laminate

We have a UV printer and often print directly to ACM or apply vinyl to ACM (and other substrates). When I put laminate over it, the laminate seems to shrink within months - a lot within a year. Am I using the wrong laminate? Is there a technique to avoid the shrinking? I assume it's due to the...

Hello, I'm hoping that somebody will be able to help me. My shop is mainly a commercial wrap shop, wrapping and lettering commercial vehicles, but we aim for more high end work versus high volume work. We have had HP Latex printers, a 330 and a 560, for years, and they generally work pretty...

Since 1974, Kent Adhesive Products Co. (KAPCO), has been producing products that support today's printer technologies. We offer products supporting Solvent/Eco Solvent, Latex, UV and Aqueous printers. As a domestically sourcing USA manufacturer of laminating films, and various digital print...

Anyone have any experience with printing tactile on Wilsonart laminates? We've used several different primers and methods to prep the material before printing but haven't had much success with getting the ink to adhere consistently.

Hey everyone, looking for a textured grippy adhesive laminate like seen in the photos. It has a really nice dotted texture as opposed to alot of the "stone" style textures I keep seeing when hunting for this. If someone helps me find this type of material I will send you lunch haha!

Hello, I have a BN-20 (please don't laugh) and I am having difficulty navigating the world on lamination, including basic instruction. I am small-scale seeing what I can do with my machine and how I can tailor it to specific products for my business, and I also make stickers. My budget for a...

I'm looking at getting a laminator but was hoping to keep the budget around thr £1k mark. Has anyone got recommendations? We usually print on 760mm and 600mm rolls. Its for decals.

Hi all, Need help or advice here. I got a ucjv300 and a flat applicator with no heat assist. I heard that UV print is hard to be laminated. Wondering anyone know the trick to do it with the flatbed applicator? Probably there is a laminate that work better with UV ink that no requires heat...

Looking for some advice on application tables. Who makes the best one for the money? Anything we should be looking for or brands to avoid? What about ordering from China? Any experience with the Chinese ones? Thank you greatly for your help/advice!

Hello, hello! A month or so ago our vendor let us know that 3M would be changing the "construction" of the 8508 laminate. "Starting in mid-August, the 8508 overlaminate will move from a cast vinyl to a non-cast vinyl construction. The film will be slightly thicker (moving from 2.3mils to...

Hey all, We are looking into buying a new laminator and applicator for our wide format products and while I am pretty certain of what I am looking for, I did want to put a thread up here in case I am missing something. We are replacing some older re-re-branded Chinese cold laminators that took...

Hello , hope this post finds everyone well! I may be asking abit much but here goes, Could somebody who has a mimaki cjv30 post a video on how to set up a cut after a job has been printed and reloaded onto the machine, such as print, then take the material off to laminate then put the...

Hey everyone, I am looking to get some dry erase 15" vinyl or approx. 13.5" overlam to use with my gerber edge 2. The issue is, I don't even know if anything like that exists. Can anyone tell me if there is a product that I am looking for out there and available? Thanks, Will

Hy i'looking for your experiences where to bye clear laminate for dirt bikes application at reasonable prices in EU and UK, i've been looking for Ritrama, substance or convex but only found webshops in US with heavy price to be delivered here. All expreriences are welcom, thanks

Hey Guys, so i have always had issues when I laminate large prints (greater than 8ft) where everything starts on square and is laminating great and then my laminate starts to shift and skew. I can pull the laminate roll to the side and fix as its laminating but I shouldn't have to do that...

Has anyone experienced problems with the vinyl curling upwards as soon as you laminate the vinyl? This happens with both of my GFP Laminators. We tried: Loosening the tension to as low as possible and even tightened the pinch rollers 4 inches after they touch. Loosened the pinch roller 1...

Hello, I'm Tristan and this is my first post. We have a client who is getting Drytac Retac Smooth Luster laminate applied to some windows inside of a Gym. A salesman recommended applying laminate for the project, is this necessary as it seems like a waste of resources to me. Thanks in advance...

Our old laminator has been here longer than I have. It seems to have no brand or manual, and it's starting to fall apart. It's the only one I've ever used, so I don't even know if when it was new, it was a nice expensive one or totally cheapo.. There's no heating element or air compression. I'm...

We use Avery products as a standard in our shop, but currently, Avery has been hard if not impossible to come by. Are there any alternative laminates to Avery 1060 DOL that anyone would/could recommend? - TIA

SHARPER PRINTING Trade Only Grand Format Printer 844-474-2773 | www.sharperprinting.com CUSTOM SIZES ON ALL SUBSTRATES ALL YOUR GRAND FORMAT NEEDS REFLECTIVE & DRY ERASE OPTIONS Adhesive Rolls Rigid Substrates Custom Stickers & Magnets Paper & Fabric and Many More Feather Flags...