Originally Posted by
Drew Wiley
I have even a 48 inch dual-rail Rotatrim with an equally long precision squaring bar firmly attached to any even bigger fully laminated surface. I use this not only for prints, but for sizing sheets of paper off big rolls of color paper in the dark. Keeping things square is a bit tricky even with the lights on, and requires a firm pressure platen, not just a bar. The process of cutting can tug a bit. Cheap guillotine stack cutters are far worse. Get the best Dahle you can afford and keep it tightly adjusted and sharp. I like to have versatile equipment, so described the squaring feature of my own device in relation to usage in full darkness. If you're working with X-Ray or Ortho film you can obviously make life easier with a red safelight.
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