The calculations were transferred to the program.
Silhouette settings 10mil laminate.
For the 5 mil you ll want to set the dial to custom and choose posterboard from the menu.
I do have a deep cut blade but haven t used it for fear of breaking it.
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.
I used the clear sticker material cut setting with only one pass no double cut which was perfect for my 3mm laminating pouches.
Silhouette does not list laminate as a materials choice so i had to play around with the settings.
I got it to cut 5mil 125microns.
Cutting laminated shapes and print and cuts with silhouette plus perfect cut settings monday february 22 2016.
Because coverstock is so thick it can be difficult to print on it.
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.
I love using coverstock for paper crafts that need more structure to them like these diy paper lanterns decor.
Duck brand peel stick clear laminate.
The laminate was cut 12 x 12 to fit my cutting mat.
We start with 10 mil.
I see that the silhouette portrait has the print and cut feature using optics to read the registration marks.
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.
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.
I am laminating using 3 mil clear glossy gbc laminate.
Instead i used 3mil laminating pouches which still provided the durability that i needed.
Send the design to your silhouette.
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.
Once the cut lines are in place load the pixscan mat into your silhouette just like any other mat and send to the silhouette.
The machine will read the registration marks like an ordinary print cut file.
For the 3 mil size set your cricut to cut cardstock.
If you have a laminator just load an empty laminate pocket into your machine and let it do its thing.
Has anyone had success with 10mil 250 micron laminate.
I was playing with settings but i haven t been able to get more than half way through.
Using laminate sheets.
Finally it was time to cut.
When placing your laminated page on your mat be sure to line up the actual printed page to the guidelines on the mat.
I looked at settings and couldn t work out how to get it in the software to go higher.