Laminating Inkjet Prints

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Laminating inkjet prints. Because these high levels of heat can damage some types of inkjet prints low melt or heat assist films have been developed. A typical hot laminating film for printed documents activates at temperatures between 210 and 240 degrees. The laminate can really change the look of your images. So keep that in mind as well.

Inkjet printers dump a lot of ink onto the print and a rushed operator may try to laminate the image before the ink is completely dry. Clearjet makes laminating digital printing with dye based inks and water sensitive ink media combinations hassle free. Using an aqueous clear coat on aqueous dye or pigment ink will backfire as the clear coat dilutes the ink and prevents it from drying. The problem can be exacerbated by the fact that if a laminator is allowed to sit for extended periods of time without the rolls turning there can be varying degrees of temperature on different parts of the rolls.

Clearjet can be used on most substrates including canvas vinyl enamel receptive and non enamel receptive banners fibreglass wood metal plastic and paper. For protecting water based inkjet prints use a solvent based laminate such as clearjet. We tend to create realistic prints though so the less the laminate sticks out the better in our case. We outsource our laminating usually we go with a semi gloss or matte for the our inkjet prints epson9800.

This sounds overly simplistic but it has been an effective solution in many cases. This is why ecosolvent prints are rated for up to three years outdoors without lamination. Full solvents use stronger chemicals penetrate more deeply and are rated for up to five years without lamination.