We're a small publishing company specializing in graphic novels and looking to do our own in-house printing and need a cutter. What would be a good cutter for us to use? Any suggestions?

I think you should specify what size sheet you will be cutting.

Well graphic novels are basically books. So either 8.5x11 or 11x17 stock depending on the particular book being printed.

Ah, I was thinking you would be running a larger press sheet. I'm not an expert in finishing equipment by any means, but the next obvious question is what kind of volume you'll be doing (e.g. fancy things like an air bed would be nice to have if you have enough budget; also I've never used a three face trimmer but they look pretty cool for books too - the degree of automation is just amazing now. (but I'm just a small guy using a simple small 18" programmable MBM ideal triumph 4850-95 EP electric trimmer which I really like; the fancy cutters are out of my league for now!)

Hope someone else will jump in that gets to play with the newer and fancier cutters.

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