Anyone use a laminator to protect inkjet photos?

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Does anyone here use a laminator to protect glossy photos that have
been printed on an inkjet?

Is it OK to use a 'hot' laminator or does it have to be 'cold'

A UK chainstore is advertising a laminator for £14.99. As long as it
won't damage my glossy prints I might give it a go.

thanks
banjo

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Actually,gases cause more damage then UV with some of the newer inks! The
lamination can add many years to such a print!In such a case,it would be a
whole lot more than a few percent!
"Fred McKenzie" <fmmck@aol.com> wrote in message
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> << Is it OK to use a 'hot' laminator or does it have to be 'cold' >>
>
> Banjo-
>
> A hot lamination that extends beyond the edge of a photo, can seal out
> moisture. This will definitely prevent water damage. Cold lamination
that
> uses an adhesive may not seal as well, so there could eventually be water
> damage.
>
> The more serious problem with inkjet prints, is fading due to exposure to
> ultraviolet light. Either hot or cold lamination will probably filter out
some
> UV, but not enough to prevent fading. Don't depend on lamination to
extend
> print life more than a few percent.
>
> A good use for hot lamination, is for an outdoor sign such as one
directing
> people to your garage sale. It will hold up quite well in the rain, and
can
> probably be used several times before it fades. Just be sure to drive
nails or
> screws through the plastic along the border, not through the print paper.
>
> Fred
>

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" Often lamination can leave place where the photo
separates from the plastic and then gives a smudged air bubble like
appearance."

That sounds like "cold lamination"! Unless you bend the laminated print,have
bad lam material or do not leave a laminated border around the print,hot
laminates will not seperate or have bubbles! Of course you als have to use
the proper mil size and laminator settings!I have laminated way over 2000
prints,the only ones that seperated were greeting cards that I folded!

"FartyMarty" <fartymarty@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Something you might try that could extend the life and give a
> laminated like finish and water protection is to print on the inside
> of a transparency then spray paint the applied image with a good
> neutral white spray paint. If the white paint is gloss (or matte for
> that matter since the tramsparency gives the gloss) enamel, you will
> also seal the inkjet ink from oxygen and the transparency will filter
> out some UV too. Often lamination can leave place where the photo
> separates from the plastic and then gives a smudged air bubble like
> appearance. This method I suggest is time consuming but good for some
> archival needs. Outdoor mounted photos rock with this method. Have
> fun. I use Krylon.
>
> Marty

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The ones you have seen are probably "home" laminators! My pro laminators
have speed control and digital heat settings.They also have guides for
proper settings with each mil laminate as well as paper weight/type!I can
also use mine for mounting prints!Home laminators are ok,but not as
versitile.
"thoss" <thoss@thossNOSPAM.plus.com> wrote in message
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> In article <86mdnb-ug_3VTLXcRVn-rg@centurytel.net>, Douglas <?.?@?.?>
> writes
> >" Often lamination can leave place where the photo
> >separates from the plastic and then gives a smudged air bubble like
> >appearance."
> >
> >That sounds like "cold lamination"! Unless you bend the laminated
print,have
> >bad lam material or do not leave a laminated border around the print,hot
> >laminates will not seperate or have bubbles! Of course you als have to
use
> >the proper mil size and laminator settings
>
> How? All that I've seen have no settings to adjust.
>
> --
> Thoss

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banjo@dontspam.silent.com wrote:

> Does anyone here use a laminator to protect glossy photos that have
> been printed on an inkjet?
>
> Is it OK to use a 'hot' laminator or does it have to be 'cold'

If your printer uses heat to liquify the ink, watch out.

Bottom line: you'll have to experiment to test for short term
effects. - RM

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I have had about 30+ practice laminations when I made picture phonograph
records with my soundscriber and the best thing to do is to run the inkjet
printout bare through the laminator without the plastic or the carrier, then
put the printout into the laminating plastic and put it into a carrier and feed
it into the laminator. This prevents ink from boiling while being inside the
plastic.

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In message <20040824174311.04727.00003337@mb-m10.aol.com>, Amishman35
<amishman35@aol.com> writes
>>Of course you als have to use
>>>the proper mil size and laminator settings
>>
>>How? All that I've seen have no settings to adjust.
>
>Another case of NIH. I have rarely seen adjustable laminators.

I have a (cheap) temperature adjustable one. Rexel LP25

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