Ullirma Film (1 Mil} can be iderntified by a red slripe in

Installation

the cardboard core.

1. Shipplng damage should bebroughtto the immediate attention o! the delivering carrier. 1.5 3 MIL BUTTON: This bullon must be pressed to
2. Place the GBC Uitima 65 on a slable 1lat surlace capa ble of supporting at lcast 95 Ib. (45 kg). The surlace thicker gaugo films. should be atleast30 inches high lo assure comforlable FASY: When pressed this bullon increases the speed of posilioning during operation. All lour rubber suppor the laminalor overriding the preset conditian. [eet should be posilioned completely on lhe supporting

SLOw:When pressed this button decreases the speed

surtace. The supporing surlace may also be largo

of the lam in alor overriding the presel condition.

enough lo hold Ihe malerial lo bg laminated.

REVERSE: Reverses rolter movement lo clcar jams

3. The laminalor shauld be posilioned to allw exiting lilm lQ drop lreely to the floor. Acc urn ul ation ol laminale and wrap-ups. im medial ely bo hind the lam in at or as it exits the equip- RUN: Activates rollers tor normal operation. menl may cause the Film to wrap around ihe pullrollers. resulling in a"jammed"condition, STOP:Slops the movement otthe rollers. 4Avoid locating the laminalor near sources of hcal or C.SAFETYSHIELD:Figure 3.Prevents cnt angle ment. cold.Avoid locating the laminalor in ihe direct path ot enlrapmenl and inadverteni conlact with iheheat rolters. forced healed or cooled air. The laminator will operate only when the Safety Shield

5. Connect the atlachment plug provided with the laminator islocated In 1hetully down posillon.Power to the lo a suilably grounded outlet only. Avoid cannecling motor is removed when the shield ls raised. ol her equipment to the same branch circuit to which the D.FEEDTABLE:Figure 3.TheFeed Tableis used to laminator is connected as this may result in ruisance posilion items for lamination. The laminalor will operate tripping ol circuit breakers or luses. only when the Feed Table and Feed Table Latch are SPECIFICATIONS property Installed. Operaling Spee0 - 1.5 fpm (45.6 cm) lo 10 (pm (3m). E.TABLE INTERLOCK LATCH: Figure 3. Used to lock Dimensions - 32.5 in. (83 cm) wide x 21 in. (53 cm) long × Ihe Feed Tableinto position and aclivate an interlock

switch. The interlock latch is located on the left underside

12 in. (31 cm} high.

ol the Feed Table. The lable cannol be removed wilhoul retracling the lalch to theright whiteliling lhe table

Electricalrequirements-ReterloIheserial pla le local ed upwards and away from the laminator. The laminator wlll applicable lo the unit. interlock latch is retracted. 230 ~50 Hz

F.FEED GUIDE: Figure 3. The Fced Guide permits

Current 12.5A aligning the item(s) lo be laminated and is used to keep

longeritems slraighl.TheFeed Guide may alsobe used

Power1500 w

KNOWYOURGBCULTIMA65LAMINATOR lowards the center of the Feed Table and placing smaller

ile ms against each side of the Feed Guide as I hey are

A.POWER SwITCH:Located al the back right ol the

machine applies power to Ihe laminalor. The *POwER" being introduced inlo the nip point ol the heat rollers. To lamp will illuminale when position marked "1" is pushed. posilion the adjuslable guide, loosen lheknob on the top The off position marked "o" temoves power lrom lhe of the guide, slide it to the desired position and tighlen the laninalor (Figure 1). knob to secure in place.

G.HEATROLLEHS:Siliconerubbercoaledsteel lubcs. Used lo heal Ihe laminating film and compress the healed

POWER LAMP:Indicales that the laminator is plugged film to the items being laminated. Heat is provided by an in and the main power switch is in ihe "ON* (l) position. internal infrared element. The heat rolers are molor driven IWArT LAMP: Iluminates when you first lurn the lami- for ease of loading new lilm. nator on and when the temperafure of Ihe heat

H. IDLER BAR: The idler bars, located near each supply

rollers is insufficient for he selected lilm gauge settineg roll are, used to direcl the film to lhe heal rollers. The bo1-

tom Idler Bar is movable to ease lilm [oaoing.

tic ien the al for these le cie dl ilm I. PULL ROLLERS: The pull rollers. located al Ihe back ol l、SYANDBY BUTTON: This bulon jlminates when 1he the laminalor, are molor driven. They simullaneously pull laminator goes into Ihe "STANDBY" mode,reducing the lilm and improve 1he qualty ol the laminated item. ahe temperature.When pressed.il enables the unil to J. REAR SLITTER:Uscd 1o cu1 he lilm web where it :eturn to lhe predclcrmined fim gauge setting.

exits the rear ol Ihe laminator (Figure 1)

IML BUTTON:Selecls heheal and speed seitings K,CIRCUIT BAEAKER: Eleclrical salely device.located for thus gauge film. The laminalor automatically delaulls under the lelt sid cover, can be resel the operator 1 to ihis seiting whenever the power swich is activated.

tripped (Fiqure 1).

time.If Ihe laminaloris left for more than 90 minutes

WAHNING; If the brcaker trips a second lime atter

withoul being used the STANDBY butlon will illuminate.

being resel, conlact GBC national Service or your

Afteran additional 30minulesolnon-use the laminator

dealer/distributortor assislance.

will shutofcoplelely.ThePOWERand STANDBY

L. CORE ADAPTERS: The lilm shaft holds 1he supply roll lamps will remain illuminated. To reset the unit press and the adaplers with locking collars hold ihe rolls od ilm the STANDBY but an. on Ihe shah, [Figure 4}. The all ached power cordcanbe disconnected from the M. FlLM WEB: Laminating fim loaded inlo 1he machine. receplacle when ihe laminalor will not be vsed lor long

periods ol tirme.

N. NIP POINT: The point at which the Iop and bottom rollers come into contact.The Nip Poinlof Ihe heal rollers FEED TABLE REMOVAL is lhe place at which Ihe items for lamination are intro- Reler to Figure 3 and toltow the procedures to removaIhe duced into the laminalor. leedlable:

1. Lift lhe safely shield to iis full uprighl posilion,
2. Slide theFeed Tablelatch to Ihe right.
3. Lilt the table upwards and away from the laminator.

Operating Instructions

Filmloading&Threading

1. Turn lhe laminator on (l) al the main power swich located

Reter toFigure5or thefilm treading diagfam on lhe feed

at the back of the machine (Figure 1}.

lable ol the lam in alor for ill usl ration of properly loaded tilm.

2. CAUTON: Make Sure salety shield and feed tray are in the proper position lo operate the unit. The top and bottom rolls of laminaling lilm must be ol the

same width and be present simullaneously.A small

3. The laminalor will automalically detaull to the 1.0 MlL

amounl ol adhesive will *squeeze out" during laminalion.

setting. If you are using 1.5 or 3.0 Ml tia you must Hardened adhesive deposits can damage the heal rollars. manually press the 1.5 3.0 MlL builon. The [aminator

Toavoid anydamagerotatelherollersat slowest speed

willset the speed and lemperature for there spec live when the wAITlamp is on.Reler to lhe section CAR-

ING FOR THE ULTIMA 65 LAMINATOR for insInuctions

laminating heavier stock press SLow toreduce lhe

regarding removal of the accumulaled adhesive.

speed for a quality lamination.ll the item is lighter increase the speed by pressing FAsT.Adjusting the Adhesive will deposit on the rollers il: speed control lo too high a speed may cause lhe - Only one roll is used. WAIT[ larmp lo illuminate.You will have to slow lhe - Diflerenl widihs of rolls are loaded logether. laminator down in order to ensure proper lamination. -Either roll is loaded adhesivc side againsl a heat roller. Reler to the speed Guide Chart, Iocaled on the Iop right side cover qr section SPEED GUIDEAND THE ·One or both rolls of film are allowed to run complelely oll ART OF LAMINATING, for speed senings cn similar the cores. material. The adhesive side ol thefilm is on the inner side of the

web(Figure 5).The shiny side of clear film musl conlacl

4. Do not beg ln lam in at ng unlll thewAr]lampgoes

Ihe heal rollers.The dull side of the film contains lhe

out ano the READy lamp illuminates. The normal

adhesive.Useextremecaulion when loading del usl ered

warm-up lime is approx i male ly t0 minutes.

(maltte) film as bolh sides appear dull.

5. Posilion Ihe ilem(s) to be laminaled on the Feed Tabte.

Ahways change thetop andbotlom supplyrolls at lhe

6. Press RUN. The rollers will begin to turn, wait lor the same time.Near the end of eachrollof GBC Eaminaling neal linelo disappear thenpushtheitem(s) inlothe nip lilm is a label staling"Warning-End of Roll." The appear- point ot the heat rollers. Addilional items can be anceol thislabeloneitherthetoporbottomrolrequires laminated withoul stopping and starling the lhat new rolls of film bc installed as soon as the ilerm laminalor. presently being laminated completely exils I he lam in alor.
7. Should a jam (wrap up) occur, press STOP. Refer 10 the Seclion CLEARING A FILM JAM for specific when thewarning labelis visible. instructions. Method Using Film Threading Card
8. Stop the laminator onceallof 1helaminaled items The following procedure uses the lilm threading card pro- complelely exil lhe rear ot the machine. vided wilh new rolls of GBC film. The laminator should be CAUTION:Donotreachover thelamina1or10 cool lo ihe louch before procccding. operatethetilmcutter. 1. Turn lhe main power swilch on. If tha laminator is

alrcady hot lurn the main power switch off (O] and

9. The Film Cutter may be used to separate the laminaled

allow the uri1 to coof, 1hen lurn the machine back on (l}.

ilerns lrom the tilm web.Position ihe cultter on either side ol the laminator, depress 1he cutter's handle while Remaveleed 1able. sliding the cutter across Ihe lilm web. 2. Cil remaining top and bottam lilm webs between

stupply rolls and hea1 rollers.Be carefui not to cut the

10. Allow the lannalor 1o remain pxowered if it is anlicipated thal ihe machine will be used within a shurt period ol heat rollers.

16. Checkthe lilm alignmenl.Sec scction FILM ALIGN-

3. Raise thc safety shield to its full uprighl position, pull MENT PROCEDUAE for in sir ucl ions if installed 1ilm 1he lop piece ot film down. needs alignmcn1.

4. Do nol allow remaining 1ilm lo pass through the lami- CAUTION THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE IS nalor if there is any exposed liquefied or tacky adhesive. PERFOAMEOWHILETHELAM1NATOR 1S HOT Llquelied ortacky adhesive wlll deposit on lhe heat USE EXTHEMECAUTION.AVOID CONTACT WITH THE rolters if the tollowing procedure is not observed. HEAT ROLLERS. Grab hold of the web. lop and bollom lilm, install the leed table under the web.Lower the safely shield and Method For Tacking NewFilm to Existing Film push SLOw lo speed 3 or less. Push the The following describes a method lor loading film whereby Reverseiand guide lhe web oul the front of the lam 1he existing film present on lhe hcat rollers may be used in inalor.Make certain no exposed adhesive contacts Ihe placeol the Ihreading card todraw thenew film lhrough hea1 rollers and ihe film completely exits the laminalor. thelaminalor.The adhesive of the existing lilmmuslbe

tacky or liquefied.Leading edges of the new lim will be

5. Press STOpafter the sheets have passed

overlapped on to the tackyadhcsive of Ihe old lilm.The

through the laminator.

existing lilmand thenewfilm willi be pulled through the

Lilt the safely shield to lhe lull upright position and

6. laminator logether. remove thefeed table.

1Preheat the laminalor. Hemove thefeed tray.

7. Remove the bollomroll ol film by sliding the shalt lo the

Cut remaining Iop and boftom film webs behween 1he

right to release il lrom the hex shaped brake hub. Loosen locking screw on lett retaining collar of lilm supply rolls and heat rollers. supply shaft, slide collar otf. Pull shaft partially out ol 3. Raise salely shield lo full uprighl position. film lube lhen push back in lo knock oul lell core

Do nol allow the adhesive side ot the llrm to contacl

adapter. Pull shal all the way out and rotate lube 4.

1he heal or pull rollers.Liquelied or lacky adhesive

180 degrees.Use shalt loknock out remaining core

deposiled on heat rollers will require the rollers lo be

adapler. cleaned per Ihe seclion CARING FOR THE ULTIMA 65

8. Slide onc core adapler into right side of new roll ol film LAMINATOR. ensuring 1hat the film will unroll properly (lrom lhe bo1-

Remove bottom lilm supply roll Irom laminator, lower

1om).Slide the film shaft into the core adapler and 5.

botlom lilm guide.

tube trom the righl side.Place the olher core adapter on the shaf protruding from the left side lhen replace 6. To load new fim on lilm supply shans repeat steps 7 retaining collar. Tighlen Iocking screw. and & in subseclion Method Using Threading Card.

9. Lower the boltom idle bar, [Figure 6]. Unroll enough lilm Irom Ihe boltom roll of lilm to slide

under the botlom idler bar and lack to Ihe cxisiing tilm

10. Unroll 2 It. {61 cm] ol film. Push leading edge under

Slide the bollom idler bar back into place and replace

and around boftom idler bar. Slide the idler bar back

supply roil shalt.

inlo place and drape filrm over bottom film roll, (Figure 7). Place tho bollom roll of film back on the laminator by Replaceihe lop supply roll shaft and unroll enough 8. sliding theshalt into the round hote of the right side fitm to tack lo the existing lop roll of firm. Irame and the left side into the hex shaped brake hub.

9. Inslali leed tabte and lower safety shield.

11. Remove toplilm supply roll from laminator.Repeat

10. Press SLOw Ior slowest speed setling and press

steps 7 and 名 lrom above ensuring Ihe Film will unrol 1rom the bottom after the film supply shaft it is placed back on lhe laminator. 11. Observe the film being pulled lhrough the laminalor to

assure that the remaining existing lilm and ihe new

12. Lnrol 2 ft. (61 cm) of film. Drape 1he llm over the top

llm are advancing concurrently. Any separation between

idler bar and complelely cover bolh heat rollers.

the lilms will require stopping themolor immedialely

13. Slide Ihe feed tray under the bottom film web 1hal is and the situalion corrected. draped over the bottom roll ol fim.Reinslall ced table

12. Press STOP once 1he newly threaded filr1 is

so thal lhe boitom film web is resting on the tray.

comptelcly exiting the laminator.

{Figure B}.

Film Alignment Procedure

14. Slide the threading card between the feed iray and the

The ilm supply shafs ol the Lluma 65 Laninator come with

lilm web lying on ihe Iray. Genlly push into the rip

pre alignment holes on Ihe right side for 9"l21 cm), 12"{31

area of the heat rollers. The card should now be guiding

cm). 1a"(46 cm} and 25"(64 cm) l1m widihs. Lo0sen 1he

bo1h rolls ol film into 1he heat rollers. (Figure 9) .

locking screw on the right side relainirny collar and move 10

15. Lower safety shield then push AUN[].Watch 1he the corresponding hole to match 1he widlh ot your roll o1 lcading edge ot the thireading card lo ensure that li film. Iigtten thc locking screw in the pre drilled hole. into lhe larninalur. Push STOP once 1he Ihrcadirg card has exited the rear of the laminalor.

Wrinkles may result if an attempl is made lo reposition an

Film Tension Adjustment

item orce it has been grasped by the heal rollers.

Proper lim lension, known as brake tension, is the mini- mum armounl of tension required lo eliminale wrnkles in Do nol stop the lam in at or be tore an ilem has complelely Ihe finished lem.The film tension is set al the lactory. exited the pull rollers. Even a momenlary stop will cause Periodic adjustmenls should not be necessary unless a mark (heat line) on the laminaled item. other than 1.0 or 1.5 mil GBC film is Used or the lamination

Good,consislentlamination is aresult ot combining proper

is curling up or down. Film tension may be checked occa-

heat, tension and dwell time. Owell time is Ihe amount of

sionally to assure that the adjuslmenl is not required.

lime the male rial to be laminaled is corm pressed behween

The film should be taul.A properly adjusted rotl ol film Ihe heal rollers and is conlrol by the speed conlrol. when shoukd not require excessive force lo lurn by hand.Film one of the film gauge buttons is selecled the laminator tension should be enough to introduce a minor amount of au loma tic ally sets the speed and temperature for that film drag aslhefilmurrolis.Insufficientlensioncausewrinkles and 20 Ib. paper. while too much tension causes strelching (necking).

As a general rule thicker ilems and films as wel as dark or

Uneven tension batween the top and boitom rolls creale

full ink coverage, need lo run at stower speeds because

curl, Toa much upper tension creates upward curl while

they extracl rmore heat from the rollers at a quicker rate.

loo much botlom tension causes downward cun.

1. To adjust the boltombrake.Push and hold the brake nalor longer dwell time thus allowing proper lamination ol lever, {Figure 11}、 located on Ihe leh side frame by Ihe thick ilems. Thinneritems.such as standard copier paper roll of film. Rotate Ihe roll ol film unlil the lever engages [20 Ib. bond) and lissue paper, exiract less heat from the theinlernai mechanism. rollers and can be run al laster speeds.
2. Refer to Figure 10 tor the proper rotation ol the lilm to The WArT lamp may illuminate if the speed is set too increase or decrease the tension. fast for the material being laminated. Eilher lower thc

speed se it ting or press STOP and wail un lil IheREADY

3. Release 1he brakelever and check he lension by rotating

lamp iluminates.

the roll ol lilm. Resistance should be slight, nat lorced.

4. To adjus1 the 1op brake repeat sleps 1 through 3.
5. Laminale some lest samples to check lor proper tension. mended that during periods ol long runs Ihe itermns being Funher adjusl if necessary. laminated are alternated bel we en thickand thin.Do no1

combine thick and thin items at the same time as this wl

CLEAR|NG A FILM JAM (Wrap-up)

result In a poor edge seal around the thinner material.

Film jams (wrap-up) may occur if Ihe film is loaded on backwards or il the area at which film exils the equipment is blocked.The lilm. when jammed,wraps around heal or

or similar material through the laminator. This procedure is

pullrollers.Toclearajam it is necessary toro tale the

recommend because rolaling 1he heal rollers prior to lami-

rollers in Ihe reverse direction.When pressed,REVERSE

nation will more evenly distribule the heal.Make Speed

Eon the conlrol panel will cause Ihe rollers to go in reverse. To clear a jam:

The lollowing chart provides general guidelines for proper speed settings to use on certain materials and laminating

2. Se1 Ihe speed indicator to 2. film combinations.This charl is only a general guide.

Different sellings may become fecessary as the warm up Ume,laminaton tlme and materials change.

4. Cut the top and botlom lim wcbs.
5. Grasp the loose ends of the web, pull straigh1 out, install the leed tray so the web is on lop of the 1ray.

Speed Guide

Lower thc safely shield, press REVERSE and guide

Film Thickness

1he film oul of 1he heat rollers.

Malerial 3.0 Mil

6. Once the jam has cleared the hcat rollers press

Stop[]

7Tliread the ilrn per Secicn FILM LOADING & THREADING

20 tb. Copier Paper

Speed Guideand The Art Of Lamination

Magazine Stock

Donot atlempt tolaminale abrasive or metalobjecls Tissue Slock

such as stapies, paper clips and glitter as Ihey may dam-

Construction Paper

age lhe heat or pull rollers. Da not force items into the nip area of Ihe heal rollers.

Index Cards Fire Folders

heatrollers is prcbably loolhick to laminate.

Poster Boards

1. Remove the lilm trom tha laminalor following the proce.

Caaing Forthe Gbcultima6Slaminator

dure oulined in the Seclion FELM LOADING AND

G8C ofters Cleaning kils as well as Exlcnded

THREADING.

Maintenance Agreemenis.

2. Preheat 1he laminator unlil the READylamp iluminates.

Contacl your local GBC Service Represent alive Dryour

dealer rdis tri bul or additional information. 3. Rub the top and botom heat rollers with a 3MTM

Scotch-Brile Impad.

The only maintenance required by lhe operator is to peri- odically clean the heat rollers.The following procedure will 4. Inslall theleed table and lowerhe shield. help keep the heat rollers free ol adhesive ihal has been

5. Press RUNto rolale the heat rollers to an unclean porlion. Press STOP、Continue this process

alignmcnt ol therolls of lilm reduces Ihe amcunt of

until the complete surface ol bolh rollers are clean,

"squeeze out".

6. Follow the procedure in seclion FILM LOADING AND

Caution:Thefollowingprocedureis

THREADING, Method Using Fllm Threading Card to

PEAFOAMED WHILE THE LAMINATOR IS HOT.

reload the laminator.

USE EX TAE ME CAUTION. WARNING: Do not apply cleanlng 1luids or solvents

• NOTE: Do not use metal scouring pads lo clean rollers!

to the rollers. WARNING:Do not atlempt to laminate adhesives

• NEvER clean rollers with sharp or pointed objecis.
• Hardened adhesive deposits on therollers can cause damage to the rollers.Rotate the rollers al lhe lowest speed seting on the control panel.
• Do not laminate glitler and/or metallic ilems. Damage t0 the rollers may result.

Cut-0Ff 8Lade

Main Onoff

Switch

Circuit

Baeaker

Fig. 2

Safety

Shield

Thumb Core

Feed

Screw Adapter

Guide

Table

Interlock Feed

Latch Table