Finishing — Caught in a Bind?

"I have 400 to 500 used machines here, and in the past five years perhaps I've sold one used automatic tab laminator," he says. "Nobody sells them. The only way they sell them is if a company goes out of business, and that's rare."

To answer the call for tab laminating, Spiel Associates has devised the Bat Tabber. It automatically indexes tabs and laminates them at a rate of 4,000 sph. Completely computer controlled, the Tabber doesn't boast peripheral features but proves sufficient and cost-efficient for the needs of postpress operations.