This is one of the most popular types of printing on finished products. The image formed by stamping, is created by transferring the color layer of special foil or by change the geometry of the solid surface under pressure and high temperature. There are continuous (blind) and congregate stamping. Continuous stamping is a hot foil stamping, when a sheet of paper or another used as a carrie is not deformed, and the given image is transferred from the foil to its surface. Congregate stamping is a type of stamping, when the material is deformed and base-relief or high relief images are formed. There are congregate stamping with foil and without foil. Congragate may also be single level, embossed or debossed.
Stamping is possible on all types of cardboard, heavy paper, variety of bound materials, leather and imitation leather, finished product with smooth surface which do not melt under high temperature. In the stamping process various kinds of metal, color and holographic foil of various colors, shades and text image are used.