Rhematec Electric Business Card Cutter Part 1

Business cards are often the first corporate publication to be exchanged especially during the first meeting of business people . It is very important to make that great impression on  business cards -- the mood set by the color, the emphasis put on by the fonts used, the lasting message of the content and the smooth, clean edges! No matter how well-designed the business card is, if it has rough edges, it will still be perceived to be unprofessional. Does your  company deserve that? If you are looking for an affordable business card cutter, the Rhematec TESS 900 Card Cutter may be worth the try.

The supplier in Taiwan are prompt, willing and helpful with whatever queries I had. There are currently five standard models:

M/N: EBCC-B90R-E54R-A         (for size A4 paper with 10-up (2x5) non-bleed layout, finished card size 90 x 54 mm)
 M/N: EBCC-B90R-E50R-A         (for size A4 paper with 10-up (2x5) non-bleed layout, finished card size 90 x 50 mm)
 M/N: EBCC-B91R-E55R-A         (for size A4 paper with 10-up (2x5) non-bleed layout, finished card size 91 x 55 mm)
 M/N: EBCC-B85G10-E54R-A     (for size A4 paper with 10-up (2x5) half-bleed layout, finished card size 85 x 54 mm)
 M/N: EBCC-B88.9R-E50.8R-A   (for size Letter paper with 10-up (2x5) non-bleed layout, finished card size 3.5" x 2")

If you would like to have a custom-made cutter for slitting a specific size, you can send them the layout for their evaluation then they will let you know if it's feasible to make on their electric business card cutter. An example is a custom-made cutter for slitting an A4-sized paper with 9-up, full bleed layout (3 mm gutter) into playing cards.

What I have is the model for size A4 paper with 10-up (2x5) non-bleed layout, finished card size 90 x 50 mm. What does all the cutting specifications mean? It only implies that for every A4 paper, one can have 10 pieces(2 columns and 5 rows) each of size 90mm x 50mm business cards. The term "non-bleed" means that there are no prints on the edge of each business card and therefore no spaces between them on the layout of the card. This is the sample of the layout:

Notice that there are no spaces between each cards. So this model is more suitable for cards with either solid color or none at all over the edge.

Key Features:
- Light, portable, and compact design for home or office use
- Precise paper cutting @ 4 to 6 sheets/min (depending on paper thickness) enables making hundreds of quality business cards in a few minutes
- User-friendly operation
- Cut up to 300gsm paper




The shipping dimension is Length x Width x Height = 42cm x 23 cm x 18 cm. Gross weight is 3.5 Kg.

Opening the box there are two styropor block inside and another box which houses the main unit and the power adapter.

There is a nifty informative label on top:

Another important notice:

What you will see inside the box are the business card cutter, the sliding tray(stored inside the front cover of the cutter), the power adapter, operation guide and the printed paper for test cut along with some 10 pcs of blank papers.

The body is all made up of hard plastic.

Next time, I will post on the operation of this machine. Thanks for reading!