Stamping. Stamping foil. Blind embossing. Relief stamping

Embossing- A printing process, relating to post-press finishing products produced on hand, semiautomatic and automatic presses for stamping, based on the lamination hot or cold-metallic or pigment foil or polymer film with the deposition of the desired substance to improve the attractiveness of packaging, Labels For Commercial or promotional products.

Embossing as a way to create images on paper, cardboard or polymer materials punch pressure during heating, sometimes with additional use of foil and paint. There are relief stamping, blintovoe embossing and foil stamping (paint).

The process of stamping is divided by type:

• Foil blocking- Stamping, where between the heated plates and materials (paper, skin plastic, etc. d. ) Extends foil and is pressing. Under the action of the heated plates metallized or pigmented coating behind the film carrier and secured with adhesive layer on the surface tisnimogo material.
• Blind embossing (embossing)- (On him. blint- Blind) embossed with the clichés in order to obtain a reprint with a smooth surface (eg, on texture paper on the skin). Unlike foil, foil does not apply but to obtain better smoothness or gloss can be applied, special film. Operating temperature process, usually below, than foil, avoid overheating and damage the material.
• Relief stamping without foil- (Born embossing, him. praegung) giving relief (in the direction of the observer) spressovyvaniem material between the plates for stamping (matrix) and Patricia (kontrmatritsy, mate). The image is convex. carried out either cold process, or heated plates to 60 degrees Celsius.
• Relief stamping with foil- Usually process carried out in one blow (print) ie the transfer foil and give relief occurs simultaneously. Under normal circumstances, this process is divided into two: First pripressovyvaetsya foil, running the second relief given. In this case, relief stamping with foil makes it possible to halve the time spent on circulation. The only obstacle - the high cost of clichés technologically more complex than usual and the availability of skills in one punch press operator. require high temperature 110-160 degrees Celsius and the press, able to perform such work, eg Bobst and Gietz.
• Reverse stamping- (Born debossing) rarely used term as well as rare process in the Russian printing houses. It is about obnizhenii image below material (ie, away from the observer). This way you can do on paper, eg spectacular traces as if to push sheet.
• Lamination holograms- The main difference from the foil is the need to clearly position each hologram on the picture to print on with an accuracy of 0, 1-0 2mm. This is achieved by the use of laser recorders (if the hologram vykleeny piece on the tape rolled back in a roll), as well as with labels (born shear line) on the foil, If the hologram is incorporated into the structure of the foil.
• Texturing- The process involves printing an image using the cliche of a smooth material usually metallized paper to simulate the foil. Also used to simulate the skin of certain species (eg, plates with a pattern simulating crocodile skin, and so d. ).