laminate

Our company just purchased a vision engraver/router 2550 2x4 machine. I say "just" purchased, but it was March of 2015. Our main operator is a good guy and has learned quite a bit by himself (routing acrylic/ada/gator/ultra board/polystyrene stencils etc). One of the things we haven't been able...

Hi, We are running 30" wide rolls of media through our CJV and have just started laminating. The printer will only accept 30" wide max rolls. We are confused about the width of the laminate we should be using. It seems like the base media should extend past the over laminate so the over...

I've always used 54" wide laminate. However, the ideal width would be either 53" wide or 53.5" wide. Does anybody know if such an item exist, and if yes, where would acquire such an item? Thanks!

I have a Daige Quickmount III laminator 55" w/ foot pedal that has been sitting around for a couple years and am looking to sell it. Anyone have any ideas for me what it's worth? Any help would be appreciated!!! Thanks in advance.

I need some advice and direction. Recently I have been printing on Avery MPI2001 using Mimaki SS21 Solvent ink on a Mimaki JV33-160. I am printing vehicle livery for trucks and buses but I am having serious issues with customer complaints saying the graphics are shrinking back so much that the...

I recently changed to Avery 1360 laminate and have been very pleased with it so far. All my tests have been done using the big squeegee and the results have been fantastic compared to my Arlon 3220 experience. I just did a huge print and ran it for the first time through my laminator (USTech...

We have a USTech, 54" laminator and for the past two years, it has been great. We laminate everything from 30" to 54" on it, but for the past couple of months or so, have been using it for 30" and (mostly) 36" cast materials. Yesterday, immediately after laminating a 36 inch sheet of cast...

Hi Folks, I'm having a bit of trouble on the cutting thick laminate situaation. I have a tjet 1631c and printing the decals, putting on a heavy laminate. Putting the cutting blabe to 10v (max) the machine doesnt allow numerous cuts but it just isn't cutting it. I then decided to take it over to...

I have a customer who is interested in getting his pizzeria counters covered with printed vinyl, but he is concerned because while he was in my shop viewing samples he noticed that when he slid his fingernail on the prints, it left marks behind. That marks are not damaging, but they are...

I'm hoping the community here can weigh in on this for me as I keep getting different answers from different places. Originally, we were using a 45 degree blade on our Roland Sp-540V. But as our small lettering kept tearing, someone recommended switching to a 60 degree blade for fine detail...

I printed vinyl scrimm and I've had it in the shop for a few days. It's on my Mutoh VJ1324 and it printed very well. If I use my finger nail to scrape, it can still smear. Zeelon 13 oz gloss solvent banner is the material used. Is this common? I printed this on a vinyl and I can't seem to get it...

Hi guys.. It's been a while. I walked a job site recently and some of the walls/counters were wrapped with a really thick laminate. So thick in fact that I couldn't even gouge it with a key. I was thinking it was a floor laminate, but that media being so heavy wouldn't stay vertical forever...

Hello everyone, I need a little bit of help. Basically what I'm trying to do is print some stickers using the CJV30, then laminate them with my laminator, then after they have been laminated put them through the CJV30 for it to cut. I have just tried to print one sticker (it has the registered...

We printed four panels (roughly 28" wide & 84" tall) of Kapco 12 Mil Blockout film on our Epson GS6000 printer, they were laminated the next day with 10 mil textured laminate. I gave a quarter inch bleed to the four panels and added crop marks where the cut should be to fit the frame. When the...

Hi Everyone, I've just started in the sign industry and have done my first mistake laminating a Monomeric Laminate onto Polymeric Vinyl. :covereyes: I have learnt from Google that monomeric and polymeric behave different hence not to mix the two. However given I have already done it, and the...

I have a large decal order for a very important customer and I'm having a problem :banghead:. The decals are printed on 3 mil PrismJET 203 as a sheet of around 4.5' & laminated with 3 mil PrismJET 100. I'm cutting the decals with a Vinyl Express Q54 and the problem is that the contour cut isn't...

Good morning guys, I am in a bit of a pinch here and I thought the best place to ask this question would be on this forum. We transitioned from the Satin laminate to a more matte laminate and I am stuck with 4-5 palettes of 3 mil hot Satin laminate. 62" mostly but some 51" as well. Do you know...

There is a printer who wants me to laminate his large format digital prints with me. I told him to bring in the prints and buy the roll of laminate and I'll finish it off with my laminator. How much per sq ft is normal to propose for pricing? What is industry standard for this- he is a...

What a project! This was my first attempt at a large install and boy did we learn a lot! My students created the graphic, did the printing, laminating and the install. The only thing I did was help run the Big Squeegee for the overlam, and help with initial alignment on the panels. We printed...

Help please!! I have been doing signs for 6 years and started to sub-out prints. I have two fleets of trucks out there along with free standing signs that have worn out the same way within a time of 1-2 years ago installed. I am being ambushed by these customers to fix this and they are...