Paper Guillotines

Choosing the Right Paper Guillotine For You

The Finishing Point (TFP) partner with two of the most renowned companies in print marketing to bring you a paper guillotine that's perfect for your purposes. Since the 1950's, IDEAL has been at the forefront of cutting and shredding technology, and today, their guillotines are among the most advanced in the industry.  IDEAL now have one of the largest ranges of paper guillotines available worldwide. The range includes a selection of paper trimmers and large format paper trimmers as well as the manual and electric range of paper guillotines also referred to as "ream cutters".

IDEAL Guillotine products now incorporate the SCS safety package (Safe Cutting System) and patented Easy Cut blade activating bars for convenient and safe cutting on the electric machines.

IDEAL have recently included new additions to their paper guillotines range with the new IDEAL 4850, 4855, 4860, 5260, 6660 and the flagship digital machine the IDEAL 5560 and IDEAL 5560LT.  If you buy a paper guillotine from us, they will incorporate the new IR Safety curtain, offering a 20% productivity increase over the equivalent lid guard versions. The Digital IDEAL 5560 has a fully hydraulic operation to ensure fast, reliable and fully adjustable pressure cutting - (this is the only model in the range to offer this and is ideal for partnering with your latest digital print engine).

This ability to offer class-leading capabilities tied to exceptionally attractive pricing has made the IDEAL Guillotines our best selling range. The latest latest Hydraulic Guillotine range aims to build on that success with a far more heavy duty and high speed hydraulically powered guillotine.

Find The Ideal Paper Guillotine for all Budgets and Purposes

When choosing the right paper guillotine for you, the first step is to consider how frequently it will be used, and on what scale.  Popular with business owners and the education sector, the IDEAL 4860 is a compact electrically operated office paper guillotines for cutting sheets up to SRA3 in format safely and accurately.

For the low to mid volume user, the IDEAL 4855 Paper Guillotine offers customers a compact, easy to use, reliable and robust electronic paper guillotine solution.  It incorporates many unique features that are normally associated with larger guillotines and has a full 99 step program with memory function for up to 99 jobs with auto step between cuts. The IDEAL Paper Guillotine also features an automatic clamp system for speed of operation.

For those with a bigger budget and higher demand, the IDEAL 5560 and IDEAL 7260 Guillotine employs the latest technology to provide a fully configured commercial print guillotine for the B3 and digital print market. These paper guillotines include a  hydraulic clamp, the latter with infinite pressure control, enabling fine adjustment over the holding of the stack to be cut without damaging the print work.