Paginator::make($items, $total, $per_page) it has 3 parameters.
$items - record set of query result
$total - number of records into fetch result
$per_page - number of records per page you want
here, 2 step to perform manual pagination
step 1: count number of records first
$cc=Item::raw_where("match (`name`) against ('*{$search_text}*' IN BOOLEAN MODE)")->count();
if($cc>2000){$cc=2000;}
$per_page=200;
$page=Input::get('page',1);
step 2: paginate that records
$nn=Item::raw_where("match (`name`) against ('*{$search_text}*' IN BOOLEAN MODE)")->take($per_page)->skip(($page-1)*$per_page)->get();
$data=Paginator::make($nn, $cc, $per_page);
you will get paginated records in $data variable.