4.
Always leave the rollers in the clockwise, or “pouch” setting when you turn off the machine.
Rotate the roll gap control handle (large black knob on the right side of the laminator)
counterclockwise, to the closed position, when you are going to thread the machine.
5.
Once the heat is turned on, it will stay on until the switch is manually turned off. There is no
automatic shutoff on this machine, except in the case of a blown fuse.
6.
When the laminator has reached the set temperature, press the forward drive switch on. The
pull rollers and the laminating rollers should rotate. Insert the white threading card into the
nip (laminating) rollers. Let the threading card pass through the laminating rollers and then
the pull rollers, exiting at the rear of the laminator. Remove the card from the laminate to
save for future use.
7.
Return the forward drive switch to the off/neutral position switch. Return the speed dial to 0.
8.
Turn the fan OFF.
9.
Turn the heat OFF and unplug the machine.
PLEASE NOTE:
10.
The fans should be turned on for any laminating with 3-mil or thicker film. The Professor 27
is made to run film up to 10-mils thick. Speed must be reduced with thicker film to insure
adequate heating and cooling of the film.
However,
be sure to turn the cooling fans off after
each laminating run (group of items to be laminated) as the machine's cooling capacity can
be exceeded before its heating capacity.
11.
Top speed on the Professor 27 is about 15 feet per minute. When the indicator line on the
speed control is pointing straight up, that's half speed, or about seven feet per minute.
Five feet per minute is a typical speed for running 3-mil or 5-mil film, although either can be
run faster or slower. Thin film (1.5 or 1.7-mil) can be run from five to ten feet per minute,
and should not be run slowly. Thicker films (7 or 10-mil) should be run at two or three feet
per minute. Remember turn on the fans while laminating with 3-mil and thicker films.
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