In order to extend the life of an inkjet print, lamination is a good place to start. As most know, there is a wide variety of laminates and companies that supply them. Each of these has different properties and characteristics that make it appropriate for specific applications. Some of these laminates might not even be compatible with your media. This is important to know since it can be an expensive problem later on.
Many different factors come into play when deciding what overlaminate to use.
She has been with MediaHippo for two years, but has been using laminates much longer. MediaHippo's large-format department is inkjet based. It uses an Encad 600 PROe, a Colorspan DisplayMaker 12, DisplayMaker 7000, and a Hewlett-Packard 3500. MediaHippo's large-format department does a lot of custom trade show booth and trade show graphics. Its location in the Burbank area makes it easy to do work for the movie studios, as well.