DVD burners and duplicators

Are there any DVD duplicators that can also double as a burner to burn DVD's directly from my G4? And if so, will it work with DVD Studio Pro? With iDVD? With Disk Utility? I still use the superdrive in my G4. It works but of course is slow.

I recently picked up a Primera SE to make printing on discs easier (got tired of dealing with my other printer) and the print quality is really good. They have a few different models and DiscMakers lists some duplicators here
http://www.discmakers.com/duplicators/automated/
I did not set this one up on my G4 but I beleive it works with them also. A bit pricey, but so far pretty happy (and I am also using it for one-offs also). It is has a Pioneer 112 in it and the SE handles up to 20 discs a job. Has a couple of quirks, but overall I really like it. It comes with software to burn jobs (and which you need to generally run the machine) and it is seen as a burner in DVD SP on my MacPro, though I have not run it that way. I usually make an .img and mount it or just use the Software that came with it for VIDEOTS/AUDIOTS folders. It will also burn other types of media, such as CDs, Data etc.
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