Network-wide and high availability publishing of CD/DVD and Blu-ray discs

By the intuitive graphical user interface of the Windows-client-application of PoINT Publisher NG media can be copied, new data CD/DVD and Blu-ray discs,  Audio CDs, Video CD/DVD and Blu-ray discs or print jobs can be created and sent to the server. Additionally, the production and device status can be monitored network-wide. Moreover, web clients can both send production jobs and control the production status by a browser - and thereby even via internet – to a server. Consequently, the comprehensive functionality of PoINT Publisher NG is  now also available for Mac and UNIX user.

One production system is often not sufficient to produce the requested number of media in a  pre-defined period of time. “Local Load-Balancing“ already offers the possibility to control multiple production systems from one PoINT Publisher NG server locally and to automatically assign new jobs to the production system with the shortest job list. Thanks to the new “Networked Load-Balancing“ several PoINT Publisher NG server and the production systems controlled thereby can be managed centrally from one control server in the network. New jobs are assigned to the system which is likely to finish the job first. An automated division of a high volume job into multiple smaller jobs is also supported. In case of a production system failure, the jobs assigned to this production system are automatically distributed to the remaining systems. Thanks to PoINT Publisher NG „Networked Load-Balancing“ a high availability media production environment is implemented.

Event Controlled Recording (ECR), a method both developed and named by PoINT, includes the network-wide usage of CD/DVD and Blu-ray disc production systems, even in heterogeneous environments. Files to be published are copied to a specific folder of a file system and recorded to media according to definable rules. The discs are printed afterwards.

Besides ECR also the Batch Interface of PoINT Publisher NG can be used for a seamless integration of media production into an existing workflow. All details like media content, print file and further job attributes can be defined in a project file and transmitted to the server by using a plain script language. Thus applications like “Patient CD”, “Direct Marketing” or “Just-In-Time Production” can be implemented as efficient and professional as required.