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The Disc Duplicator M-Disc upgrade went well! Everything seems to work on a hardware level.

Next, I have to start installing and testing software:

I have a low-level USB library in Python that I got from AdaFruit that I'll be using to test the robotics codes I have in my notes.

I will have to find the instructions on installing the Lexmark Z600 driver that is supposed to work with this printer (and also understand how it works for disk printing).

And I suppose I will need some kind of python library for accessing the M-Disc burner, reading and writing media, and controlling the open/close of the disk tray from software.

Then I'll have to write the code to do the top-level control of those.

I'll first set these up to run from the command line (or the Python interactive interpreter). Ultimately, I want to be able to control it from a browser, so I can attach the duplicator to a different computer if I want to.

So after I get the low-level stuff working, I plan to create a little Flask web application. And it's a disc burner. Hence, my working project title, "Bunsen".

So, there's still many steps left. #FilmFreedom #Infrastructure #DiscDuplicator #M-Disc