Good afternoon everyone,
This is my first post on here, but I have been following the board and have already picked up on a few of your recommended suppliers, so thanks to those who take the time to post.
I have a customer who is looking to get a small run of approx. 250-500 hotel restaurant and bar menus printed, currently they are doing a bit of a DIY A3 home printed and encapsulated sheet but would like to step it up a little and produce something more professional and hopefully folded.
I have discussed lamination with them but they are really concerned that they will soak up drinks which are spilt, and won't stand up to people using them as placemats and dropping food all over them. My first thought would be to just order twice as many laminated leaflets as needed and replace any spoiled ones through the season, but they are really keen for something which is waterproof and wipe clean and which will last a season of 6 months.
It seems to me that there are not a huge amount of options open, other than the encapsulation that they are currently using and lamination which would most likely not be hardy enough. I have found one other option which is printing onto a plastic substrate, but after searching and searching I can see that it is very rare. I have found two sites offering it, but they look only very vaguely professional and I have heard nothing back from them with regard a sample request.
So I just wondered if anyone had any experience on printing on any waterproof subrates or any advise or suppliers which could help me produce a waterproof, wipe-clean menu which would look professional in a restaurant? Any help would be much apprecreciated!
Cheers, Emlyn :icon_smile:
This is my first post on here, but I have been following the board and have already picked up on a few of your recommended suppliers, so thanks to those who take the time to post.
I have a customer who is looking to get a small run of approx. 250-500 hotel restaurant and bar menus printed, currently they are doing a bit of a DIY A3 home printed and encapsulated sheet but would like to step it up a little and produce something more professional and hopefully folded.
I have discussed lamination with them but they are really concerned that they will soak up drinks which are spilt, and won't stand up to people using them as placemats and dropping food all over them. My first thought would be to just order twice as many laminated leaflets as needed and replace any spoiled ones through the season, but they are really keen for something which is waterproof and wipe clean and which will last a season of 6 months.
It seems to me that there are not a huge amount of options open, other than the encapsulation that they are currently using and lamination which would most likely not be hardy enough. I have found one other option which is printing onto a plastic substrate, but after searching and searching I can see that it is very rare. I have found two sites offering it, but they look only very vaguely professional and I have heard nothing back from them with regard a sample request.
So I just wondered if anyone had any experience on printing on any waterproof subrates or any advise or suppliers which could help me produce a waterproof, wipe-clean menu which would look professional in a restaurant? Any help would be much apprecreciated!
Cheers, Emlyn :icon_smile:
