A GUIDE TO BUYING A USED ROLL LAMINATOR
Buying a used roll laminator has become an inexpensive way for schools and print shops to provide an invisible but shiny decoration to posters, or other large documents. There are many different types of used roll laminators available. The Foliant type is used when only one side of the page needs laminating, the thermal laminator provides the best results, and the cold laminator can be used when the document is likely to melt if exposed to heat.
If you buy a used roll laminator and it is of the tabletop variety, the likelihood is that the roll itself will have a large polyethylene layer; which is superb for adhesion purposes. A used roll laminator of the Econocraft variety however, will add transfer-taped vinyl layers to any one dimensional sign material, and will also mount pictures or photographs. This specific used roll laminator is designed to be used with a printer, and is very versatile in reprographic-type settings.
One of the problems with buying a used roll laminator is the high cost – particularly of the one-sided variety. The two-sided used roll laminators are literally not designed to merely laminate one side of the page. There are several problems you may encounter when you buy a used roll laminator of the double-sided variety. One is making the finish product stretch to prevent a curl occurring. Another is that the high fuser oil content found in many digital print types makes lamination very difficult. The laminate in the worse case can even begin to peel.
Used roll laminators can be found at many audio visual supply stores and also online. When you search for used roll laminators you must be sure to screen your results to include only those in your price range, and the used roll laminators which will best fulfill your needs. Used roll laminators are usually sold because hi-tech companies are upgrading their equipment. This makes affordable used roll laminators available to schools, and other educational facilities, to allow them to erect durable posters, for use inside and outside.
Used roll laminators will not take up a vast amount of space in your office. They are no bigger than an average sized printer, though caution needs to be used with the ones that utilize heat, because they can cause a burn or other injury if the proper care and training is not provided.
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