The Heidi Swapp Minc Machine is a simple but BRILLIANT product that allows you to apply foil to artwork, craft projects or anything else you can send through a laser printer! … This means that you cannot print your project on a regular ink jet printer, but need to use a laser printer.

What is MINC?

MINC is a data specification language written in the mid-1980s by a Princeton University graduate student named Lars Graf. … It contains many of the syntactical capabilities of the C programming language, and can be used to implement simple procedural programs that can be executed by a runtime parser.

Can you use a laminator instead of a Minc?

The difference in using a laminator as they give off varying degrees of heat. The Minc heats up quickly and more evenly. Use a folded piece of paper to put your project through the laminator. Personally the Minc is a superior product.