Paper cutter
Guillotina para papel
- Date
- c. 1830-1850 · confidence low
- Place
- Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Credited to
- Guillaume Massiquot
- Field
- Tools
What it is
Straight-blade machine for precisely cutting one or several stacked sheets of paper at once, devised by Guillaume Massiquot and commonly used in offices, print shops and bookbinding.
What it led to
- modern bookbinding and graphic arts industry
- standard office equipment
- mass production of books and magazines
- large-format industrial guillotines