neck when it came time to trim the
books. As we got busier, our people began
competing for time with the existing
paper cutters. Realizing we had a prob-
lem, we approached Bruce Peterson since
their office is less than five minutes away.
We needed a solution to make our situ-
ation significantly better. He understood
that going forward, we needed to increase
productivity."
At the time, C&P;—North America's
largest independent distributor of paper
cutters and paper-handling equip-
ment—had just made headlines at
PRINT 13 in Chicago when it introduced
the Accutrim HD1680. User friendly,
it offers a maximum book thickness of
3.5 inches, with a maximum trim size
of 11.8x16.5 inches and a minimum
trim of 3.15x3.15 inches. The computer-
controlled makeready allows through
feed or one-man operation, and it has a
slew of benefits that are usually not asso-
ciated with off-line, on-demand three-
knife trimmers.
Harris recalled it was Vince Payne, C&P;'s
vice president, who called and asked him
to consider the three-knife trimmer. "I
was really impressed when I met with
Vince to see the three-knife trimmer in
operation at one of their customer's shops
in Maryland. Until I saw it, I originally
thought it had too many moving parts
and would be down too often. I was sur-
prised that was not the case, and it has
proven to be a very productive machine
with a relatively easy changeover to go
from 6x 9 to 7x10 or 8x11 inch [formats],
or any size in between. And the longer
warranty (two years for parts) was another
key issue in the decision process."
The Accutrim HD1680 has a 5-degree
swing angle that delivers the highest
quality cut for his operators, Harris not-
ed, and it reduces wear and tear while
extending the life cycle of the knife.
The minor format changeovers typically
take less than one minute, and complete
format changes can be made in less than
three minutes.
"We're having a great time and the
three-knife trimmer is doing 80 percent
of the book trimming," summed up Har-
ris. "In addition to our regular publishing
clientele, we are now printing books for
professional photographers and galleries
in New York City. We're also utilizing our
warehouse space and doing fulfillment
work. We've been able to expand our
services and client base at the same time.
I feel pretty confident about the future of
books and the long term success of our
company." ◗◗
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