See CD label printer and DVD duplicator. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.

Creating CDs and CD-ROMs by writing blank CD-R discs in a CD-R drive on a personal computer or by using a CD duplicator. Contrast with CD replication. See CD duplicator. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR ...

So he set to work building his own automatic CD ripper/duplicator. Right off the bat he had several specifications for the build. He wanted it to be platform independent, reliable, and cheap to build.