc media such as business card discs. Optional adapter kit required. Expand your media choices!
     

Now we will take a look at what the Nexis 100AP Publishing System came shipped with and take a look at the system itself.

What’s inside the box?


Let’s take a look at what comes with the System:

 

Top View

 

Rear View with Power and USB plugs

 

Built in Optiarc AD-5170A CD/DVD Burner

Bundle

As we can see, the system contains everything you need to get started:

  • Nexis 100AP Publishing System
  • USB2 Cable
  • Power Adaptor
  • Setup and Operation manual
  • Quick Setup Guide
  • Color and Black ink cartridges (Lexmark #26 and #16)
  • Driver and Software CD

 

Nexis 100AP driver and software CD

 

Next let’s take a look at our test machine and system requirements:

Test machine:


For this review we will be using a computer with the following configuration:

Hardware:

  •          Motherboard: Asus P5K Deluxe
  •          Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 3.7GHz
  •          RAM: 2x 1GB Patriot PC2-6400 DDR2
  •          Graphics Card: eVGA  8800GT Superclocked
  •          Sound: SoundMAX Digital HD Audio Onboard
  •          Hard disk: 2x 320GB – 1x 750GB SATA Seagate
  •          Operating System: Windows XP Professional with SP2

Required Hardware:

  •          Windows XP, 2000, 2003 Server and Vista (64-bit versions not supported)
  •           Pentium III 733Mhz CPU or equivalent
     
  •            512MB RAM, 1GB RAM for Vista
     
  •            DVD-ROM for software installation
     
  •            Free USB 2.0 port
     
  •            Graphics card with 64MB of RAM or more
     
  •            24-bit color is recommended for best video quality
     

 
Set-up:

Now we will need to set up the Nexis 100AP Publishing System. First we took out the foam shipping restraints and then plugged in our power and USB cables. Next we powered on our printing system and installed the drivers and software. Once that was completed, we then installed our print cartridges and aligned them using cartridge setup.

The whole procedure is outlined in the quick start guide. This very detailed guide was easy to follow and we had our review system setup and running literally within minutes.

Install start

Install finish

Before setup

After setup

On the next page we will take a closer look at the included software and system Performance


9 Comments

guest
Posts: 15284
Posted on: 09 Jan 08 18:26
Excellent product is what i can say about it as an user.
guest
Posts: 15284
Posted on: 09 Jan 08 21:10
WOW what a product. I can say XLNT is Excellent.
guest
Posts: 15284
Posted on: 25 Jun 08 14:30
The program keeps crashing on my computer - I'm running xp pro, have a Gateway Media Center SP2 - its a AMD 64x2 Dual core processor 4200+ 2.21 GHZ 1.87GB of Ram - someone told me its because its a 32bit software and won't run correctly with my AMD 64x2 - is that true? anything I can do about it?? :c
guest
Posts: 15284
Posted on: 27 Jun 08 22:47
Actually, it will run on 64 bit processor but what it can't run on is 64 bit operating system (64 bit vista or windows). It's easy to get these two mixed up though.
darkhelmet
Posts: 5
Posted on: 28 Oct 08 20:36
After realizing I purchased the wrong unit (printer and not publisher) and after burning through 5 disc without a good (not great) alignment, I am in the process of returning the unit to Amazon. This was a mission critical component and no one picked up at XLNT tech support - I will look at the Rimage line instead.
darkhelmet
Posts: 5
Posted on: 28 Oct 08 20:36
Duplicate - sorry.
This message was edited at: 28-10-2008 20:37
guest
Posts: 15284
Posted on: 30 Oct 08 06:55
Don't go with the Rimage. Wal-Mart uses them in their PhotoCenter and they have software/firmware issues all the time that keep them from running consistently. Customers and technicians are both frustrated. Other brands are more stable in the software and firmware arena.
darkhelmet
Posts: 5
Posted on: 27 Jan 09 07:18
Thanks Terry. I returned the crappy Nexus and purchased a Epson Discproducer - WOW! Not so much because the Nexus was just a piece of junk, but the Epson knocked out 1500 disc for me in several hours without one coaster. Well worth the extra 2k. Still wondering what machine was used for the review and how all these people produced anything decent with the Nexus, which is also branded by Synergy and another as the Systor DiscMaster. Even funnier, any other reviews I found on the Web gave this thing awful ratings. Hmmm...
guest
Posts: 15284
Posted on: 10 Jun 09 16:08
I got this Nexis printer which is amazing and i burnt more than 300 CD's without any problem. I would recommend everybody to buy it.

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