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I M P O R TANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING
Treat your laminator as you would any other piece of electrical equipment:
• Keep it away from heat or water sources
• Plug it in near an easily accessible outlet
• Do not use if it is damaged in any way
• Do not attempt to open or otherwise repair it
• Turn it off after each use, and
• Unplug it when not in use for an extended period.
S e t- u p
HRL laminators come fully assembled and ready to use.
O p e r a t i o n
Your laminator works by means of four rubberized rollers, two above and two below, each
pair turning in the opposite direction to draw an adhesive-coated, open-sided plastic
pouch through the machine. Understanding this mechanism will help you decide what
materials you
can laminate
without risk of damage to your machine. You can feel confi-
dent laminating all materials that are
flat and dry
, for example, but should avoid those
that:
• Contain liquids, gels, or even moisture that could escape
• May crumble or otherwise disperse under pressure, or
• Are likely to break, like glass or rigid metals and plastics.
With hot lamination, also make sure not to put anything into the pouch that could melt
and leak into the machine.
Assuming suitable contents, the question is whether to laminate them in the
hot or cold
mode. The key advantage of hot lamination is that it creates a tighter seal than cold, which
bonds solely by pressure on an adhesive surface. With the new technology built into your
machine, you can also now use the hot mode to laminate photographs of all kinds. Cold
lamination, however, is still the better choice if your contents are heat-sensitive, like thermal
paper.
With the contents and the mode decided, the next step is to
choose the right pouch
.
Hot and cold laminating pouches are especially designed for their separate purposes and
cannot be substituted for one another. When it comes to pouch size, each model has a dif-
ferent maximum: DIN A4, or 9 inches (22,9 cm), for the HRL 95 and DIN A3, or 12 inches
(30,5 cm), for the HRL 125. As for pouch thickness, if you are laminating paper of a stan-
dard size and weight, you may have a number of options. Using the illustration on the
inside of the manual cover as a reference, lift back the cover
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of your machine and look
for your paper/pouch combination on the guide printed inside:
•
Numbered boxes
indicate that you can laminate the combination,
•
Empty or missing boxes
indicate that you should not attempt it with your model.
