Getting a discount can bring the cost of using a copy shop back in line with just using a laminating machine yourself. Though the steps vary, the basic principles remain the same across all of the different strategies.
If your laminating device offers a cold setting, use that to laminate your photos. Do your research online before laminating your photographs under the hot setting. Advice varies, but some sources warn that running your pictures through a scorching laminating machine can damage them or destroy them entirely. Otherwise, you risk accidentally ruining prized memories and other photographs.
Make sure that the adhesive does not escape from the pouch when you feed it to the laminating machine. Leaking adhesive can cause dangerous buildup in the laminating device and even shut it down completely. Laminating your photos by hand requires a bit more preparation than just using a laminating machine. Spread the two adhesive sheets out on a flat surface and remove the adhesive cover from one of them.
Press your photo down into the adhesive, then press the other sheet of adhesive into the back of the photo. Most copy shops have professional-grade laminating machines that can laminate any size photo you might have in just a few minutes. Call ahead to make sure the copy shop you plan on visiting offers laminating services. Buy your own laminating machine and laminate your photo paper yourself at home. When laminating at home be sure to allow the laminating machine to fully heat up before attempting to laminate your picture.
Unless a client specifically does not want lamination or the media does not require it, I always recommend protection. Obviously, if the image is to be mounted and placed under glass, you might not need it either. Laminates can be liquid, high and low temperature thermal and pressure sensitive. Best to know what type of media that you are working with first. Often the manufacturer can make recommendations for overlaminates on their particular media.
For instance, with the HP Photobase paper that I use, my vendors suggest a pressure sensitive overlam to prevent the laminate from lifting from the darker or more saturated areas.
Some bond papers will work well with a thermal laminate. I would go to a framing or poster shop, phone around to find one with a cold roller laminator and have one done to see how it looks. There are a number of surfaces to choose from, textured, glossy matte. This is interesting I note that you say cold laminating is best I have been looking at laminating products recently and suddenly became aware of 'cold' and 'hot' laminating.
What I have noticed is that the machines that do cold laminating are the cheapest, hot are the next expensive and ones that do both are the most expensive. On the basis of 'most expensive is best' I had assumed that hot laminating was the best solution? I've also noticed that the hot laminating machines seem to have more rollers - apparrently to better guide and protect your image - plus they use slightly more expensive laminate sleeves which, unlike the cold sleeves, have a protective sleeve which 'sits' between the laminate sleeve and the rollers to, so I gather, offer better protection.
I am about to purchase one of these laminating machines and, naturally, I want to get the best one for photographs On the above I had decided to opt for a hot laminating machine so am very interested as to why you say cold laminating is best???
A cheaper style hot laminator might have a bit of negative effect your plastic PPP Canon image. Spoke to a very knowledgeble agent at this place and he filled me in on what I needed to know.
I can get UV pouches that would significantly improve the likelihood of survival of the prints for a longer period of time, as well as this unit is a commercial grade and suited towards doing a significant number of laminations per usage as opposed to a lighter weight unit that would burn out if one were doing say a dozen or more prints at one sitting. Check this unit out.
Seems reasonably priced too. I purchased a GBC Docuseal 95 laminator to use with my photos. It is totally unexceptable when using it HOT with glossy photo paper. It works fine with matte photo paper. I get hundreds of bubbles all over with the glossy paper. I have that very laminator myself and use it quite often and it does work, but I have problems with it in humid weather. The pouches tend to get folded back on them selves in the top corners from time to time. It also changes the colour slightly the reds fade a little with the heat on my older Epson dye based prints.
Not sure how your Canon prints would do I know heat is a problem for them that's why a cold laminator is much better for you if you can find one.
Lee Rothman wrote: Spoke to a very knowledgeble agent at this place and he filled me in on what I needed to know. Avoid Humidity. Delay the Stack. Can you laminate cardboard? Cardboard is a heavy-duty paper with many uses, including signs, boxes and art projects.
Although it's a strong material, cardboard will soften and collapse if exposed to water. For small cardboard pieces, such as posters and signs, laminating with plastic is a good choice.
Can you laminate cardstock? Lamination makes printed documents look more finished and professional. By the way, if you need a printed piece to be rigid, one tip that can generally save you money is to use a heavy cardstock to print on and then apply a thinner laminate film…as opposed to printing on thinner paper and using a thicker laminate film.
How do I keep my paper from fading? When purchasing construction paper, look for words such as "light stable" or "fade resistant. Keep construction paper out of direct sunlight. Handle the paper as little as possible. How do you laminate with a ziplock bag? Step 2: Laminating. Start by putting what you want to laminate in the corner of the ziplock like picture 1.
Step 3: Cut. Cut the thing out with the plastic bag.
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