About 4 months ago I had an "accidental encounter" with a site that offered an operating manual (.pdf) for a possibly similar setup called the "PoINT Publisher." My impression, based on the manual is that it's somewhat larger (300(?) disk magazines, in multi mag turret) than the Primera, but it might serve as a comparison. The manual was pretty detailed, so it might be helpful even for other machines, since it gives step-by-step walkthrough of the PoINT "suite" of software and seems to cover all the steps.

Unfortunately, the site I got it from is not responding now. I can't tell whether it's been shut down or just is temporarily offline. The only thing Google brings up for PoINT today is one 2-page sales flyer in English and a whole bunch of sites in German (or Dutch?).

For reference, the site where I got the .pdf op manual was:

http://www.storageminds.com/point/point_folders/folders/publisher_manual.pdf

The English 2-page brocure was at:

PoINT Spec

I do still have a copy of the manual, .pdf @ 1,587 KB, and could email as an attachment if you'd like to PM me an email addy and can receive attachments of that size.

On the other end of the scale, a recent "First Look" review at PC Magazine claimed that one of the major "consumer electronics" makers now has a "photo inkjet printer" out that can print direct on CDs. I believe the maker was Epson and the price was in the low $-hundred US (under $300, I think). I don't believe that it included a burner, and it was a "photo archive" setup rather than for music CDs. Perhaps best considered just an indicator of the direction the market's moving.

During the recent flap over deterioration of CDs (as archival media) I did encounter several complaints about inconsistent "printableness" of CDs. I suspect that the quality is "good enough," since people are doing it; but those printing in large quantities are very conscious of "consistency," and the standards organizations have not produced really useful criteria for printable CD coatings. You might want to look at availability of consistently printable disk blanks as a side issue here, or at least get some input on reject rates from someone who's doing it.

John