Any kind of waterproof 'paper' for laser printers?

[Matt S.]

If I want to take down some reference material, is there anything I can run through a laser printer? Like transparencies... but not transparent. I'd like to take down dive site maps formatted for 8.5x11 paper, for example.

(Bonus points if there is enough texture to write on, but I doubt such a magical material exists.)

 

[Pseudocyber]

Why not run it through a laminating machine? Like this one:

http://www.amazon.com/QuikFinish-PL...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1189467908&sr=8-3

 

[do it easy]

I do arts and crafts- I print out the "stuff", photocopy it if it's not printed with waterproof ink, and then "laminate" it between two sheets of clear vinyl shelf paper- the kind that's sticky on one side with the peel away backing.

It can last for quite a while unless you failed arts and crafts in elementary school. For more permanant projects, Kinkos will laminate just about anything.

 

[Charlie99]

Checkout http://www.riteintherain.com/. They have two papers. The normal one loses its strength when wet. The Durarite is plasticized and has good mechanical strength even when soaked. There IS is difference between the Durarite laser paper and the Durarite paper in their notebooks, so don't rip a sheet out of a notebook and expect it to survive the fuser of a laser printer. (yes. Personal experience. )

 

[Matt S.]

That is exactly what I was hoping for. Except I was hoping it would be cheap too. Thanks for the link.

 

[Hoosier]

Checkout http://www.riteintherain.com/. They have two papers. The normal one loses its strength when wet. The Durarite is plasticized and has good mechanical strength even when soaked. There IS is difference between the Durarite laser paper and the Durarite paper in their notebooks, so don't rip a sheet out of a notebook and expect it to survive the fuser of a laser printer. (yes. Personal experience. )

I have used this paper on an archaeological survey project. It lasts very wrong and works great...


BTW, where is the cheap place to get the laminate film?

 

[Charlie99]

BTW, where is the cheap place to get the laminate film?

The cheapest place I've found is stealing a couple feet off some old roll of clear contact paper that my wife had laying around.


You have to use a bit of skill in applying it to avoid doing a "Marx Borthers and the Flypaper" imitation, but it doesn't require any special equipment.

 

[Hoosier]

The cheapest place I've found is stealing a couple feet off some old roll of clear contact paper that my wife had laying around.


You have to use a bit of skill in applying it to avoid doing a "3 Stooges and the Flypaper" imitation, but it doesn't require any special equipment.

I grabbed the laminator at Staples last year, but I didn't have much chance to use it. It was about $50 as I recall. My office supplier (free) only has a business card size, so I would like to get it though... Why is it so expensive only for a vinyle thing...?:no

 

[Tigerman]

I would think glossy (photo) paper would work, provided youd get hold of waterproof ink..

 

[anth]

In my sudtidal research, I've used both Rite-in-the-Rain and Dura-Rite papers. I prefer Dura-Rite by a large margin, but it is much more expensive. It's easily printed on with a laser printer. It's also much easier to write on. Rite-in-the-Rain becomes saturated and doesn't take graphite all that well, but it is doable.

$65 for 100 Dura-Rite sheets (OUCH!):
http://www.riteintherain.com/ItemForm.aspx?item=6511&Category=