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More on the GBC ProClick p3000

I had a comment posted yesterday with a question about specs for the GBC ProClick P3000, so I am just posting here again with details for anyone else who is interested.
The ProClick will bind documents up to 100 pages long, and the electric punch works on about 15 sheets at a time.
The ProClick works for standard documents of 8-1/2" x 11"

If this fits your binding needs, I can't recommend this machine highly enough.

Final Synopsis for the Accubanker AB-230 Money Counter

I trust that everyone had a lovely holiday and is happy to finally relax!

I wrote a few weeks ago that I had bought my wife the Accubanker AB-230 for a charity event that she was planning for our church. (How I Chose The Accubanker AB-230)
She had been gathering money up until the big event last week, and didn't want to have to count it out by hand. I bought her the Accubanker AB-230 only after she convinced me that she would also use it for our kids' sporting events and other church fundraisers. So last week was the big day. It was a great success - she had decorated our home and had dinner served. She collected just over $10,000 in donations, which is double what they expected.
She used the Accubanker almost everyday up until last week, and it worked fine every time. She used it for both cash donations and checks. It never jammed or had any other problems.
I hope someday that an affordable bill separator will come out too, because separating the bills in to $1s, $5s, $10s, $20s, etc. can take a long time too.

QCM Review: The QCM 8200M & QCM 8700M Stack Cutters

About six months ago I gave my friend, Clark, an old guillotine paper cutter that I wasn't using anymore. He's a freelance artist by trade, and recently he has gotten into desktop publishing as a hobby and to present his work to potential customers.

So today he called me for advice because he thinks he has "outgrown" the old cutter - or trimmer - depending on who you ask. He's spending more time with different types of printing lately, and doing more detailed and difficult work. He wants something that can handle larger volumes, higher quality paper, and possibly other materials such as leather.

The cutter that I gave him (one of those old, warped wood based guillotines) isn't cutting perfectly straight and isn't wide enough for some of his paper anyway.

I'm writing here the advice that I gave him over the phone today, because I think it applies to nearly anyone who may have "outgrown" a guillotine cutter.

I told him to look into stack cutters, and my top choices right now are both from QCM - the QCM 8200M and the QCM 8700M heavy duty paper cutters. Both have a safety lock on the blades, so they won't make any unwanted cuts on you or the paper. And, they're both made with galvanized steel bases.

I told Clark to get the QCM 8700M online, and not to pay more than $600 or so for it. But for most people I would recommend the 8200M because it can be found online for under $300. Clark frequently needs to trim paper wider than 12 inches, which is essentially the only difference between the two.

The 8200M will trim over 350 sheets of 20 lb. paper at once, but only up to 12 inches wide. The 8700M weighs a little bit more, has about the same 350 sheet capacity for stack cutting, and can handle paper up to 17 inches wide. So if you rarely need to cut anything over 12 inches, you can't beat the 8200M at almost half the price.

With either of these stack cutters, they're roughly the same price as a guillotine, but can handle about 10 times the amount of paper at a time - that's 350 sheets compared to 30 or so sheets at once with a guillotine of equal cost.

Find a QCM stack cutter.