If you’re in the market for a collator, these tips should help you find the most appropriate device for your in-plant and get the best results from it.

Suction collators: This feeding method uses a pump to generate air for sheet separation between sheets—unlike the paper separator in the friction method—and the same pump also generates suction for suction cups to pick up and deliver each sheet to the transport belt. Some advanced air feeding methods use suction belts instead of cups, mainly designed for speed and greater pick-up of surfaces.