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Thanks for your input everyone. I went with the Ledco 44" Digital laminator and couldn't be more happy with it. It works fine with prints from the HP 5500 inkjet. I'm using HMI board, HP photo gloss paper, and a 3 mil laminate heated to 250 degrees. Everything melts and adheres together...

Anyone out there use, sell or know of any type of clear, static-cling vinyl material that works with the HP 5500 Designjet printer? The size I'd need it to come in is around 36" x 40' or more. Thank you!

My employer thinks it looks nice...LOL you're right though! I guess it helps to protect the signs for shipping too.

I had a client who wanted me to place their logo on a poster size 24 x 36. They sent me a 2 x 2 in. jpeg logo at 72 dpi. I told them I needed their logo in vector format (.ai or .eps). They got all "crafty" on me - re-saved that exact logo file in photoshop as a EPS file, and then couldn't...

BigFishDM - THANK YOU!

I'm the in-house designer & printer for a company that manages transportation. Oakcitysigns - LOL I know what you mean about getting laminate stuck to the rollers. I've seen it happen! It happened with PS laminate and my company had to get someone to take apart the machine and cut the...

Wes70 - When I print on color fast adhesive vinyl, the signs fade in a couple of months (I throw them away after about a week anyway). I usually print on a glossy paper stock that I always laminate - and those last for years (indoor). All of my signs are thrown away after about 1 week of use...

It seems like the mounting adhesive would save a lot of extra time and effort. It might be a little more pricey, but so is the adhesive paper. Does everyone use the mounting adhesive with cold laminate or do they use the technique with the cardboard?

Any possibility of a low-heat film working for my purpose? something that works well with the coated media? You bring up a great point - I would think Aqueous stands for water-based. I have not tried an adhesive paper. Right now, with the pressure sensitive film I'm using, I have to...

If I mount only 1 side with the PS laminate, the laminate that has nothing matching underneath it will stick to the rollers.

I just print 24 x 36" foam board signs and small vinyl signs that are placed on bus windows. Right now, I'm using the GBC Cantena (which used to be the Eagle 105). I run the media through using artic gloss on top with a mounting adhesive on the bottom that I use to mount the signs to the foam...

The Pen Tool is the most precise. It takes some getting used to, but it's worth it in the end.

What about if I buy thermal foam board and run the media through the machine mounting it onto the board?

Hi - I'm currently using the HP Designjet 5500 with dye-based ink and using cold, pressure-sensitive laminate. I find cold laminate to be very expensive. I want to switch to hot if I can. I'm only making temporary signage that will be tossed after about one week. When researching...