Hot stamping

The method has diversified since its rise to prominence in the 19th century to include a variety of processes.

[2] Pressure and heat cause the relevant sections of the foil to become detached from the carrier material and become bonded with the printing surface.

Holographic foil paper includes a 3-dimensional image to provide a distinctive appearance to specific areas of a digitally printed application.

[citation needed] In the 19th century, hot stamping became a popular method of applying gold tooling or embossing in book printing on leather and paper.

[6] Foil stamping can be used to make Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags, although screen printing is faster and cheaper.

Notably, the advent of 3D printing technology has empowered enthusiasts to fashion stamps from high-temperature resins.

Package with hot stamping before (left) and after stamping (middle) with the foil after the stamping (right)
A sample from trade fair, where all the foil hot stamping know-how that was publicly available at the time was included.