Dietzgen · Paper & Media

4 mil Inkjet Clear Film

Model497

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Specifications

Dye· BESTPigment· GOODUV· GOOD2″ core

A 4-mil dimensionally stable clear polyester film with an optically clear inkjet coating, designed to print without losing the clarity of the base. Dietzgen lists it for colour keys and overlays. Aqueous dye ink is rated BEST, with pigment and UV rated GOOD. Rolls 17 to 42 inches on 2-inch cores.

Media type	Film › Clear Film
Finish	Gloss
Thickness	4 mil
Core size	2" core

Available sizes

17" x 100' (2" core)
24" x 100' (2" core)
36" x 100' (2" core)
42" x 100' (2" core)
44" x 100' (2" core)

Manufacturer datasheet (PDF)

Overview

Built for the work

Expert analysis

What you should know

Dietzgen 497 is a 4-mil clear polyester film with an optically clear inkjet coating. The engineering problem a clear film sets is that any coating capable of holding ink tends to fog the base underneath it; Dietzgen’s stated design goal here is print performance that still maintains the clarity of the film.

What Dietzgen 4mil Inkjet Clear Film (497) is used for

Colour keys
Overlays
Inkjet work where film clarity must be maintained

Colour keys and overlays are the vendor’s stated applications, and both depend on reading through the sheet: a key is laid over another image, an overlay adds information to a drawing underneath it. The base is dimensionally stable, which is what keeps an overlay in register with what it is sitting on. 497 is the plain version of this film — Dietzgen also converts the same 4-mil clear inkjet film with a removable side stripe for printers that search for the media edge before they will start a job.

Ink compatibility

Aqueous dye ink is rated BEST. Aqueous pigment and UV inks are each rated GOOD. Toner, HP PageWide and latex carry no rating for this film; Dietzgen’s clear film for toner and xerographic work is a separate product.

Working with it

Finishing discipline matters more on clear film than on paper, because there is nothing to hide a flaw. Dietzgen’s instruction is to allow inkjet prints to dry completely before rolling, laminating or cutting, and to use a sharp blade so that ink and toner do not flake along the cut edge. Rolls run 17 to 42 inches wide on 2-inch cores. We hold no brightness, opacity or whiteness figures for 497, and would not expect to — those measurements describe a white sheet, not a transparent one.

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Printers this media fits

Checked against every wide-format printer we track: 248 can run it — HP 93 · Epson 91 · Canon 64. Compatibility is resolved from the printer’s published media handling (roll width, core size and the roll diameter the spindle holds), not from a marketing list.

The list starts from the maker’s own ink ratings for this media — rated BEST for Dye; GOOD for Pigment, UV ink. A printer only appears here if its ink chemistry is one of those.