You might be at the point in your business where you find yourself wishing you had a letter folder. Many schools and churches have large mailing lists. A letter folder is often a great investment for a business to make because of the savings it creates in time and labor.
Letter Folders come in different varieties. It is important to assess your needs before looking into buying a letter folder. Think about how often you would use a letter folder and for how many letters. Think of the types of paper you would be using in a letter folder. Does it make sense for your business to couple a letter folder with a paper inserter and a paper sealer? Take a look at a few types of letter folders and look closely at their strengths and weaknesses.
A manual letter folder is one where the settings on the letter folder are set by hand. If the type of letter folding your business does is fairly consistent, this is a good choice for you, as you would not often be changing the settings on your letter folder. A Martin Yale 1501X Paper Folder is an easy to use letter folder and is a good choice for small businesses and schools that primarily fold legal and letter sized papers in traditional folds. While this paper folder is not designed for heavy stock paper, it works extremely well with papers between 16 and 24 bond stock. This letter folder can handle 7,500 sheets per hour. Stapled sheets (up to 3) can be hand fed into this letter folder.
An example of a semi-automatic letter folder is the Formax FD-340. This friction feed letter folder is preprogrammed for six common folds, but custom folds are available. This is a fast, efficient letter folder can hold up to 500 stacked, folded documents at the end of the process. This letter folder can fold up to three stapled or unstapled sheets of paper at one time.
Automatic letter folders are programmable friction folders with LCD screens. Individual automatic letter folders will come with a variety of different features. Look at each model carefully to see if the features on a particular letter folder suit your needs. An example of an automatic letter folder is the Intimus 2051 Smartfold Paper Folder. This letter folder comes with seven preprogrammed folds and an LCS display that prompts the user. Operating at a speed of 10,300 sheets per hour, this letter folder is a solid investment for businesses with high intensity folding needs.
If your business uses a large amount of glossy paper, an air feed letter folder is the machine to meet your needs. Air pulls the papers through the letter folder, avoiding the slipping that can happen when glossy paper is pulled through a friction letter folder. The Martin Yale 959AF Air Feed Paper Folder can also perforate, slit and score paper. This letter folder can produce a variety of different folds and is able to handle different sizes and weights of paper.
Shopping for a letter folder can prove to be very frustrating if you don't know what you're looking for or what you need. Here are some specific models and what their basic capabilities are:
Dahle 10540 Desktop Letter Folder is a manual letter folder that uses a drop in feed system and will only do letter folds. The Dahle letter folder can handle folding up to 3 sheets of either stapled or unstapled paper at the same time. It is best used with A4 and letter size paper 16 to 20 lbs. This machine is a good letter folder for use right in your home.
Martin Yale P6200 Letter Folder is a great machine at a great price and it's made by Martin Yale, a leader in office products so you know it has to be good. The P6200 is very similar to the Dahle 10540 but candle handle a wider variety of paper. It can use by A4 and 8 ½" X 11" paper and 16 to 24 pound bond paper. Customers that have used this letter folder were very pleased and satisfied with its service and performance.
Martin Yale P6400 Hand-fed letter Folder is a paper folder that's designed for light duty and will fold A4 and plain letter size paper in 16 to 24 pound bond weight. While you may have to manually feed the paper into this letter folder, it can handle and fold up to 3 sheets at once, including stapled paper. The Martin Yale P6400 letter folder is capable of producing tri-fold or ½ fold paper.
Techko LF283B Automatic Letter Folder is an excellent quality automatic letter folder that will serve your needs regularly as it feeds your documents automatically into the machine and will fold up to 3 sheets at one time. This letter folder uses paper 16-20 pounds plain paper and can do 4 different types of folds and hold 3 sheets of paper at once. The Techko LF283B letter folder is an auto-feed friction and a good quality machine.
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