BookType Setting

The RICOH MP5316DA allows the booktype setting to be changed, since it actually uses NEC based firmware routines. While there are a few utilities that can be used to change the booktype setting, unfortunately only DVD+R DL changes are supported for now.

Using the latest DVDInfoPro software, we were able to see the default setting for the drive which was DVD-ROM for Double Layer media.

We then successfully changed the booktype setting to DVD+R DL.

We then used the WinBType booktype setting utility. Again, we had no problem changing the default booktype to DVD+R DL and the back again to DVD-ROM.