Jobs can be sent in the form of disc image files to the Network Server service with the Padus Network Console. The console supports drag-and-drop capabilities for supported file types.

Once a disc image has been dropped onto the console (or by using File » Send image file), you will be prompted for other options.

CD/DVD label

The disc label file to be printed by an available disc printer. Supported file formats include Windows Bitmap (.BMP), JPEG, and raw printer data files (.PRN).

Copies

The number requested discs. A messaged will be displayed if account privileges do not allow for certain values.

Speed

The write speed for this job. A messaged will be displayed if account privileges do not allow for certain values.

Support

Disc type for this job. A messaged will be displayed if account privileges do not allow for certain values.

Text overlay

A simple overlay of Arial, 12pt text centered at the lower region of the disc. New lines can be created by using the | (pipe) character.

Optimize speed

This option will enabled drive specific technologies like JustSpeed™, PoweRec™, or PoweRec II™ for optimum writing speed control to disc media. These technologies will fetch the ATIP information from the blank media, determine speed information by doing a test write to the OPC area of the disc, and check for disc precision before writing to the blank disc. This option may result in varying times for writing to discs as it automatically adjusts the speed during the writing process, but vastly improve quality of the recorded disc. This option will not appear for drives that do not feature these writing technologies.

Maximize quality

This option will enable drive specific technologies like Audio Master™, Audio Master HQ™, or VariRec™ for high quality writing. By optimizing the laser power and limiting the writing speed to nothing higher than 8x speed, these technologies vastly improve the quality of the resulting disc. Changes in the writing speed will significantly slow down the time to write a disc. This option will not appear for drives that do not feature these writing technologies.

RAW write

RAW write will disable the automatic hardware regeneration of error correction codes and reproduce the source data "as is" using, whenever possible (not all recorders allow this option), the RAW recording method. When this option is selected, DiscJuggler will read and write blocks and associated sub-codes transparently without interfering with their content.

Checking this box can be useful if intentional discrepancies between the error detection encoding and user data are present in the source. However, this option should be used with extreme caution since DiscJuggler cannot detect legitimate read errors when operating in this mode.

TAO write

Selecting this option will force the server service to write discs in Track-At-Once (TAO). TAO forces a 2 seconds gap between tracks and adds a few additional unreadable blocks at the beginning and at the end of each track. The server service uses by default Session-At-Once (SAO) when supported by your drive. Use TAO recording method only if for any reason your CD-R/RW drive is not working in SAO Disc-At-Once (DAO) writing.

PQ

When this option is selected the server service will not regenerate/correct PQ sub-code data, but will instead use whatever data was provided by the source image. This is only possible if the writing drive is capable of recording in RAW mode. This option should be used with extreme caution since not all the writing drives can return valid PQ data, in which case the resulting CD will be unreadable.

CD-TEXT

Checking this option will instruct the server service to write information such as the name of the album, the artist, and the track titles when writing Audio CDs.

R-W (CD+G)

R-W sub-codes are 96 extra bytes of user data "logically" attached to every sector of a CD. These 96 bytes were originally intended to store text and low-quality graphics for display during audio playback. Very few CDs use this extra space; and just as the case with ISRC and UPC codes, not all CD-ROM drives can read these areas and not all writing drives can write them. Furthermore, due to these extra 96 bytes per block, the total data throughput required will be ~ 4% higher than normal. See the Optical Disc Recording & Data Throughput section in the Advanced Concepts chapter for more information on this topic.

Add post-gap

Checking this option adds a two second gap to the end of a disc image that was not been created by DiscJuggler. If you create discs without adding a two second post-gap, some drives can accidentally step on the lead-out area while trying to read files recorded at the end of the disc, resulting in read errors.