Poster printing laminating pouch is necessary in the process of poster lamination. The details and vibrancy of the graphic images of your poster prints can add depth and dimension to the overall effect of your poster, pulling the eye into the small details of the poster. Overall appearance is another requirement of poster prints to gain attention from your prospect persons. Poster prints should be durable enough to take the test of time. That is why lamination comes along with the innovative printing processes that printing service providers are offering today.

Poster printing laminating pouch is one of lamination supplies for poster lamination aside from laminating machine. Poster printing laminating pouch is a pocket of laminating where poster print is being placed. To seal the pouch, hot laminator is used to bind the layers together. It is important because lamination is the best way to preserve your posters.

Poster printing laminating pouch is available in two types of finishes, the non-reflective and slightly granular that makes image color more vivid. And the other one is the gloss finish that is best for bright color poster prints. The gloss property of this poster printing laminating pouch adds definition and radiance to the poster. Poster printing laminating pouch can be measured through its thickness and weight, and mil is a unit used for this measurement.

There are two kinds of poster printing laminating pouch, the hot pouch and the cold pouch. The hot laminating pouch has two layers of films, the polyester based film and the adhesive resin layer. These two layers of films are bonded together by a hot laminator. It is known that a hot laminator is easy to use and operate because heat can adjust easily to any material like vinyl. And since pressure, speed and roll tension are preset, very little instruction is needed to operate it this kind of laminator.

When a polyester-base film layer and an adhesive resin layer are bonded together by the use of hot laminator, the heat melts the adhesive resin layer, which then spreads over the poster print. As the pouch poster cools, it became hard creating a bond between the poster and the polyester-based layer of the pouch. The other kind of poster printing laminating pouch is the cold pouch. It is commonly used in a heat sensitive poster. Cold laminating pouches use a adhesive that are very sticky and activated by pressure instead of heat that allows to laminate certain poster print.