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The SmartCut A200 is a
personal paper trimmer that allows users to cut paper, add a decorative
edge to their documents and score documents for easy folding.Known as either the GBC Accucut
A200 or the SmartCut A200, this review will take a look at the
features, strengths, weaknesses and limitations of the A200
dial-a-blade trimmer.

Overview:

• The SmartCut A200 is a
  personal paper trimmer that allows users to cut paper, add a decorative
  edge to their documents and score documents for easy folding.
• This
  small rotary trimmer is designed specifically for use in creating craft
  projects, scrapbooks , photos, labels, greeting cards and other
  personal short run documents.
• Known as either the GBC Accucut
  A200 or the SmartCut A200, this review will take a look at the
  features, strengths, weaknesses and limitations of the A200
  dial-a-blade trimmer.

Features / Strengths:

• The
  Smartcut A200 paper trimmer has a convenient and simple to use
  Dial-A-Blade mechanism. This allows users to simply turn the dial on
  the machine and choose one of three different cutting blades. Out of
  the box, the A200 comes with a wave, straight cut and score blade
  mechanism. However, an optional dial-a-blade mechanism is available
  that includes a perforator, straight cut and score blade (part number
  1312PB).
• The Accucut A200 is designed for trimming documents
  up to 12″ long and thus can be used with scrapbook papers and standard
  8.5″ x 11″ sheets. It is rated to cut up to 5 sheets of paper at a
  time. However, it really does best when cutting just a few sheets of
  paper and is only designed to score or perforate on sheet of paper at
  time.
• The A200 has a nice transparent ruler that sets on top
  of the paper as you are cutting it. This ruler along with helpful grid
  lines on the cutting base of the unit are extremely helpful for getting
  your paper aligned on the cutter so that you can get straight clean
  cuts.

Weaknesses / Limitations:

• The
  A200 is made entirely of plastic (with the exception of the metal
  cutting blades) and is really meant as a personal cutting device. The
  cutter is great for occasional use but the plastic parts will most
  likely break if it were used heavily.
• The blades for the A200
  Smartcut paper cutter come as a single unit. This means that you need
  to replace the entire unit if you wear out any one of the three cutting
  blades. This is something that is important to remember since the
  dial-a-blade cutting units can be a little bit pricey as compared to
  the original cost of the cutter.
• The cutting base of the A200
  rotary trimmer is small. Although the blade travels along an 12″ path
  the cutter base is only about 6″ wide. This makes aligning larger
  sheets of paper much more difficult than it would be on a cutter with a
  wider cutting base since you can’t align the back edge of the paper
  with the grid lines provided on the cutter.

Recommendation:

• The
  Smartcut A200 is an excellent choice for personal use in creating craft
  projects, greeting cards and for use in scrapbooking.
• It is
  the least expensive option that provides capabilities for scoring,
  cutting and wave cutting on the market and can even be used for
  perforating with the optional replacement blade.
• However, the
  A200 should not be considered for use for any type of industrial ,
  commercial or even moderate volume application. The construction of the
  machine is simply not adequate for such applications.

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