Precision Alignment for Flawless Paper Handling
Streamline your workflow with paper joggers that ensure perfectly aligned stacks, eliminate static electricity, and improve efficiency. Ideal for high-volume production or operations requiring precision, these machines optimize paper handling for consistent, professional results.
Key Features:
â—Ź Precision Alignment: Quickly align stacks for smooth feeding into printers, cutters, and other finishing equipment.
â—Ź Static Elimination: Prevent misfeeds, jams, and double-feeds caused by static electricity.
â—Ź Enhanced Efficiency: Save time and labor costs with automated paper alignment.
â—Ź Versatile Applications: Suitable for various paper types, including glossy and coated stocks.
Explore the Options:
âś” Vibrating Joggers: Reliable for general paper handling tasks using vibration and gravity.
âś” Air Joggers: Add air blowers to eliminate static and handle difficult stocks.
âś” High-Capacity Joggers: Designed for large stacks in high-volume production environments.
Optimize your print production workflow with paper joggers that ensure smooth processes, reduced waste, and improved output quality. Contact us to find the right solution for your needs.
Choosing a jogger
Three things decide a jogger: sheet size, whether the stock holds static, and whether an operator loads it by hand.
Tabletop joggers take one lift at a time. The MBM JT 7 and the Martin Yale 400 sit next to a cutter or a folder and square up letter and ledger stacks between operations. The Challenge Handy-Jog is the same class and ships with three tray options: standard for 8.5 by 11 and A4, large for 11 by 17 and A3, and a check tray for remittance work.
Air-assist joggers add a blower that floats the sheets apart before the vibration squares them. That is the difference between a stack that separates and a stack that welds itself together. Coated stock, freshly printed digital output and anything carrying static needs air. The Challenge iJOG runs at 1,788 dollars without air and 2,406 dollars with it. If the shop runs toner output, buy the air version.
Combination joggers handle full press sheets. The Challenge 2026A, 2436A and 2840A cover 20 by 26, 24 by 36 and 28 by 40 respectively. Size the model to the largest sheet the press produces, not the average one. These are the capital units on this page, so ask about financing and leasing when you size one.
Automatic joggers feed and square without an operator. The Perfecta BSB-3L, BASA 3 Evolution and BASA 7 belong in front of a programmable cutter in a continuous production cell. These are quoted, not listed.
A squared lift is what a guillotine cutter needs to cut straight, and what a folder needs to run without a jam. Counting and squaring often happen in the same cell, so see paper counting machines if the lift also has to be counted.
Not sure which tray or which sheet size? Call with your largest sheet dimension and your daily lift count.
Challenge Machinery
Challenge is the deepest jogger line Mid-State Litho carries. The Handy-Jog is the tabletop unit and comes in three tray configurations: standard at 620 dollars, large tray for 11 by 17 and A3 at 674 dollars, and a check tray at 684 dollars. The iJOG steps up to a production frame at 1,788 dollars, and the iJOG Air adds the blower at 2,406 dollars. The 2026A, 2436A and 2840A combination joggers cover press sheets to 20 by 26, 24 by 36 and 28 by 40. The Handy-Jog, iJOG and combination models also exist in 230-volt versions, which are quoted rather than listed. See the full Challenge Machinery line.
MBM
MBM builds two joggers in this catalog. The JT 7 is a tabletop unit at 2,074 dollars, sized for letter and ledger lifts moving between a printer and a cutter. The AJ 700 is the larger unit in the pair and is quoted. Both are the straightforward answer when the shop needs a stack squared between two operations and does not need air assist.
Martin Yale
The Martin Yale 400 is a tabletop jogger at 862 dollars, the lightest-duty unit on this page and the one that fits where bench space is short. It squares letter and ledger stacks for a cutter, a folder or a bindery step. See the full Martin Yale line.
Graphic Whizard
The Graphic Whizard PT Jogger squares stock ahead of the PT finishing line and works as a standalone tabletop unit. A matching PT Jogger Stand is available and is worth buying at the same time: a tabletop jogger without its stand usually turns into a follow-up phone call once the operator runs out of bench. See the full Graphic Whizard line.
Lassco Wizer
Lassco Wizer builds the LJ-10, a single tabletop jogger sized for everyday shop work. It is the one-model answer for a shop that wants a jogger on the bench and does not need a tray option or air assist.
Perfecta
Perfecta joggers are automatic units built to sit in front of a programmable cutter. The BSB-3L, the BASA 3 Evolution and the BASA 7 feed and square without an operator standing at the machine, which is what makes them a production-cell purchase rather than a bench purchase. All three are quoted. See the full Perfecta cutting systems line.
Frequently asked questions
What does a paper jogger actually do?
It vibrates a stack until every sheet aligns on two edges. That squared stack is what a guillotine, a folder or a bindery line needs to run without a jam or a crooked cut.
Do I need air assist?
If the shop runs toner output, coated stock, or anything that holds static, yes. Air floats the sheets apart before the vibration squares them. The Challenge iJOG is 1,788 dollars without air and 2,406 dollars with it, so the air option costs 618 dollars.
What is the difference between a tabletop and a combination jogger?
Sheet size. Tabletop units such as the MBM JT 7 and Martin Yale 400 handle letter and ledger lifts. Combination joggers handle press sheets: the Challenge 2026A at 20 by 26, the 2436A at 24 by 36, and the 2840A at 28 by 40.
Can I get a jogger sized for checks or remittance?
Yes. The Challenge Handy-Jog is available with a check tray. It is a separate model from the standard and large-tray versions.
Do you service joggers in Michigan?
Mid-State Litho has been an authorized dealer since 1984 with factory-trained technicians covering Michigan and the Great Lakes region. Contact us with your largest sheet size and your daily lift count and we will size the machine.