Can You Laminate Sonogram Pictures

My mom needs copies of them to display at my baby shower this weekend.

Can you laminate sonogram pictures.

If you laminate your photos using heat the heat will ruin them because the pictures are often printed on thermal paper. Laminate the ultrasound photos using a heatless laminate to protect them. Re how best to preserve ultrasound pictures anonymous i have not tried laminating it but since the image is formed through a process of heating the paper i think i think the heat from lamination would ruin the image. You should copy it with a flatbed scanner at home or somewhere like walmart.

If it is a heat acivated laminator it can actually screw up the image at least on some types of paper they use for the ultrasounds. Buy a pack of self laminating pages from an office store big box store or online. I actually tried to do copies. Have any of you made copies successfully.

In short an ultrasound is the process while a sonogram is the end. With certain photos you might find laminating them a good plan as it keeps the quality as is. Do not laminate ultrasound pictures. You will need to use the cold setting because heat can damage the photos especially if they were printed on an ink jet printer.

If you have a pouch laminator with a cold setting you can definitely use it to process your photographs. If you want to preserve a picture that might be handled quite a bit or exposed to liquids laminating it can be a great way to protect the image without compromising the quality of your photo. These are heatless and won t ruin the photos. I worked at a copy shop and laminated things all the time.

If you re planning on laminating baby scans stop. Also you shouldn t laminate the actual ultrasound. A sonogram is the picture that the ultrasound generates. I have read a few things that said not to laminate ultrasound photos because the heat will turn them black.

We used hot machines and those were on the list of stuff we weren t allowed to laminate. I ve also read to be careful making copies on a copier. Photo paper comes in both matte and glossy finishes and can give the pictures you print out at home a professional look. The heat from the laminator will destroy the image as it will cause it to disappear.

Sonography is the use of an ultrasound tool for diagnostic purposes.