Mylar today is much different than years ago. I recently send a print to my local?ÿreprographics to make mylar for county clerk filing. It is a bright white?ÿpaper,?ÿdoes not appear to be a translucent?ÿfilm like in the past. They ensured me it is acceptable?ÿby the clerk, and it was.
Where are you getting mylar?ÿthese days? What is it?ÿcalled? Can it be printed on today's?ÿink jet plotters?
We use?ÿ http://rbconverting.com/RB_PRODUCT_LISTING.pdf the 4 mil 36 x 125, on the website its called Mylar/ FILM but on the box label its called Matte Ink jet film it looks like Mylar should look.?ÿ
Yes we use it on an Ink Jet Printer, helps to tell CAD you are printing on Vellum, it will print slower and allow it to dry before cutting the mylar
We use double matte 4 mil Mylar - it looks the same to me as it did 40 years ago...?ÿ We get it from a major graphic arts supply company - it works very well with an HP Designjet T920
Haven't printed on on window clear type mylar using an inkjet in years, but am recalling a problem when the mylar was stored for years in a flat file with dozens of mylars above weighting it; the printing would transfer to the bottom of the mylar above it, screwing up both mylars.?ÿ Fixed by spraying the mylar with a fixative *after* everything, signatures, etc. was done.?ÿ Pen plotters did not have this problem(?).?ÿ Or, the ultimate solution, send the finished mylar/vellum to a reprographics shop for a photographic duplicate which was silver on mylar, an archival product.
I could be confusing processes and welcome criticism;?ÿ but don't get me started on the use of color in recordable documents.
Mylar today is much different than years ago. I recently send a print to my local?ÿreprographics to make mylar for county clerk filing. It is a bright white?ÿpaper,?ÿdoes not appear to be a translucent?ÿfilm like in the past. They ensured me it is acceptable?ÿby the clerk, and it was.
Where are you getting mylar?ÿthese days? What is it?ÿcalled? Can it be printed on today's?ÿink jet plotters?
Could it be that someone is confusing vellum with mylar?
Could this be linen and not mylar??ÿ Linen is typically acceptable for archival quality uses.?ÿ