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.

First determine the application matrix. The matrix would include minimum and maximum paper sizes, paper substrates, digitally printed stocks or offset-printed stocks, monthly volume and if a bookletmaker is needed.

—Si Nguyen, Product Marketing Manager, Duplo USA

Equipment Demos:

Make sure when you get a demonstration that you are seeing what you want to see and not just what the seller wants you to see. Although the canned demo can be good, the true test is how the equipment and seller responds to something out of the ordinary.