© 2004 General Binding Corporation
Spartan Operation and Maintenance Manual
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Remove the laminated image from the pouch carrier
and trim to desired size.
Pouch carrier
Laminated
image
6.4 Helpful Hints
The following hints will help you get the best possible output
from your Spartan laminator:
Pouch Boards:
• It is critical that at the leading edge, the film is evenly
secured to the board. If the corners are dented or
chrushed, cut the damaged part off to prevent wrinkles
and waves.
• If switching from lamination pouches to pouch boards,
wait for the bottom roller to cool before running boards
(approx. 20 min). A hot bottom roller will bubble the
back of the board. To speed the cooling process, a
scrap board may be run through the machine 2-3 times
to help cool the bottom roller.
Laminating Pouches:
• To reduce waving affect, match the size of the pouch as
close to the image size as possible. This will allow the
stresses on the envelope to be more even, resulting in a
smoother laminated image.
• Some substrates will be affected by the heat and stress
of the laminating pouch to different degrees. Trimming
the image as close to the edge as possible can reduce
waving in the image.
• It is recommended to prepare the envelope on a
separate table away from the heated rollers as the image
can be damaged if the front edge is heated before all
parts of the envelope are smoothed out.
• Laminated pouch output has a tendency to become
wavy when excess film to film lamination is left on the
outer parameter of the image being laminated. When
trimmed to the edge of the sheet, the output should be
flat. As the amount of film to film lamination increases,
the qualitiy of the output decreases.
