Non-jamming laminator assembly

A laminator assembly comprising:

• (a) a transfer passage comprising an entrance zone, a compression zone, and an exit zone;
• (b) a pair of rollers comprising a first roller and a second roller, the pair of rollers defining the compression zone for compressing a lamination pouch as it passes therebetween, and the first roller comprising multiple circumferential slits in its exterior surface, the circumferential slits being from about 1 mm to about 2 mm deep and spaced from about 20 mm to about 30 mm apart;
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• (c) an anti-jam feature comprising wire running from the entrance zone to the exit zone through the circumferential slit in the first roller such that the lamination pouch is prevented from wrapping around the first roller, the wire having a diameter of from about 0.005 inch to about 0.01 inch.