Question Digital printing on mylar (NOT Gerber Edge)

[Tony Teveris]

I have a friend that is looking for a vendor to print on .005" PET (Mylar).

He is interested in trying to duplicate a frosted glass appearance. He says he can only find
clear or coat white PET, is this also true?

I do not know the finished size.

Any help is greatly appreciated

T

 

[Bigdawg]

We've done some printing on film like that on our Roland. HATED IT! Our biggest problem was we had to laminate it to stop the ink from scratching too easily - clear over clear shows every single dust spec that is there.
I would suggest printing on frosted and applying to the mylar instead. Is there a reason not to go that route?

 

[Tony Teveris]

We've done some printing on film like that on our Roland. HATED IT! Our biggest problem was we had to laminate it to stop the ink from scratching too easily - clear over clear shows every single dust spec that is there.
I would suggest printing on frosted and applying to the mylar instead. Is there a reason not to go that route?

I'm really out of the loop on this and just asking for a friend, what was the frosted material you used?

Thanks for the info.

T

 

[SignCenter203]

I have a friend that is looking for a vendor to print on .005" PET (Mylar).

He is interested in trying to duplicate a frosted glass appearance. He says he can only find
clear or coat white PET, is this also true?

I do not know the finished size.

Any help is greatly appreciated

T

Hi Tony,

We can print UV white on this material to create frosted effect. We've done similar on clear RTA and acrylic. We are a trade only printer in Connecticut: websigncenter.com

 

[Superior_Adam]

Find someone that can direct print using UV. We are able to create a frosted look by using a percentage of white instead of full on white. We have done a lot of projects this way for the local college.