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Duomac Operational Manual

Introduction

Punchandbindingmachineforcoils,Wiresorcombs.Yourduomacwasdesignedwith

Effortlessandprofessionalbind,Aswellasmanyyearsoftrouble-Freeservice.We

RECOMMEND THAT YOU TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THE FUNCTIONS OF

ACHIEVE PROFESSIONAL RESULTS.

The Duo Mac Has The Following Combinations Available:

Duomac321(Wire31+Wire21)

Duomac541(Coil51+Coil41)

Duomacc51(Comb+Coil51)

Duomac531(Coil51+Wire31)

Duomac521(Coil51+Wire21) Duomacc41(Comb+Coil41)

Duomacc31(Comb+Wire31)

Duomac431(Coil41+Wire31)

Duomac421(Coil41+Wire21) Duomacc21(Comb+Wire21)

Features

Comb Binding Handle Die Disengagement Comb Opening

Wire Closer Handle

Pins for Wires, Hooks Punch Handle for Comb Comb Binding Coils or Combs

Die Disengagement Fingers

Pins forWires, Punch Throat

Coils or Combs &RulerforWires. Side Margin Coilsor Combs Punch Handle Control for Wires, for Wires,Coils Coils or Combs orCombs

Master

Selector:

CombBinding Unit

Wire/CombSize (Formodols with Comboption) Wire Closure Depth Margin

Depth Margin Control for Wires Coils or Combs.

(Formodels with Coil41 Control forWires, cr Coil51option) Coils or Combs

Diameter Scale Punch Throat

WasteDrawer &Ruler forWires,

Coils or Combs.

WireHolder WireCloser Wire Closer Control

  • Picturesforillustration only

Assembly

1. Place your new Duo MAcon top of a sturdy working table. 2.(FormodelswithCombbindingunit)InstallCombBindingunit to machine as illustrated

3. Remove thescrewfrompunchingaxleclockwiseasindicated,connect the2PunchHandles,(the

the screws counterclockwise.

left ).

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Set-Up

Insert a full unbound 1. Based on Diameter Scale

reading,on the Master

document into Diameter Scale.

Selectoryou will see:

  • -Depth Margin ofpunch (Color coded)
  • -Wire Closure
  • -Wire,Coil orComb Size
  1. Set Depth Margin Control to the color determined

on Depth Margin Control should match color onMaster

TIP orwithWire21)

Foreasy turning of pages,makesureyou SetWire Closer Control havetherightdepthmarginforpunch.The to the wire closure size greater thenumberofpages,thedeeper the determined from Step 1. punch margin required.

4.(If needed)Use Master Comb Selector to select/ identify the size of your wires or combs.

Punching

  1. Align Side Margin Control

Note:Thereare different side marginsfor11"sheets&their 11-1/4"COVER

  1. Whenever necessary,pull out Disengagement Pins to avoid partially punched
  2. Insert sheets to the appropriate slot(depending on the type of pull its corresponding handle to

TIPS punch. A4Sheet

Maximum single punching: 20 sheetsof20Lbs

Comfortable single punching:

Punch innersheets and covers separately as side margin

Re-Align(Center) margins for oversize covers.

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Wire Binding

Inserting

  1. Insert pre-selected wire into Wire Holder.
  2. Insert document from last pages lo firstpages then cover should be inserted

Cover over

last with inside facing up.

  1. Takeout inserted document from Wire Holder to close the wire.

Closing

C.PullCloserHandleforward toclose.

Comb Binding

  1. Placepre-selectedcomb behind Comb Binding Fingers.The comb opening side should be
  2. Slowly pull CombBinding Handle forward toopen combuntil the comb binder is opened 1. sufficiently to allow pages and covers to be inserted.
  3. Neatly align the pages and covers.Holding the

comb through theholes.

  1. Whenall combs are fully positioned through theholes, the bound documentsfromfingers.Thecombbindingis

Coil Binding

  1. Align punched document and place document on topof table.Insert thecoil into the first4 to5holes.
  2. Hold document evenly and slide hand to drive the coils forward to insert into the holes.
  3. Use crimpers to cut &crimp the excess coil.Make sureyou crimp-inbothends.This procedure will prevent the document from unbinding itself. Coils binding.

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Technical Information

Wire3:1 Wire2:1 Comb 9/16"(14.28mm)

Size (3HOLESPERINCH) (2HOLESPERINCH)

40Holes =27Holes 14" 14" =24Holes LEGAL= 38Holes LEGAL=26Holes LEGAL Binding =21 Holes A4 A4 34Holes A4 =23Holes =32Holes =21Holes =19Holes 11" Format 11" 11"

=16Holes =15Holes =24Holes =16Holes =14Holes A5 A5 A5 Sheets Diameters Sheets Sheets Sheets Diameters Diameters Diameters 70-80 g/m² 70-80 g/m² 70-80g/m² Inch 70-80g/m² Inch Inch Inch mm mm mm mm Capacity OVAL COMB ROUND COMB WIRE 2:1 WIRE 3:1

30 280 1-1/4 4.5 1/4 32 20 3/16 16 140 5/8

Diameter 5/16 50

30 1/4 310 38 20 160 3/4 3/8 60 50 5/16 80 10 7/8 190 22 350 1-3/4 45

100 1/2 12

60 3/8 25 220 400 50 9/16 120 15 80 7/16 280 1-1/4 32 140 5/8 16

160 20

100 1/2

7/8 22

120 15 9/16 25 220

240 1-1/8 28 Coil 06

Size SHEETLENGTH (6mmHOLEtoHOLE) (5HOLESPERINCH) (4HOLESPERINCH)

Legal(14"or356mm) =55+2holes =65+5holes =53holes =54holes

Binding =59 holes =46holes =49holes

Format =43holes =46holes =55holes Letter(11"or279mm)

=33holes =34holes =41holes =32holes =35holes =42holes

Document Coil

No.Sheets DOCUMENT COIL No. Sheets

(20 Ibs) inch (20 Ibs) inch mm mm mm mm

Capacity 3.2mm 5mm 19.0mm 20mm 25 180 3/4"

4.0mm 6mm 35 5/32" 19.8mm 22mm 25/32" Diameter 7mm 4.8mm 25mm 45 22.2mm 230 3/16"

6.4mm 8mm 25.4mm 28mm 60 250 70 7.2mm 9mm 280 30mm 9/32" 7.9mm 32mm 80 10mm 300 5/16" 100 38mm 350 1-5/16"33.3mm 12mm 14mm 1-9/16"39.7mm 120 400 45mm 15/32"11.9mm 17mm 1-7/847.5mm 150 50mm 450 19/32"15.0 mm

Warranty Policy

Yourduomachasawarrantyofoneyearfromdateofpurchase.Intheeventofa

Treatmentoftheunit,Includinganyextraordinaryeventleadingtothedamageof

THEMACHINE,WHETHERITISREVERSIBLEORNOT.

IFTHEDUOMACISNOTWORKINGPROPERLY,FIRSTFOLLOWTHECORRECTIVEACTIONSABOVE.

Pleasehaveyourmachine'Sserialnumberandthepurchasedateready.Ifthe

BY OUR WARRANTY POLICY.

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