LAMINATION SERVICES, INC. · 2612 HOWARD LOOP, SALADO, TX · SINCE 1998
Last Updated: November 15, 2026 · Full-Bleed Color Paper Printing & Lamination
Full-color, full-bleed heavy paper printing & lamination—or ship flat sheets from 29¢.
We print edge-to-edge full-color, full-bleed artwork on heavy paper and seal it under one Salado roof: menus, posters up to 27" wide, membership cards, diner placemats, name tags, and Uber car headrest hang tags—or ship us your printed paper for standalone wholesale lamination.
Fresh off our 27" Salado heated rollers: edge-to-edge full-color, full-bleed heavy paper menus sealed inside a 1/8" waterproof lip.
FULL-COLOR, FULL-BLEED PAPER PRINTING + LAMINATION · OR SHIP US FLAT SHEETS
Six heavy-paper products we print full-bleed & seal daily.
At Lamination Services in Salado, Texas, we specialize strictly in real paper lamination—never metal, wood, or rigid plastic boards. Let our Salado presses print vibrant full-color, full-bleed ink edge-to-edge on heavy 100#–120# paper and laminate in-house, or ship flat sheets to 2612 Howard Loop—click any product to load our live calculator.
FULL-BLEED COLOR · 1/8" SEALED LIP
Restaurant, Bar & Diner Menus
Edge-to-edge full-color, full-bleed heavy paper menus sealed past all four edges with 1/4" rounded corners so bar spills and sanitizers never touch the ink.
TRANSPARENT INSTANT ESTIMATOR · LAMINATE ONLY OR PRINT + LAMINATE
Price flat sheets—or combined Salado print + laminate—in ten seconds.
At Lamination Services in Salado, Texas, standalone 5-mil paper lamination starts at 29¢ per name-tag sheet and 58¢ per letter sheet at 1,000 quantity—or switch to Print + Laminate Together to bundle full-color heavy paper printing and lamination under one roof (cheaper than two shops + double freight, with a free PDF proof).
1-CLICK PAPER PRESETS:
1. Do You Need Lamination Only, or Print + Laminate Together?Paper products exclusively
2. Select Heavy-Paper Product Size (or Custom 27" Roll)Up to 27" wide × any continuous length
Fits 27" heated paper roll calender (6.00 sq ft per poster/sheet).
3. Choose Film Thickness Over Paper (Mil Per Side)7-mil menu & 10-mil card/tag film in stock
4. Optical Surface & Paper Piece QuantityTier breaks at 250 / 500 / 1,000+
5. Paper Finishing, Headrest/Badge Punching & Blind Shipping1/8" waterproof sealed lip included free
OPEN-BOOK PAPER RATE MATRICES · ZERO QUOTE GATES
Every paper size, mil gauge & bundle rate published on the glass.
At 1,000 pieces in 5-mil gloss or matte, Lamination Services in Salado, Texas charges $0.58 per 8.5"×11" letter sheet ($0.79 printed + laminated) and $1.01 per 11"×17" tabloid menu ($1.38 printed + laminated)—up to 79% below ~$2.75 walk-in retail copy counters.
Published 5-Mil Wholesale Paper Lamination Schedule (Gloss or Satin Matte · Verified Sept 2026 — Click Any Row to Load Calculator)
Finished Paper Size
Heavy-Paper Products We Laminate
100–249
250–499
500–999
1,000–2,499
Print + Laminate (1,000)
2.125" × 3.375"
Wallet membership cards, club IDs & VIP loyalty cards
~$0.45
~$0.34
~$0.27
~$0.22
~$0.29 combined
4.25" × 5.5"
Event name tags, lanyard passes, quarter-sheet cards
$0.62
$0.44
$0.36
$0.29
~$0.39 combined
5.5" × 8.5"
Cocktail & bar menus, Uber/rideshare headrest hang tags
$0.84
$0.61
$0.49
$0.41
~$0.55 combined
8.5" × 11"
Letter restaurant menus, full-size car seatback signs, flyers
Tabloid two-page diner menus, bistro paper placemats, charts
$2.05
$1.54
$1.24
$1.01
~$1.38 combined
12" × 18"
Wipe-clean diner & café paper placemats, small wall posters
$2.38
$1.79
$1.44
$1.17
~$1.59 combined
18" × 24" (Up to 27")
Full-color event posters, retail wall charts & 27" roll maps
~$3.95
~$2.98
~$2.42
~$1.98
~$3.03 combined
Tip: Click any paper size row above to load it straight into the live Laminate-Only / Print+Laminate calculator.
All-Gauge Wholesale Paper Lamination Rate Matrix at 1,000 Quantity (5.0 Mil Exact Published Base · 1.5/3/7/10 Mil Trade Estimates)
Finished Paper Size
1.5 Mil (0.78×)
3.0 Mil (0.88×)
5.0 Mil (Published)
7.0 Mil Menu (1.28×)
10.0 Mil Stiff (1.58×)
2.125" × 3.375" (Member Card)
~$0.17
~$0.19
~$0.22
~$0.28
~$0.35
4.25" × 5.5" (Name Tag)
~$0.23
~$0.26
$0.29
~$0.37
~$0.46
5.5" × 8.5" (Bar / Uber Tag)
~$0.32
~$0.36
$0.41
~$0.52
~$0.65
8.5" × 11" (Letter Menu)
~$0.45
~$0.51
$0.58
~$0.74
~$0.92
8.5" × 14" (Legal Menu)
~$0.55
~$0.62
$0.71
~$0.91
~$1.12
11" × 17" (Tabloid Menu)
~$0.79
~$0.89
$1.01
~$1.29
~$1.60
12" × 18" (Paper Placemat)
~$0.91
~$1.03
$1.17
~$1.50
~$1.85
18" × 24" (Paper Poster)
~$1.54
~$1.74
~$1.98
~$2.53
~$3.13
How Our Salado Print & Paper Lamination Shop Compares (Sept 2026 Market Audit)
Provider Option
8.5"×11" (5 Mil)
11"×17" Menu
Combined Print + Lam?
Pricing Transparency & Paper Capabilities
Lamination Services (Salado, TX)
$0.58 ($0.79 w/ Print)
$1.01 ($1.38 w/ Print)
Yes — One Roof or Ship Flat
Live calculator, 1.5–10 mil stocked (incl. 7-mil), 27" rolls, $0 blind-ship
National Big-Box Copy Counters
$1.39 – $2.75+
$3.99 – $5.50+
Retail counter rates
Hand-fed office pouches; wavy edges; queues cap near ~15 sheets
Buying Print & Lamination Separately
2 Markups + 2 Freights
2 Markups + 2 Freights
No — Two separate shops
Pay UPS Ground twice plus spoilage risk between printer and finisher
Legacy RFQ-Only Trade Binderies
Hidden (2-Day Wait)
Hidden (2-Day Wait)
Finishing only
High minimum setup charges; rarely stock 7-mil menu film
INTERACTIVE PAPER CALIPER & STIFFNESS SELECTOR
Feel the difference from 1.5-mil cover skin to stiff 10-mil hang tags.
At Lamination Services in Salado, Texas, laminating film gauge is measured in mils per side (1 mil = 0.001 inch) sealed over real paper: 1.5–3 mil for book covers and rolled paper posters, 5–7 mil for restaurant menus and diner placemats, and 10 mil for stiff membership cards, name tags, and car headrest hang tags.
7.0 Mil Heavy Menu & Placemat Shield
14.0 mil total polymer (356 microns)
Physical Hand-Feel:Substantial steakhouse & tavern snap over heavy paper — bridges 5-mil flex and 10-mil card stiffness.
Ideal Paper Stock:100#–110# Heavy Paper Cover Stock (delivers ~24pt finished paper-core caliper with rounded corners)
Adhesive & Nip Spec:Heavy coat-weight digital EVA formulated to wet out dark ink on paper without hazy silvering.
Primary Paper Products:High-turn bar & dinner paper menus, wipe-clean diner paper placemats, club cards.
Our free Salado sample mailer ($0, no card required): full-color, full-bleed heavy cardstock sealed in 1.5, 3, 5, 7, and 10 mil film so you can flex every gauge in hand.
INSIDE 2612 HOWARD LOOP · SALADO, TEXAS (EST. 1998)
A real Texas print & paper lamination shop—built for both trade printers and direct buyers.
Walk into a big-box copy counter with 500 restaurant menus or 250 Uber headrest hang tags and two things happen: they quote you north of $1,500, and a clerk hand-feeds thin pouches that ripple at the edges and peel after a week.
Or pay one shop to print your heavy paper, pay UPS to ship heavy cartons across three states, and hope a bargain finisher doesn’t turn your dark steakhouse ink frosty grey with silvering.
Here at 2612 Howard Loop, Salado (part of our Graphics Mart print family on I-35 between Austin, Temple, Belton, and Waco), my crew and I have laminated heavy paper since 1998—and we give you two clean ways to run:
1. Ship Flat Paper: Print shops and brokers ship flat press sheets straight to our dock. Our laminating line is priced standalone on open-book tables, we run zero retail walk-in counter, we never contact your customer, and we blind-ship in unmarked kraft boxes for $0.
2. Print Full-Bleed + Laminate: Need vibrant edge-to-edge color printing too? Our commercial color paper presses print full-color, full-bleed on heavy 100#–130# paper two steps from our 27" heated roll laminators, hydraulic guillotine cutter, corner rounder, and slot punch—saving you a second vendor markup and inbound freight.
— Sam Belcher · Lamination Services, Inc. · 2612 Howard Loop, Salado, TX 76571 · (254) 290-6337
Inside our Salado floor: 27" dual-heated roll laminator, color production press, hydraulic cutter, corner rounder, and stocked paper racks under one roof.
Full-color, full-bleed heavy paper printing two steps from our heated roll calender.Kraft-banded paper menus & poster tubes packed in unmarked boxes ($0 blind-ship).
Real dark paper menu proof: cheap low-tack silvering haze (left) vs. our 230°F high-tack copolymer wet-out (right).
90-DAY SALADO PAPER GUARANTEE · $0.00 DUE UNTIL APPROVED
Our 90-Day Salado Seal Guarantee—we test 3 paper sheets before your stack hits heat.
1. Mandatory 3-Sheet Stop-Gate
On any dark printed paper stack, we run 3 test sheets first. If fuser oil fights the bond on sheet #1, we halt the rollers cold before risking your job.
3 PAPER SHEETS → 230°F WET-OUT CHECK
2. 90-Day Seal & Freight Guarantee
If any approved laminated paper menu, card, or tag silvers, bubbles, or peels within 90 days of normal use, we rerun it 100% free and pay Ground freight both ways—guaranteed.
DAY 0 ── DAY 90 · 100% RE-RUN GUARANTEE
3. $0.00 Upfront Proof & Rate Lock
No surprise charges and no credit card gate. Approve your written Salado rate—and your free same-day PDF proof on Print + Laminate jobs—before paying a cent.
$0.00 DUE TODAY · ≤ 2.0% SPOILAGE CAP
DIRECT SALADO SHOP DESK · 2612 HOWARD LOOP, SALADO, TX
Lock your Salado paper quote, PDF proof, or mailed sample pack free.
Ship flat press sheets to 2612 Howard Loop or let us print + laminate your heavy paper under one roof. Lock your written quote or free sample pack below—$0.00 due today, no credit card required.
Free Paper Sample Pack ($0)
Real heavy paper cards sealed in 1.5 to 10 mil gloss and matte with 1/8" waterproof lips and rounded corners—mailed free with zero branding for brokers.
Print + Laminate One-Stop
Email your PDF after submitting and we’ll send back a free same-day PDF proof plus combined print + lamination pricing before you pay a cent.
Prefer a real voice? Call (254) 290-6337 (Mon–Fri, 8am–5pm CT) and ask for Sam—tell her your paper size, mil, and quantity for an instant number.
$0.00 DUE TODAY · NO CREDIT CARD REQUIREDPay only after proof / rate approval
COMPLETE HEAVY-PAPER PRODUCT & PRESSROOM LIBRARY
Explore paper product specs, trade blind-ship programs & defect guides.
Written on the shop floor at Lamination Services in Salado, Texas (2612 Howard Loop, serving Austin, Waco, Temple, and shippers across all 50 states), these 21 guides cover every heavy-paper product we print and laminate plus pressroom troubleshooting.
DIRECT ANSWERS FOR BUYERS, DRIVERS, RESTAURANTS & PRINTERS
Frequently asked paper printing & lamination questions.
What products does Lamination Services print and laminate?
Lamination Services in Salado, Texas laminates real paper products exclusively—never metal, wood, or rigid plastic boards. Daily production includes restaurant and bar paper menus, full-color paper posters and wall charts up to 27 inches wide, heavy cardstock membership cards, wipe-clean diner paper placemats, slot-punched event name tags, and stiff 10-mil Uber/rideshare front-seat headrest hang tags.
Can you print our heavy paper AND laminate it in Salado, or do we ship printed sheets?
Both! Printers and print brokers ship flat printed paper sheets to 2612 Howard Loop, Salado, TX 76571 for standalone lamination from 29¢–58¢ with $0 blind shipping. Or toggle 'Print + Laminate Together' in our calculator: we print full-color on heavy 100#–120# paper in Salado and seal under one roof, with a free PDF proof before you pay.
How much does wholesale heavy-paper lamination cost per piece?
At Lamination Services in Salado, Texas, published 5-mil paper lamination at 1,000 quantity runs $0.29 (4.25x5.5 name tag), $0.41 (5.5x8.5 bar menu or car hang tag), $0.58 (8.5x11 letter), $0.71 (8.5x14 legal menu), $1.01 (11x17 tabloid menu), and $1.17 (12x18 paper placemat), with wallet membership cards from ~$0.22 and 18x24 posters from ~$1.98.
Which film thickness keeps Uber & rideshare headrest hang tags from curling in hot cars?
For rideshare passenger welcome, rating, and QR tip signs hanging off front-seat headrest posts, Lamination Services specifies heavy 100#–120# cardstock paper sealed in 10-mil polyester per side (20 mil total polymer) with a 1/8-inch sealed border, 1/4-inch rounded corners, and two top headrest post holes so tags stay flat even in parked summer cars.
What is the difference between 5 mil, 7 mil, and 10 mil paper lamination?
Film gauge is measured per side (1 mil = 0.001 inch). On heavy paper, 5-mil film (10 mil total) gives classic snappy café menus and posters; our stocked 7-mil Menu Shield (14 mil total) delivers steakhouse menu and placemat heft; and 10-mil (20 mil total) creates credit-card-stiff membership cards, lanyard badges, and car seatback hang tags.
How do you prevent cloudy silvering over dark steakhouse menus and posters?
At Lamination Services in Salado, Texas, silvering over dark digital toner paper prints is eliminated by pairing +35% coat-weight digital EVA adhesive with 230°F pneumatic dual-roller nip pressure. Every heavy dark run goes through our 3-sheet pre-run wet-out check before your stack touches heat.
Do print shops and print brokers get 100% neutral white-label blind shipping?
Yes—every trade order at Lamination Services ships in plain unmarked kraft corrugated boxes with your company name on the UPS/FedEx label and zero Lamination Services inserts at $0 extra charge. We have zero walk-in retail counter and never solicit your end customer.
Is there any upfront cost to lock a quote, see a PDF proof, or get paper samples?
Zero—every quote, combined Print + Laminate PDF proof, and mailed 1.5–10 mil laminated heavy-paper sample pack from our Salado, Texas desk is $0.00 due today with no credit card required.
P.S. — Feel Our 1.5 to 10 Mil Heavy Paper Samples Before You Spend a Dime
One floppy copy-shop pouch menu—or one cloudy stack of silvered dark paper sheets—costs more than three Salado runs combined.
FULL-BLEED COLOR · 1/8" SEALED LIP
UP TO 27" WIDE × ANY LENGTH
10-MIL STIFF CARDSTOCK SEAL
11"×17" & 12"×18" WIPE-CLEAN
SLOT & HOLE PUNCHED IN-HOUSE
HEAT-PROOF 10-MIL HEAVY PAPER
