Can You Laminate Ultrasound Pictures

Buy a pack of self laminating pages from an office store big box store or online.

Can you laminate ultrasound pictures. Also you shouldn t laminate the actual ultrasound. Laminate the ultrasound photos using a heatless laminate to protect them. If it is a heat acivated laminator it can actually screw up the image at least on some types of paper they use for the ultrasounds. They are on such thin paper and of course aren t 100 clear like the actual ultrasound.

We used hot machines and those were on the list of stuff we weren t allowed to laminate. I made a little mini scrapbook for my ultrasounds and i want to laminate the pages but i cant use heat or the images will disappear. That way you can also have a digital copy in case something happens to the prints. Seal with a cold laminating machine.

I just found out friday that i am expecting a baby girl. Frame the protected ultrasound photo. She is my first and i want to start a book of her own. My mom needs copies of them to display at my baby shower this weekend.

I called kinkos and they won t laminate ultrasound pics because the heat from the laminating machine will destroy the pictures. Instead of placing hard plastic on laminating sheets sandwich the ultrasound photo between them. If you laminate your photos using heat the heat will ruin them because the pictures are often printed on thermal paper. Buy a pack of self laminating pages from an office store big box store or online.

These are heatless and won t ruin the photos. I am just a little stuck on how to properly archive the ultrasound pics. I d like to preserve my ultrasound pics because i ve heard they can deteriorate over time. You should copy it with a flatbed scanner at home or somewhere like walmart.

Laminate with pouches by repeating steps 1 and 2 as described above. If you laminate your photos using heat the heat will ruin them because the pictures are often printed on thermal paper. I worked at a copy shop and laminated things all the time. I ve also read to be careful making copies on a copier.

I have read a few things that said not to laminate ultrasound photos because the heat will turn them black. I actually tried to do copies. Do not laminate ultrasound pictures. Laminate the ultrasound photos using a heatless laminate to protect them.

Have any of you made copies successfully.