A system for forming packaging templates for assembly into boxes or other packaging, the system comprising: a stack of fanfold material; a converting machine used to convert the fanfold material into said packaging templates, the converting machine comprising: a converting assembly comprising: one or more feed rollers that move the fanfold material through the converting assembly; one or more converting tools configured to perform one or more conversion functions on the fanfold material as the fanfold material moves through the converting assembly in order to form said packaging templates, the one or more conversion functions being selected from the group consisting of creasing, bending, folding, perforating, cutting, and scoring; and a frame that rests upon a support surface and comprises one or more upright supports and one or more guide posts, the converting assembly being mounted on the one or more upright supports such that at least a portion of the stack of fanfold material is positioned between the one or more upright supports and the one or more guide posts and at least a portion of the stack of fanfold material is positioned under the converting assembly. a stack of fanfold material; a converting machine used to convert the fanfold material into said packaging templates, the converting machine comprising: a converting assembly comprising: one or more feed rollers that move the fanfold material through the converting assembly; one or more converting tools configured to perform one or more conversion functions on the fanfold material as the fanfold material moves through the converting assembly in order to form said packaging templates, the one or more conversion functions being selected from the group consisting of creasing, bending, folding, perforating, cutting, and scoring; and a frame that rests upon a support surface and comprises one or more upright supports and one or more guide posts, the converting assembly being mounted on the one or more upright supports such that at least a portion of the stack of fanfold material is positioned between the one or more upright supports and the one or more guide posts and at least a portion of the stack of fanfold material is positioned under the converting assembly. a converting assembly comprising: one or more feed rollers that move the fanfold material through the converting assembly; one or more converting tools configured to perform one or more conversion functions on the fanfold material as the fanfold material moves through the converting assembly in order to form said packaging templates, the one or more conversion functions being selected from the group consisting of creasing, bending, folding, perforating, cutting, and scoring; and one or more feed rollers that move the fanfold material through the converting assembly; one or more converting tools configured to perform one or more conversion functions on the fanfold material as the fanfold material moves through the converting assembly in order to form said packaging templates, the one or more conversion functions being selected from the group consisting of creasing, bending, folding, perforating, cutting, and scoring; and a frame that rests upon a support surface and comprises one or more upright supports and one or more guide posts, the converting assembly being mounted on the one or more upright supports such that at least a portion of the stack of fanfold material is positioned between the one or more upright supports and the one or more guide posts and at least a portion of the stack of fanfold material is positioned under the converting assembly.