Royal Sovereign RSH-1651 65 Inch Wide Format Roll Laminator

This is the Royal Sovereign RSH-1151 and the RSH-1651 Roll laminator!

First I’m going to go over some of the features, of the two machines. The only real difference between the two is the size—which is 45 inches and 65 inches.

You can adjust the rollers to use mounting boards up to 5/8” thick.

There are emergency stops on both the front and the back of the machine. Twist the knob to continue laminating again.

There are three different ways to start, stop, and reverse the laminator—a mouse pad attached to the back, the main panel, and a foot petal.

On the front panel you can change the individual temperatures of each roller separately, switch it from hot or cold laminating, save different variations in your settings, and turn on the back fan to help prevent your project from becoming wavy/bowing.

On the back, there is also a straight blade trimmer to remove the projects from the laminator.

Okay, now for the setup!

Turn the rollers on so they begin heating up to the appropriate temperature.

I’ll start in the back—if you have a roll already on that needs replaced, remove it from the laminator—be sure to cut the lamination first.

Now slip the roll off the bar…and insert the bar into your new roll.

Place the bar into the left side first, then insert it into position on the right. The outside of the film should drape over the machine as seen here—if it is shiny—then shiny side out.

Do the same thing for the bottom roll—again, shiny side facing away from the machine when draped. This is important when inserting it into the rollers.

Now lift the roll cover and remove the extra hand guard. Lift up and pull out the table piece.

On the bottom roller, pull the film out about two feet, then feed it under the bottom bar—located directly under the bottom heat roller. Pull it up and over the bar careful as to not touch the heating rollers.

On the back, pull about two feet of film, and bring it OVER the metal bar and rest it on top of the heat rollers.

At this point you can see that my two rolls do not align. To help with this the bars have lines on them so you can place the rolls in the same position—you can also measure out the distance on each so they match.

Now drape the bottom film over the top so they stick together—you can see that my rolls are still not aligned perfectly, to which I can still adjust later if needed.

Place the table back on, and the hand guard. Then lower the safety shield.

To feed the film through, adjust the opening for the correct size of any scrap board you have. Then push the board into the rollers while they are on until they grab the board and feed it through.

Make sure you use a thick board like foam core! The one I used here was not thick enough and it missed the back rollers, then I had to grab and pull it through—and it was not fun.

Let the lamination run a bit to get al the wrinkles out.

Now I can adjust the edge guides on my table and start laminating some pretty big projects. And go around back, wait for it to finish, then cut it off to trim up nicely with another trimmer.

As a last note, make sure to turn the rollers on, before you insert your project—otherwise you might end up with extra creases closer to the edge than you want.

If your projects are wrinkled, wavy, or you rollers won’t start, here are a few troubleshooting tips. Also, our customer service is always ready to walk you through steps to figure out any problems!