Clear film looks like a simple product until you try to print something heavy on it. Most transparent media carries a thin coating that only holds light ink coverage. Push a solid block of colour or a dense graphic through it and the ink pools, sits wet on the surface, or dries with a patchy finish.

Our Optically Clear Inkjet Film, product code CJOCF, is built for the opposite job. It is a 110 micron ultra clear gloss polyester with a coating developed to take heavy ink printing from pigment inks.

A coating built for heavy ink coverage

The reason most clear films struggle is that there is nowhere for the ink to go. Polyester is not absorbent, so everything depends on how much ink the coating can hold and how quickly it fixes it in place.

The coating on this film is built for exactly that. It takes dense coverage without flooding, which means solid colours, deep blacks and detailed graphics print cleanly rather than beading or smearing across the surface.

The base itself stays optically clear, so nothing you print sits behind a haze. Where a graphic needs to read against glass, a product, or another printed layer, that clarity is the whole point of using film in the first place.

The removable white side strips solve the sensor problem

Transparent media creates a practical problem before you print anything at all. Most large format printers use optical sensors to find the leading edge of the roll and track it as it feeds. Clear film gives those sensors nothing to read, so the printer either refuses to load the media or misreads where it sits.

This film carries removable white strips along the sides. The sensors pick up the strips, the roll loads and tracks the way it should, and once the job is printed the strips peel away and leave a clean transparent sheet.

It is a small detail that saves a lot of wasted time at the printer.

What the film is used for

Optical clarity combined with heavy ink capacity opens up work that ordinary transparency film cannot handle:

●     Overlays, where printed information needs to sit over a drawing, plan or another print

●     Window displays and retail graphics that need to read from both sides of the glass

●     Packaging prototypes and finished packaging elements

●     Labels, particularly where a no-label look is wanted on a clear container

In each case the print has to carry colour and detail without the film clouding what sits behind it.

Lamination for added protection

The film can be laminated for further protection. That matters most for anything handled repeatedly, mounted in a public space, or exposed to moisture and cleaning.

Running it through a laminate adds surface durability without losing the clarity underneath. Our lamination and mount film range covers the options, and for heavier duty display work our encapsulation film is worth a look.

Sizes, core and printer compatibility

The film is available in three roll widths:

●     610mm

●     914mm

●     1067mm

All rolls come on a 2 inch core.

It performs at its best with pigment inks and works across HP, Canon and Epson large format printers. If you are running a pigment based machine and printing anything with real weight to it, this is the film to reach for.

You can see the full specification and current pricing on the Optically Clear Inkjet Film product page, or browse the wider clear film range if you want to compare options.

Not sure which film you need?

Clear film is not the answer to every transparent print job. Where you want a matt surface that takes pencil and annotation, our double matt inkjet film is a better fit, and backlit work has its own dedicated films.

If you are not certain which media suits your application, get in touch with the team. Tell us what you are printing, which printer and ink you are running, and where the finished piece is going. We will point you to the right roll.