Martin Yale 1601 Autofolder Electric Paper Folding Machine Review

Overview:

• The Martin Yale 1601 paper folder is designed for mailrooms, offices, churches, non-profit organizations and small to medium sized businesses.


• It is designed to quickly and easily fold: newsletters, flyers, invoices, statements, letters, bulletins and other documents.


• This Martin Yale 1601 paper folding machine is designed for budget conscious consumers that are looking for a folding machine that can handle their needs at a price they can afford.

• The Martin Yale 1601 paper folder is designed to fold both letter and legal sized paper into a number of different folding patterns. It is specifically designed to create five different folds including the: letter fold, half-fold, double parallel fold, and a right angle fold which is also known as a cross fold. Although it is specifically designed for use with letter and legal sized sheets it can also accept custom sizes as small as 3.5" x 5" and as large as 8.5" x 14". It can also perform custom folding patterns to meet your specific needs.


• The 1601 has a feed tray that accepts up to 150 sheets of paper at a time. The convenient tray design means that no fanning of the paper is required which is a definite plus. Many paper folding machines in this price range require you to fan out the paper in order for it to feed properly. This can be tricky and if you do not do it correctly the folder may not feed the sheets correctly. The 1601 does not have this issue.


• The Martin Yale 1601 is fast. It can fold up to a maximum of 9,000 sheets per hour. This means that most jobs of a few hundred letters can be completed in a minute or two at maximum speeds.
  The 1601 Autofolder also has a manual feed bypass that allows you to feed stapled sets of up to 4 pages into the machine by hand. This is convenient for folding multi paged statements and newsletters.

• The Martin Yale 1601 Autofolder is a manual setup paper folding machine. This simply means that in order to change folding patterns or paper sizes you need to manually adjust the position and settings on the fold plates. It can be a little bit tricky to make sure that your fold plates are set complete square and that the paper stops are in the correct position. Users who need to frequently change folding patterns or who have operators that are not mechanically inclined may want to consider an automatic setup paper folder such as the Martin Yale 1701.


• The 1601 Autofolder is designed to handle uncoated paper stocks that are between 16lb and 28lb bond. It is not compatible with heavy card stocks, glossy papers and coated sheets. Glossy or heavy stocks may cause misfeed and paper jams if you attempt to use them with this folding machine.


• The Martin Yale 1601 is great for use with letter size (8.5" x 11") sheets and legal size (8.5" x 14") sheets. However, it is not compatible with larger sheet sizes including 11" x 17". If your organization needs to fold larger sheets than 8.75" x 14" you will need to consider a larger paper folding machine.

• The Martin Yale 1601 Autofolder is a great machine for small and medium sized organizations or mail rooms who primarily use one type of folding pattern.


• This machine is designed for moderate usage in a business environment and should hold up very well over time.


• However, this machine is not designed for use for high volume industrial applications. It should not be used for folding heavy stocks or coated papers and cannot accept large sheets sizes. This does not make it a good candidate for use by commercial printers, binderies or large mail processing organizations.