Cutting Remarks

In fact, according to Zeigler, the most important piece of optional equipment he purchased was the Transomat off-loading system. By helping move paper without heavy lifting, he says the Transomat helped Original Smith Printing eliminate many of its workman's compensation claims.

Maliniak shares the same sentiments about his automated Polar System 2. "Our workman's comp guy loved it when he saw it," he exclaims, describing the impact of the system, which consists of a stacklift, jogger, counting scale and off-loader—with the cutter at its heart.