PowerSquare 160 Booklet Maker
Produce SquareBack booklets with the PowerSquare 160. Handles up to 160 pages, offers high-capacity stapling, face trimming, and optional two-knife trimming.
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Details & specifications
The PowerSquare 160 is a booklet-making system for mid-to-high volume digital production. It staples, folds, spine forms, and face trims in a single compact unit to produce SquareBack booklets with a professional finish, and it handles a range of sheet sizes and paper weights.
Key features
- Professional SquareBack booklets: flat, square-spined booklets that stack and pack easily, with the option to print on the spine for a perfect-bound appearance.
- Sheet sizes from 5.5" x 7.8" up to 14.5" x 24.4" and paper weights from 16 lb bond to 105 lb cover.
- Up to six staples per booklet, which supports multi-up applications.
- Built-in face trimmer produces clean booklet edges; an optional two-knife trimmer handles full-bleed finishing.
- Touchscreen controls with job recall for fast, repeatable setup.
- Heavy-duty, single-frame construction with a small floor footprint.
- Low-impact stapler cartridges with automatic staple pitch adjustment based on booklet thickness. Cartridges hold 5,000 staples and change without tools.
- Monitored paper flow tracks sheet position in real time to hold sheet accuracy and fold quality, including on long sheets.
- Remote diagnostics: the control system supports preventive maintenance, error monitoring, and remote troubleshooting.
- High-capacity dual bin feeder on the PowerSquare 160VFX model holds up to 21" of stacked sheets with automatic bin switching for uninterrupted runs.
- Optional barcode readers verify set integrity and variable page counts for customized booklet production.
Technical specifications
| Specification | PowerSquare 160 |
|---|---|
| Maximum booklet capacity | 160 pages of 20 lb bond |
| Production speed | Varies based on job and application |
| Maximum paper size | 14.5" x 24.4" |
| Minimum paper size | 5.5" x 7.8" |
| Paper weight range | 16 lb bond - 105 lb cover |
| Stapler modes | Auto-adjusting staple pitch |
| Stapler heads | 2 low-impact staple heads |
| Staples per cartridge | 5,000 staples per cartridge |
| Error detection | Monitored paper flow system |
| Dimensions (W x H x D) | 55.1" x 52.4" x 68.9" |
| Optional accessories | Two-knife trimmer, high-capacity feeder |
| Additional compatibility | PowerSquare 160VFX |
Applications
- Booklet production: A4 landscape booklets, magazines, manuals, and reports.
- Marketing and direct mail: SquareBack booklets for catalogs and brochures.
- Corporate and educational printing: training materials, course books, and internal reports.
The hand-fed PowerSquareâ„¢ 160 suits low volume digital printed jobs, with easy set-up and flexibility across media sizes. Book quality is guaranteed with this fully featured model, and it can be upgraded with feeders or run inline with your printer.
The PowerSquare 160 applies up to six staples per book, which allows smaller applications of 2 or 3 staples on a single set and saves the user time and cost.
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