GBC Accucut A530pro Smartcut Rotary Paper Trimmer Review

Overview:

The GBC Accucut A530pro is the largest trimmer in the GBC Smartcut 500 series of professional rotary paper trimmers.
The A530 has a 24 inch long cutting path which makes it ideal for cutting matboard, poster paper, trimming laminated documents and for other heavy duty trimming applications.
The Smartcut A530pro is a high quality rotary trimmer is a professional quality trimmer for both personal and industrial applications.

Features / Strengths:

The A530pro has a heavy duty metal rail that the rotary blade holder travels along. This metal bar along with the clamping system included on the A530 helps to ensure perfectly straight cuts every time.
In addition to the extra long cutting length offered by the A530pro it also offers a large heavy duty metal cutting table. The cutting table is marked with both imperial and metric measurements and also has an alignment grid printed on the cutting table. The alignment grid is designed to help in ensuring that materials are straight square before cutting.
The A530pro has a unique clamping system that is not found on most other professional rotary trimmers. The clamping system helps to hold items in place during trimming and also locks the metal rail in place so the blade travels true and straight.
The A530 also includes a transparent cutting guide that helps to show you the exact path that the blade will travel.
The A530pro is made almost entirely of metal and not plastic. This helps to ensure that the A530 will stay square and true over time. It also helps to ensure that the A530 will hold up in commercial settings where high volume trimming may be required.

Weaknesses / Limitations:

The A530pro has a 24 inch long cutting path but only a 14 inch wide cutting base. This can make trimming wide materials difficult since the alignment grid and measurements on the cutting base become useless for items with more than fourteen inches to the left of the blade.
The Smartcut A530pro is designed for trimming paper and laminated documents. Other trimmers have optional blades for scoring, wave cutting or perforating. The A530pro does not offer any of these features. It is strictly a trimmer.
The A530pro requires the use of a cutting mat to ensure high quality cuts. This cutting mat will become worn over time and needs to periodically be replaced. It is always a good idea to have an extra cutting mat on hand in order to ensure the highest quality cuts.

Recommendation:

With a twenty four inch cutting length, heavy duty metal construction and a high quality paper clamping system the A530pro is an excellent choice for high quality professional trimming.
The A530pro is a great choice for schools, print shops and organizations that need to trim large format documents.
Although the A530 Pro is rated to cut up to 30 sheets of paper, it is best used as a paper trimmer and not a paper cutter. The blade will last longer and quality will be much better for trimming materials a few sheets at a time than it will be for high volume cutting applications.

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