Tony,
Price and quality may be a factor in how well guillotine trimmers work, but of all the ones I’ve seen – most being at work and of the "office grade variety" – I’ve never seen one that will trim as accurately as my rotary trimmer. In that last inch or so, they often just grab the paper rather than cut it, resulting in a ragged cut.
I bought an 18-inch Martin Yale Premier rotary trimmer from some local office supplier several years ago, and it has worked pretty well for me, but I’ve found the cutter wheel is prone to snagging when cutting thicker than normal material such as matboard (I’ve only done this for fast, crude cutting). Carefully and firmly holding the paper in place, I was recently able to trim a pretty thin sliver from a print that I was trying to square up. For around $75, I guess I’d say it’s a good trimmer but there may now be others that are better for the price. If I could afford one, I’d definitely buy a dual-rail Rotatrim however, as I’ve never seen anything that could trim paper more accurately. I dare say you could nearly trim a hair-width sliver with that trimmer. Here’s a link that shows my trimmer as well as several others in case you’ve not had much chance to browse different models: <
http://www.factory-express.com/Paper_Cutters/Rotary_Paper_Tr immers/rotary_paper_trimmers.html>
Regards,
Daryl
