Collators - Upgrade And Breathe Easier

Typically, friction-feed collators mark papers more, as the name might imply, but vacuum-feed models are not paragons of perfection either. However, despite their shortcomings, in the marketplace in-plants seem to prefer the vacuum-feed style.

"I think the runnability of the vacuum-feed collators is less jam prone and more reliable," affirms Seto, of Hawaii's Department of Education. "We can run coated stocks on it and we don't have to worry as much, but I do think marking will always be a problem."