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Appendix A: PlexWriter Specifications
Minimum System Requirements
Computer
Pentium 200-MHz CPU or faster.
Minimum RAM
64 MB
Hard disk size
Minimum 800 MB. 1 GB of free space required to write to
a CD in Image mode
Operating system
Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows XP, or Windows
2000. (USB storage driver from Plextor CD must be
installed to enable operation on Windows 98 SE.)
USB port
Version 2.0 or 1.1
Recommended Media
CD-R: 8X, 4X, 2X
TDK, Taiyo Yuden, Mitsui Chemicals, Ricoh, Kodak, Fuji
Photo Film, Maxell, Mitsubishi Chemical, Pioneer
CD-RW: 8X–4X
Ricoh, Mitsubishi Chemical
(All are rewritable up to 1,000 times.)
CD-RW: 4X–2X
Mitsubishi Chemical, Ricoh, TDK
(All are rewritable up to 1,000 times.)
Supported Media
Supported Media,
Stamped CD
Red, Yellow Book-compliant discs
Supported Media, CD-R
Orange Book Pt II-compliant discs (Type 74, Type 80)
Supported Media,
CD-RW
Orange Book Pt III-compliant discs
Supported Media Size
12 cm
Usable Formats
Logical CD Read/Write
CD-DA; CD-ROM (Mode 1); CD-ROM XA (Mode 2: form
1 or form 2 and mixed form); CD-ROM (Mixed Mode);
Photo CD; Video CD; CD-I (MPEG movies); CD-Extra
(CD-Plus); CD+G; CD Text
Writing Modes
Track-at-Once, Disc-at-Once, Session-at-Once,
Multisession, Incremental packet writing (fixed and
variable packets)
Disc Diameter
12-cm diameter: Recording time 74 min, 79 min.
8-cm diameter: When using an 8-cm disc, maximum read
speed is 18x CAV, maximum record speed is 4X