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Lassco CR-50 Manual Corner Rounding Machine (CR-50)
The Lassco CR-50 Manual Corner Rounding Machine isn’t for everyone. If you’ve got a high-production print shop, and need to do a lot of cutting and corner rounding, the Lassco CR-50 is the one for you. It’s a floor model, so it’s made for durable, rugged use — the kind of tough use that a high-production shop can dish out.
How is it Used?
The Lassco CR-50 Manual Corner Rounding Machine is designed to cut everything from paper to plastic. It includes one standard cutting die (1/8″, 1/4″, 3/8″, 1/2″) unit of your choice, and there are 9 optional speciality dies from 1/16″ to 1-1/2″.
And How Much Does it Cost
The Lassco CR-50 Manual Corner Rounding Machine is $733.50 at Lloyd’s, and comes with a 1 year manufacturer’s warranty.
Lassco CR-60 Sign Makers Metal Corner Cutter (CR-60)
I don’t know what sign makers did before the Lassco CR-60 Sign Makers Metal Corner Cutter. (My friend, Three-Fingered Sal, says he knows, but he doesn’t like to talk about it.) But with the Lassco CR-60, sign makers can handle even the toughest sign making jobs, literally cutting corners up to 1.5″ in size.
How is it Used?
?The Lassco CR-60 Sign Makers Metal Corner Cutter is made of heavy steel, and has a shear capacity of up to .080 half hard aluminum, and has four die sizes available — .5″, .75″, 1″, and 1.5″ — so it can handle any sign size your customers throw at you.
And How Much Does it Cost
The Lassco CR-60 Sign Makers Metal Corner Cutter is $697 at Lloyd’s, and it comes with a 1 year manufacturer’s warranty.
Akiles Diamond 1 Manual Corner Rounding Machine
Corner rounding machines are great for, well, rounding corners. Sure, that doesn’t seem like much, but that can be important in print finishing when you want a professional looking card, document, or laminated sheet. The Akiles Diamond 1 Manual Corner Rounding Machine is great for doing
How is it Used?
?Not only can the Akiles Diamond 1 Manual Corner Rounding Machine cut through paper, but it wil cut through PVC, polyester, leather, and polypropylene. It’s ideal for rounding covers, pictures, laiminated IDs, and invitations. And the price is right for scrapbooking enthusiasts too. It has a 1 year warranty, and only weighs 5.5 pounds.
And How Much Does it Cost
The Akiles Diamond 1 is $134.95 at Lloyd’s.
Which Cutter is Best?
Whether in the classroom, the office or the studio, every workspace needs a paper cutter. Scissors just can’t compete with the clean, perfectly straight cut of a quality paper cutter. These tools come in two flavors, and it’s important to know the advantages of each before making a purchase.
Marie Antoinette Was NOT a Fan
You don’t have to be a French Revolutionary to enjoy a good guillotine cut. The guillotine cutter has one long blade arm that is pulled down to make a cut through stacks of paper. These are great if you’re cutting stacks of newsletters, invitations, postcards, placecards, pamphlets, reply devices, or handouts. Because these use heavy-duty blades, they are also typically a heavier unit for stability. They’re often equipped with a tabletop measurement guide clearly marked, and typical cuts are outlined on the surface. One of our models will cut up to 360 sheets of 20# paper in a single stroke.
Make a Precision Slice
If you need to make a precise cut, but you’re not worried about cutting stacks of paper, then a rotary cutter is your best bet. Artists and model builders use these, as well as scrapbookers, photographers, and teachers. The rolling wheel blade is sharp, safe and glides easily over your project on a sliding rail. What you don’t want is the cheaper knock-off version of a rotary cutter. These use a razor-like blade that dulls quickly and works poorly on anything but standard stock paper. Forget cutting photos, artist quality paper, or cardstock.
Most rotary cutter models come with a measurement guide on the surface and the side, plus an adjustable depth guide to help you align your project with precision. You’ll set the transparent clamping bar to hold your trimming material in place and allow you to monitor the trimming process. Then, twin sliding poles will guide your blade with comfort and accuracy. It’s pretty quick and always precise.
Check out Lloyd’s selection of paper cutters and see which one is for you.
5 Ways Realtors Can Use New Printing Technology
Realtors are always looking for new ways to find buyers for their homes, whether it’s the Yellow Pages advertising, sponsoring a little league team, or putting your face on a bus stop bench. A lot of Realtors are trying to find new ways to reach out to people, thinking that the old school ways just aren’t working.
But there are some new printing technologies that can make you stand out from the crowd. Here are a few we can recommend:
1. Variable Data Direct Mail Postcards
Direct mail is still effective, especially as fewer people are using it. That may sound counterintuitive, but think about it. The less mail everyone gets, the more your piece will stand out. And you can make it really stand out by customizing a postcard for each recipient. Rather than just printing their name and address, what if the entire postcard could be tailored to them, addressed to them, and include photos that will appeal to them? Variable data postcards improve direct mail read rates significantly, and can help you find new buyers and sellers.
2. UV Coated Business Cards
You may have seen them, the high-glossy, ultra-shiny business cards. They seem thicker, classier, and just, well, successful. But they’re really not that expensive, they only seem like it. It’s possible to have a UV coating applied during the printing process. The coating makes the colors really pop, so this is your chance to create some very colorful, vibrant cards.
3. Glossy Sell Sheets
Typically, when people think of brochures, they think they’re expensive and require an order of 5,000 sheets or more just to be cost effective. Not anymore. Thanks to the new digital printing technology, you can print as many pieces as you need. Plus, it doesn’t cost any more to print to glossy paper, so sell sheets look high-end and very professional. But don’t just stick these out in the box in front of the house. Save them for open houses and special clients. Use them especially for high-end homes, to give it that extra touch of class.
4. Variable Data For Sale Signs
I’ve driven through neighborhoods before, and stopped at the houses for sale to read the sell sheets, but found they’d run out. I’d like to know more about the house, but will often forget to visit the website or come back later to see if any more sell sheets are available. So what if you could have a permanent sell sheet in place that told people the main features of the house? By printing to a large piece of gator board or even plywood, you can create a truly “hard copy” of your sell sheet that’s always around. Work with a print shop that has a wide-format printer to create these sales tools, and add a new tool to your marketing toolbox. The ink is UV-cured, which means it’s weather- and fade-resistant, and you’re limited only by your own imagination in terms of design and color.
5. Car signs
With the same wide format printer, it’s possible to put UV-cured inks on nearly any surface. We’ve printed on ceramic tiles, plywood, and even a door. So it’s a snap to print a sign on magnetic film, which you can easily put on your car door. We’ve seen Realtors who have vinyl lettering on their car windows, but that starts to peel and crack after a summer. But, the UV inks, which can also be coated using the same technology as the UV Coated Business Cards, will last for years. Put your photo, logo, phone number, and website on the sign, and your car can be your business card as you drive around town.