A laminating system includes a feeder apparatus, a laminating apparatus, and a trimmer apparatus mounted on a movable support structure that is adapted to maintain alignment in order to enable a user to move the system without upsetting the alignment. Simultaneous and differential speed control components for the feeder apparatus and the laminating apparatus are provided according to a separate aspect of the invention to enable the user to control spacing between individual sheets as they move along a feed path to the laminating apparatus. A guide plate provided on the feeder apparatus according to another aspect of the invention has an upwardly extending surface that faces the leading edges of sheets in a stack of sheets. An upper portion of that surface protrudes slightly toward the stack of sheets so that as the stack of sheets is raised, the leading edges of uppermost sheets in the stack of sheets bear against the upper portion of the guide plate to thereby help position the leading edges of the uppermost sheets perpendicular to the feed path so that they feed squarely into the laminating apparatus.