Only used it because it was salvaged from printing company i found a pretty cluster of leaves pattern from the silhouette store and after taking measurements of my mannequin.
Silhouette settings 10mil laminate.
The calculations were transferred to the program.
We start with 10 mil.
The machine will read the registration marks like an ordinary print cut file.
Coverstock coverstock is a heavy cardstock typically 100 120lb in weight.
If you have a laminator just load an empty laminate pocket into your machine and let it do its thing.
Well i am just wondering before i purchase it if anyone knows whether or not laminating your printed picture before putting it in the machine will mess with the optics.
Send the design to your silhouette.
I am laminating using 3 mil clear glossy gbc laminate.
I do have a deep cut blade but haven t used it for fear of breaking it.
I started with the 3 mil laminating sheets they also come in 5 mil.
For the 3 mil size set your cricut to cut cardstock.
Cameo or portrait or curio with my laminator i would need need to cut or print and cut the design first laminate and then cut again.
Cutting laminated shapes and print and cuts with silhouette plus perfect cut settings monday february 22 2016.
Go to cut settings and select your cut settings by finding the closest material for your lamination and tweaking it to the best settings load the pixscan mat in to your silhouette portrait cameo and check the blade depth.
When placing your laminated page on your mat be sure to line up the actual printed page to the guidelines on the mat.
I was playing with settings but i haven t been able to get more than half way through.
I love using coverstock for paper crafts that need more structure to them like these diy paper lanterns decor.
Once the cut lines are in place load the pixscan mat into your silhouette just like any other mat and send to the silhouette.
Using laminate sheets.
The laminate was cut 12 x 12 to fit my cutting mat.
Silhouette does not list laminate as a materials choice so i had to play around with the settings.
I looked at settings and couldn t work out how to get it in the software to go higher.
I cannot even get coverstock to feed into my printer because it has.
Has anyone had success with 10mil 250 micron laminate.
Instead i used 3mil laminating pouches which still provided the durability that i needed.
I see that the silhouette portrait has the print and cut feature using optics to read the registration marks.
I chose to use the duck brand of a clear laminate called peel and stick clear laminate because it was 12 wide which fits perfectly on a cricut mat whether it s a 12 x12 mat or a 12 x24 mat.
I used the clear sticker material cut setting with only one pass no double cut which was perfect for my 3mm laminating pouches.
For the 5 mil you ll want to set the dial to custom and choose posterboard from the menu.
I got it to cut 5mil 125microns.