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Universal Backlit Film (8 mil)

Name: KODAK Universal Backlit Film (8 Mil)
Brand: Kodak
Price: 338.95 USD
Availability: InStock

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Dye· BESTPigment· BEST2″ core

An 8-mil, 275 gsm heavyweight front-print backlit polyester film with high-speed drying, listed by Kodak for front-print backlit displays. Opacity 70%, so light passes through it. Whiteness 157 CIE. Rated BEST for aqueous dye and aqueous pigment inks. Rolls 24 to 60 inches on 2-inch cores.

Media type	Film › Backlit Film
Thickness	8 mil
Weight	275 gsm
Core size	2" core

Available sizes

36" x 100' (2" core)
42" x 100' (2" core)
50" x 100' (2" core)
60" x 100' (2" core)
24" x 100' (2" core)

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What you should know

KODAK Universal Backlit Film is a polyester backlit film at 8 mil and 275 gsm. Kodak describes it as a heavyweight front-print backlit that provides excellent image quality, high-speed drying and universal compatibility. Front-print is the specification detail that matters: the image goes on the face of the film and is viewed from the same side it is printed on, which is the arrangement most lightbox fixtures are built around.

What KODAK Universal Backlit Film (8 Mil) is used for

Front-print backlit displays

Kodak lists exactly one application, and the specification supports it precisely. Opacity is 70% — deliberately low, so light passes through the sheet. That is the opposite of what a display film normally aims for and it is the whole basis of a backlit material: an opaque print simply goes dark in a lit fixture. Whiteness is 157 CIE, the brightest figure in the Kodak range we hold, which is what keeps a transmitted image reading as bright rather than dull.

Ink compatibility

Aqueous dye and aqueous pigment inks are each rated BEST. That is the aqueous inkjet plotter category, and it is what “universal” means here in practice. Latex, solvent, eco-solvent and UV-curable inks are not rated for this film — Kodak stocks a separate gloss polyester backlit film rated for solvent presses.

Working with it

High-speed drying is the second practical property Kodak claims, and on a backlit film it matters because the coating that accepts transmitted-image density is normally slow. Finishing guidance is firm: a protective laminate is always recommended after printing, hand-applying it is not recommended, pressure-sensitive or thermal laminates can be used, and the image should dry for 24 hours before laminating. Rolls run 24 to 60 inches wide on 2-inch cores.

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Printers this media fits

Checked against every wide-format printer we track: 204 can run it — Epson 82 · HP 61 · Canon 61. 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, Pigment ink. A printer only appears here if its ink chemistry is one of those.