The-Amazing Shrinking Laminator

"The big issue is that you can get de-lamination, and clouding, which is a result of out-gassing," he says. Bondonna explains that not only can an improper laminate peel away from the substrate, but too much heat applied for too long will change the properties of the film.

As a result, he says pouch laminators are his company's hot-ticket right now. Heated rollers, he says, are ideal for short-run color copy work.