Silhouette Settings 10mil Laminate

I see that the silhouette portrait has the print and cut feature using optics to read the registration marks.

Silhouette settings 10mil laminate.

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. For the 3 mil size set your cricut to cut cardstock. The machine will read the registration marks like an ordinary print cut file. Coverstock coverstock is a heavy cardstock typically 100 120lb in weight.

I love using coverstock for paper crafts that need more structure to them like these diy paper lanterns decor. 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. The calculations were transferred to the program. Because coverstock is so thick it can be difficult to print on it.

When placing your laminated page on your mat be sure to line up the actual printed page to the guidelines on the mat. For the 5 mil you ll want to set the dial to custom and choose posterboard from the menu. I looked at settings and couldn t work out how to get it in the software to go higher. I got it to cut 5mil 125microns.

I started with the 3 mil laminating sheets they also come in 5 mil. Duck brand peel stick clear laminate. Has anyone had success with 10mil 250 micron laminate. Send the design to your silhouette.

Using laminate sheets. I am laminating using 3 mil clear glossy gbc laminate. I cannot even get coverstock to feed into my printer because it has. 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 does not list laminate as a materials choice so i had to play around with the settings. I used the clear sticker material cut setting with only one pass no double cut which was perfect for my 3mm laminating pouches. 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. The laminate was cut 12 x 12 to fit my cutting 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. We start with 10 mil. Instead i used 3mil laminating pouches which still provided the durability that i needed. I was playing with settings but i haven t been able to get more than half way through.

Finally it was time to cut. I do have a deep cut blade but haven t used it for fear of breaking it.