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Disc Limit Tool
M00077000
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Trademarks
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information and mishandling the product may cause it to fail or malfunction.
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Screens Appearing in this Guide
The Windows screens appearing in this guide are Windows 8 screens.
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About this Software
PP-100II Disc Limit Tool is software to limit writing with EPSON Total Disc Maker (software included with the
PP-100II) onto only the types of discs you specify.
• Up to 5 types for each CD/DVD/BD can be specified as writable discs.
• If you issue a job to write on a disc other than specified ones when the setting is enabled, a disc type error
occurs and the job pauses.
Software Operating Requirements
The minimum hardware and software requirements for using this software are shown below.
• Windows 8.1 (32 bit/64 bit)
• Windows 8.1 Pro (32 bit/64 bit)
• Windows 8 (32 bit/64 bit)
• Windows 8 Pro (32 bit/64 bit)
• Windows 7 (32 bit/64 bit SP1 or later)
∗ Home Premium/Professional/Enterprise/Ultimate
• Windows Vista (32 bit/64 bit SP2 or later)
∗ Home Basic/Home Premium/Business/Enterprise/Ultimate
• Windows XP (32 bit SP3 or later)
∗ Home Edition/Professional
Operating System
• Windows Server 2012 R2 (64 bit)
∗ Standard/Essentials
• Windows Server 2012 (64 bit)
∗ Standard/Essentials
• Windows Server 2008 R2 (64 bit SP1)
∗ Standard/Enterprise
• Windows Server 2008 (32 bit/64 bit SP2 or later)
∗ Standard/Enterprise
• Windows Server 2003 R2 (32 bit SP2 or later)
∗ Standard/Enterprise
• Windows Server 2003 (32 bit SP2 or later)
∗ Standard/Enterprise
CPU
Windows 8.1
Windows 8
Windows 7
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003 R2
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2008
• When DVD drives are installed:
Intel Pentium 4 (or compatible processor) 1.4 GHz or
faster processor
• When BD drives are installed:
Core DuoT2700/Core2Duo E6300 or faster processor (or
compatible processor)
• When DVD drives are installed:
Intel Pentium 4 (or compatible processor) 2.0 GHz or
faster processor
• When BD drives are installed:
Core DuoT2700/Core2Duo E6300 or faster processor (or
compatible processor)
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Windows 8.1 64 bit
Windows 8 64 bit
Windows 7 64 bit
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2008
2 GB or more
Memory
HDD available
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Windows 8.1 32 bit
Windows 8 32 bit
Windows 7 32 bit
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003 R2
Windows Server 2003
Windows 8.1 64 bit
Windows 8 64 bit
Windows 7 64 bit
Windows 8.1 32 bit
Windows 8 32 bit
Windows 7 32 bit
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2012
1GB or more
• When DVD drives are installed: 512 MB or more
• When BD drives are installed:
• When DVD drives are installed: 30 GB or more
• When BD drives are installed: 100 GB or more
• When DVD drives are installed: 26 GB or more
• When BD drives are installed: 100 GB or more
• When DVD drives are installed: 25 GB or more
• When BD drives are installed: 100 GB or more
• When DVD drives are installed: 10 GB or more
• When BD drives are installed: 100 GB or more
170 GB or more
1 GB or more
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2003 R2
Windows Server 2003
HDD rotation speed 7200 rmp or more
Display
Interface
Software
Other
• When DVD drives are installed: 50 GB or more
• When BD drives are installed: 100 GB or more
• When DVD drives are installed: 12. 9GB or more
• When BD drives are installed: 100 GB or more
XGA (1024 x 768 pixels) or higher
65,536 colors or more
USB 3.0 or USB 2.0
• Compatible with USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 standard
• Ensure Super-Speed USB or Hi-Speed USB performance
The following software must be installed.
• Windows Media Player 6.4 or later
• EPSON Total Disc Maker Ver 6.0 or later
Making music CD: Requires sound device with appropriate
driver installed.
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How to Start the Tool
Notes
Double-click on DiscLimit.exe file to start the tool.
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Log on the PC with a “computer administrator” account (user who has administrator
authority). The tool cannot be started if you log on without administrator authority.
When the User Account Control screen is displayed, click Allow. When asked for an
administrator password, enter the password to proceed with operation.
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How to Set
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Disc information is required to specify writable discs. There are two methods to specify discs, depending on the
reading methods of disc information.
❏ Read from a drive
Reads information of a disc loaded in a drive to specify it as a writable disc.
U Read from a drive (page 6)
❏ Read from a setting file
Reads disc information from a setting file created in advance to specify writable discs. You can specify even more
than one as writable discs at the same time.
U Read from a setting file (page 8)
Read from a drive
Follow the steps below to specify a disc loaded on a drive as a writable disc.
To specify more than one disc, repeat steps 1 to 6 for each disc.
Load a blank disc you want to specify as a writable type of disc in the drive of the PC.
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Start the tool.
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U How to Start the Tool (page 5)
Click Import.
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Select the drive in which the disc is loaded, and then click Import.
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After the disc information is displayed, confirm that the checkbox for Enable writable
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disc specification. is checked, and then click Apply.
Click OK.
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The setting is now complete.
Clicking Export a file after the setting is complete exports a setting file.
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Read from a setting file
Notes
Follow the steps below to specify writable discs by reading a setting file.
Prepare a setting file.
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Clicking Export a file after specifying a disc loaded on a drive as a writable disc (U "Read
from a drive" on page 6) is complete creates a setting file.
Start the tool.
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U How to Start the Tool (page 5)
Click Read a file, and then open the setting file.
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After the disc information is displayed, confirm that the checkbox for Enable writable
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disc specification is checked, and then click Apply.
Click OK.
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The setting is now complete.
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How to Disable the Setting
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➁
Notes
Follow the steps below to disable the specification for writable discs.
Start the tool.
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U How to Start the Tool (page 5)
Uncheck the checkbox for Enable writable disc specification, and then click Apply.
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Click OK.
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The setting is now disabled.
• After the setting is disabled, checking the checkbox for Enable writable disc specification
enables the setting again.
• To delete the setting information, with the [Select the file and then execute.] command,
select DiscLimit.exe, input “ (space)/r” after the file name, and execute it.
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