Among the many reasons to choose the GBC Catena 65 as your laminator, here are just 5:

1)Mounting Capabilities: The Catena 65 can mount up to 3/16" mounting boards, including foam core, sintra, gator board, to name just a few.

2)Adhesive Options: The Catena professional roll laminator work s great with either pre-treated board, or hot-mounted adhesive, making it one of the most versatile lamination systems on the market. This, coupled with a good price, makes the Catena 65 an extremely popular choice.

3)Laminating Film Options: The Catena 65 can use a large variety of hot laminating films. These options include 1.5mil, 1.7mil, 3mil, 5mil, and 10mil thicknesses. The adjustable speed and temperature settings included in the Catena 65 allows you to adjust to different materials and thicknesses, as well as varying film types.

4)Integrated Core Adaptors: The Catena has 1" integrated core adaptors as part of its standard equipment. While this size works with most film types, some specialty films only work on 2.25" core adaptors, which can be purchased separately for your special project.

5)Durable Construction: The Catena 65 is made with plastic sides and a metal feed tray and components, making it very dependable. Although needing service is a rare occurrence, the rollers must be carefully handled and shouldn't' be cleaned with any sharp objects. In addition, items with glitter, 3-D elements or other rough materials shouldn't' be run through the rollers in case of damage.

So now that you understand some of the reasons to consider the Catena 65, there are a few reasons that may lead you to choose a different option. For example, The Catena doesn't work with laminating film on a 3" core, limiting your ability to use certain specialty films that only come in this size. This could really limit the ability to use some popular specialty films that only come on 3" cores.

In addition, the Catena 65 can be a bit harder to configure and master than a more basic laminator. The Catena 65 is so versatile, that it can be somewhat complex. In addition, like many other roll laminators, the Catena 65 can be somewhat challenging to load, although the process does become more simple with use.

For wide format posters and other similar items, the Catena 65 may not be a good choice. This laminator only has the ability to laminate documents up to 25 inches wide. Any projects larger than 25 " cannot work in the Catena 65, making it potentially limiting..

Its critical to properly load the Catena 65. If not loaded correctly, the laminator could be loaded backwards, causing the film to wrap around the rollers and create a difficult to undo scenario. This should never be far from your mind as you use the Catena 65 laminator.

So whatever you needs - a professional print environment, a copy shop, in-plant printer or small to medium-sized company that does a fair amount of lamination, The GBC Catena 65 is the right roll laminator for all of your needs. To sweeten the proposition, this lamination system also includes a 90-day of GBC on-site warranty - all at a great value. So if high quality at a fair price is what you're looking for, choose the GBC Catena today!