Junkie · 02-16-2008, 08:07 PM

We typically sell a 10 pack of 1 color, 2 sided aluminum signs for $35ea. Our cost to print them (besides the cost of the aluminum) is less than $2ea. and we can print them so fast. Once a customer approves the artwork we usually have them all ready the following day. I just can't decide if I should laminate them. If I knew they would hold up for 2.5 - 3years w/o issue, I wouldn't laminate them. I just can't get an answer from someone who knows first hand. Signs produced on our Solvent printer last more than 3 years no problem. I had customer in today with a yard sign we printed for him that he has had bolted on his landscaping trailer for over three years and it is just beginning to fade. He even commented how well they have held up. I would hate to print aluminum signs for the next two years and then realize I should have laminated all of them.

02-16-2008, 08:07 PM	#3
Junkie Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 10 Printer:	We typically sell a 10 pack of 1 color, 2 sided aluminum signs for $35ea. Our cost to print them (besides the cost of the aluminum) is less than $2ea. and we can print them so fast. Once a customer approves the artwork we usually have them all ready the following day. I just can't decide if I should laminate them. If I knew they would hold up for 2.5 - 3years w/o issue, I wouldn't laminate them. I just can't get an answer from someone who knows first hand. Signs produced on our Solvent printer last more than 3 years no problem. I had customer in today with a yard sign we printed for him that he has had bolted on his landscaping trailer for over three years and it is just beginning to fade. He even commented how well they have held up. I would hate to print aluminum signs for the next two years and then realize I should have laminated all of them.