Rollataq was Re: how to seam a poster?

[joefreedman <joefreedman@snet.net>]

<x-flowed>>Is Rollataq a viable alternative to 'hot' dry mounting in your opinion?  I see
>it in magazines, but an art store type poo poo'd it as a permanent mounting
>adhesive, so I've yet to try it.

I was going to get a bit more experience before posting a message on 
the Rollataq machine but since someone mentioned it first, I'll jump 
in. I've had the 36 inch machine up and running for over a month and 
a half and I've been extremely pleased with it. I too was leery about 
a liquid adhesive so I bought the hand held unit just to give it a 
try. It sailed through and Daige offered me a 2 week trial so I went 
ahead with the larger unit.

The system is absolutely low tech: very simple to use and maintain. 
The coating of glue is uniformly thin. I've been backing up prints 
off 9000 so I can get a 14 mil two sided image. My final use is to 
laser cut them so the glue has to be fairly uniform. I was also 
worried about warping but the prints have been remarkably flat. I 
have also laminated the Epson paper to a variety of other paper 
stocks like Japanese kozo fiber paper and 80lb litho stock. Again no 
problem.

Before buying it I had visions of glue seeping all over and leaking 
out the edges. That isn't the case. The machine just works. I did 
also buy the pressure rollers and that minimizes some of the warping 
I'm sure but the primary cause is the very thin, even layer of 
adhesive.

Joe Freedman

ps I have worked on Seal and GBC Orca hot laminators--the $20k 
kind--and I was forever screwing up prints. Tiny bubbles, shiny 
silvering of the overcoating, ink vaporizing. Yes, I'm sure it was 
all my fault but the reality is the Daige simply works.

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