Can You Laminate Ultrasound Pictures

I worked at a copy shop and laminated things all the time.

Can you laminate ultrasound pictures.

We used hot machines and those were on the list of stuff we weren t allowed to laminate. I just found out friday that i am expecting a baby girl. I have read a few things that said not to laminate ultrasound photos because the heat will turn them black. My mom needs copies of them to display at my baby shower this weekend.

Laminate the ultrasound photos using a heatless laminate to protect them. You should copy it with a flatbed scanner at home or somewhere like walmart. I d like to preserve my ultrasound pics because i ve heard they can deteriorate over time. Instead of placing hard plastic on laminating sheets sandwich the ultrasound photo between them.

Frame the protected ultrasound photo. 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. 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. Seal with a cold laminating machine.

I actually tried to do copies. If you laminate your photos using heat the heat will ruin them because the pictures are often printed on thermal paper. I ve also read to be careful making copies on a copier. These are heatless and won t ruin the photos.

I am just a little stuck on how to properly archive the ultrasound pics. Have any of you made copies successfully. Laminate with pouches by repeating steps 1 and 2 as described above. These are heatless and won t ruin the photos.

Do not laminate ultrasound pictures. Laminate the ultrasound photos using a heatless laminate to protect 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.

That way you can also have a digital copy in case something happens to the prints. They are on such thin paper and of course aren t 100 clear like the actual ultrasound. Also you shouldn t laminate the actual ultrasound. She is my first and i want to start a book of her own.

I called kinkos and they won t laminate ultrasound pics because the heat from the laminating machine will destroy the pictures.