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 Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:12 am
I was wondering, does anyone here make use of a laminator for making various things like bookmarks and badges, and if so can you recommend a good one? I'm trying to avoid purchasing a machine thats going to break down quickly and or produce a crappy looking product.
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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 5:45 pm
I'm living with false hope
And my eyes just want to see a ray of light
I'm gonna find it in my fairy tale...
I got a cheap one that will probably do just that... but it was the only one under $200. But I don't know, it might work.
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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 8:17 pm
which one did you end up getting?
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Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:46 pm
I'm living with false hope
And my eyes just want to see a ray of light
I'm gonna find it in my fairy tale...
Xyron EZLaminator... it does stuff without heat. Works well enough.
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Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 5:01 pm
I was was also considering getting a laminator down the road, though I havn't done a lot of research yet. It seems like even the cheap ones are quite expensive, and yeah you defiantly don't want one that's inconsistent about heating and thus does a shoddy job or breaks.
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Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:47 pm
Whatever you get, treat it nicely... we've got a couple of not-cheap and not-shoddy ones at work, that are just breaking down from all the abuses they take. I'm sure what we've done to ours in one year is probably about equal to what the average user here would do in 5 or 10, but the fact remains that it's heating inconsistently, scorching, and doing other horrible things now. And the other one's even worse. ^^
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Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 9:02 pm
Yeah, at my old job we had one, though I only used it a couple times I don't think it was too cheap. The secretary broke the first one somehow so then they had me use the new one. I think if you ever get something stuck in it, its done. I think you also have to be patient about allowing it to heat up.
And people seem to tend to abuse work equipment sweatdrop
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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:19 pm
isn't that a requirement of people in offices? we have some pretty beat up stuff in mine.
Laminator wise, right now i think im just debating do i want a pouch model or one of the sheet models, or basically heat sealing or cold press. My friend sent me samples of some stuff made with the cold press model but honestly im not convinced its the best for what i wanna do with it. I felt the end result was too flimsy and i worry the plastic sheeting will pull apart.
if i was only making bookmarks id say the cold press model would be fine, but i also want to make magnets, essentially the artwork printed out in the dimension of, say 2x3 and i glue a magnet on the back. I feel that a thicker plastic would hold up better to being pulled on to place and remove the magnet.
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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:33 pm
You're probably right about wanting the thicker plastic... Also important will be to leave a small edge around the laminated image. In general from handling, and particularly from being around colder temperatures (at least from what I've observed at work anyway), laminated paper will begin to peel in half and separate unless there's a little edge of lamination to seal the edges of the paper together.
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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:16 pm
i definately want to leave a small plastic border around the product after cutting, and with pouches ill definately have room to play with. i do wonder if i buy a bigger pouch maybe i can fit several bookmarks or prints to make magnets of so i can waste less plastic.
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 5:12 pm
That's the way we do it at work. smile (We also cut down the full-size pouches to the size we need, to stretch them a bit farther, so we can keep our reputation as being very good with our budget...)
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 12:11 pm
Vicemage That's the way we do it at work. smile (We also cut down the full-size pouches to the size we need, to stretch them a bit farther, so we can keep our reputation as being very good with our budget...) what do you use to cut them will a standard paper cutter work? im hesitant to use sissors as it wont look as straight, etc. i figure the least i can offer is a product that is put together well.
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:15 pm
When cutting down pouches before laminating, we use scissors. (Specifically, we stick the pouch inside the paper envelope that carries it through the laminator, then position the item we're laminating, then cut broadly around it leaving plenty of leftover space and pulling out the leftover chunk to use again later.)
After laminating... we honestly use scissors. biggrin Just because it's too inefficient and not noticeably better for us to use the paper cutter (we've tried it a few times, the scissors are just much faster, and we get judged on the amount of stuff we get done in a day). If you're concerned about straight edges, though (and rightfully so), a papercutter is indeed the way to go, and will cut the sealed film just fine.
Also, while I'm thinking of it, if you cut anything out in shapes, avoid sharp inner angles or anything that nicks the plastic, because sealed laminating film also tears, and weak spots like that especially have a tendency to tear.
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