Sidekick NK50V Printer-Attached Disc Autoloader

If you often burn CD or DVD by a multiple-drive manual duplicator but print your discs one by one, you may like to know this device.

Ain't like a typical robotic burn-and-print duplicator or a automatic print-only disc printer with a printer embedded, this device is actually more like a small disc auotloader module. It doesn't have to a printer installed with it, but you need to have a compatible Epson inkjet printer. And, I have an Epson T50 which is compatible with Sidekick NK50V.

The installation is very simple. Basically, you just attach the disc loader module to the printer and connect the cables to PC, printer and power.

Attach NK50V to the printer:

Place both the printer and NK50V on the original product stand included.

Find the “tracks” on both sides of the printer's paper output slot, aim and push NK50V in along the tracks to connect the two devices.

Connect the cables:

It has three cables including USB to PC, USB to Printer and Power cables.

Install MyNK50V:

Turn on your PC, printer and Sidekick, then install MyNK50V to your PC. Basically MyNK50V is like a driver which you have to keep it open when you want to print. The actual operation is still on Epson's printer software.

When everything is ready, load a pile of printable discs (up to 100 discs), edit your image and set number of copy on Epson's printer software, then NK50V will print the discs one by one until the input loader has no disc. It will send out the finished discs from the back of the device. You have to make sure you've placed a bin underneath the output.

The printing quality is up to the printer, ink and the printable discs, so, using good quality of consumables is recommended..

In addition, it has optional software MultiNK50V which is for volume users. With the software, you can connect 6 sets of them on the same PC, I don't have a copy though.

Ripping Multiple Music CDs with Nimbie NB11

If you're looking for an easy to rip music CD, you must continue to read...I'd like to share a good stuff with you.

I've bought a really cool device. If you've many music CD collections to rip, you may be interested. The kind of system is probably often known as “disc automated duplicator”, nor did I know it actually can be used for music CD ripping. What's so cool is that it can continuously rip a pile by itself..

First I only needed a disc duplicator with robotic mechanism for making disc copies. Those types usually don't required a PC, but I decided to buy a PC-Connected model because it comes with a set application software. Other than making disc copies, HDD data to disc and so on, there's a tool that can co-work with iTunes or Windows Media Player for disc ripping.

Anyways, straight to the point and let's see how it works...

1. Fit and secure the 4 foot stands underneath the device.
   

2. Connect the Power and USB to PC cables.

3. Turn on the power, install the driver and software from the enclosed application disc.
   
   
4. Load up a number of music CD you'd like to rip into the disc input bin (data side down).

5. Open QQripper, choose iTunes or Windows Media Play (I used iTunes) and select your preferences by checking the boxes.

6. After all is done, press “Ripping” button. Nimbie NB11 will begin loading the first music CD and ripping. Right now you can witch to iTunes to see the work process.. When it's finished, Nimbie will output the disc and continue to load second music CD and repeat the same until the input bin is empty.

By the way, if a disc failed to read and rip, it will be dropped off from the “reject disc output slot” underneath the machine.

By the way, I'm not sure if it supports MAC users...