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MBM BC-12 Tabletop Card Cutter
There are a lot of business card cutters on the market, but if you’re going to get a machine that cuts cards, why limit yourself to a business card sized cut? MBM designed the BC-12 Tabletop Card Cutter to give your office some versatility for in-house jobs. It’s perfect for business cards, post cards, digital photos, checks, and more.
How is it Used?
If you’re mainly interested in the business card function, the BC-12 Tabletop Card Cutter will cut 12 standard size business cards per page (up to 60 cards per minute) – which is pretty fast. However, you’ll also find 10 other pre-set cutting modes and quick-change cartridges to switch out easily (without tools) for different cutting formats. Like other MBM models, this one is quiet and compact. It will soon become your favorite machine in the office.
And How Much Does it Cost
The BC-12 Tabletop Card Cutter is $5,350 at Lloyd’s. We’ll throw in free shipping and a gift with your purchase.
MBM BC-10 Tabletop Business Card Cutter
Stop outsourcing your business cards! Save some cash and the hassle of placing orders every time somebody runs out or a new employee joins the ranks. The MBM BC-10 Tabletop Business Card Cutter is such a great asset, you’ll want to name yours and give it a business card of its own.
How is it Used?
Print out your business cards on your in-house printer on the stock of your choice and load them into the BC-10 Tabletop Card Cutter for trimming and cut 10-up. This little powerhouse will give you an accurate cut every time. It’s got quick and easy set-up and adjustment, and the control panel features a LED 4 digit counter with addition and preset subtraction functions. It’s compact and quiet enough to run in your office’s common work area. I would put it next to the copy machine.
And How Much Does it Cost
MBM BC-10 Tabletop Business Card Cutter is $4,229 at Lloyd’s. We’ll throw in free shipping and a gift with your purchase.
Five Tools Print Shops Can Use to Improve Profitability
You can run a print shop with an off-set press or a digital printer, but you can’t run a profitable shop unless you bring in-house the tools that will help you take projects to completion. It’s one thing to print pages, but what if your customer wants you to bind them? You printed 5,000 sales letters, but now the customer wants to take them somewhere else for mailing? You’re losing out on some valuable revenue by not having a couple extra machines around your office. Add extra profitability to your shop by offering each of these services.
- UV Coaters. Adding a UV Coater will give you the capability to apply hi-gloss, satin or matte coating almost on any printed sheet. There are many configurations to the available coaters on the market. Sizes range from 18” to 30” with a modular design to allow for added components like automatic feeders. This is also an environmentally friendly way to apply a finish to your printing. There’s even one line of UV coating that is 99.9% VOC free – exceeding all environmental air quality regulations. Add that to your marketing and get some new green-minded customers.
- Binding Machinery. Whether it’s low volume presentation binding or high volume commercial applications, binding machinery is a low-cost, yet crucial component to a successful shop. Prepare a presentations or proposals, books or newsletters with the look and feel your customers desire by having available comb, coil, wire or perfect binding. If you bind it, they will come.
- Letter Folders. Add fulfillment services to your shop. Every office needs to send mailed statements, invoices and other marketing material. If it’s going out in a traditional envelope style, there’s a folder to automate the process. These machines fold thousands of sheets per hour. There are tabletop models for low volume or floor models for high volume, but they’re all easy to setup and operate.
- Document Mailing Equipment. While you’re folding some projects, you might as well run an inserter for others. Save time and money by speeding up your mail processing. Inserters and pressure sealers keep your jobs in a neat sequential order so they’re ready for outgoing mail bins. Some inserters can fold and stuff up to five different sheets and BRE’s at 4,000 sheets per hour. Plus, a pressure sealer adds a whole new product type to your offerings.
- Laminators. Laminating adds durability and professionalism to any printing project. Toner, ink jet and UV inks alone are not very durable, but by adding even a thin laminate coating you can prevent ink cracking and insures a long handling life to a piece. Lamination also adds to the look and feel of your work You can impress customers and upsell projects like printing for photos, charts, posters and signage.
Improve your profits by adding to your catalog of finishing services. Lloyds of Indiana has competitive prices and a variety of models in each of these categories.
Formax FD 572 Cut-Sheet Cutter
If you’ve ever needed to perforate your own checks, coupons, tickets, or membership cards, the Formax FD 572 Cut-Sheet Cutter is what your office needs. This cutter will feed your pre-printed sheets — up to 50 per minute — and cut, slit, or perforate them in the desired position.
If you need a membership card embedded inside a welcome letter, a perforated coupon on a sales letter, or even want to print your own checks and receipts, this is the machine for you.
How is it Used?
The Formax FD 572 has 6 pre-programmed paper cutting sizes, including: 8.5” into 1, 2, 3 or 4 even cuts 11” into 1, 2, 3 or 4 even cuts; 14” into 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 even cuts. This is ideal for use with checks, coupons, tickets, notices, membership cards and labels. There are 100 memory selections available for custom cutting operations.
And How Much Does it Cost
The Formax FD 572 Cut-Sheet Cutter is $6,650 at Lloyd’s. We’ll throw in free shipping and a gift with your purchase.
Scrapbooking with the Right Paper Cutter
Scrapbooking is a great hobby. It’s creative, relaxing, and sometimes social. Most importantly, it’s a process that creates a tangible record of our lives. So, whether you’re making a scrapbook of your wedding, or a chronicle of the last 40 years, you’ll want tools to do the job right. The first essential tool is a quality precision paper cutter.
Roll With It
You’re investing in this hobby, right? Printing quality pictures, buying different paper and accessories, special pens, and those little thingies that hold the pictures to the paper. The last thing you want is to ruin a picture of Great Aunt Ruth with a dull paper cutter. And, you would hate to waste a piece of that pricey acid-free paper with a mis-measured cut.
I’ve seen the cutters you can get through the scrapbooking club. They’re tiny! There are others available at hobby stores that use a little razor like blade, that dull after just one creative session. To do this right, and to save money, you need a rotary cutter.
Good rotary cutters slide effortlessly on a rail system. The blade depth is adjustable and it’s sharp enough to cut through not just paper, but newsprint, cardboard, plastic films, vellum, aluminum foil, vinyl, and whatever else your creative brain comes up with. And, you don’t just need a sharp blade, you need one that stays sharp (without costly replacements), yet safe enough to have in a house with kids. Plus, your rotary cutter needs to be big enough to hold your project, and should include measurement guides to reference.
You’re creating something to be enjoyed by generations of people in your family. Don’t waste money on something that won’t last, and may ruin parts of your project. Invest in a quality rotary cutter from Lloyds of Indiana to get the job done right every time.