Hot stamping is capable of creating vibrant, permanent marks on a wide variety of substrates. To get the best results when hot stamping, however, it is important to fully understand how to hot stamp properly with foil and ribbons.
What is Hot Stamping?
Decorative hot stamping is a popular marking method because it is relatively easy to create vibrant marks on surfaces that can be difficult to mark in other ways. For instance, cloth can be difficult to mark with other direct part marking methods but is relatively easy to mark with hot stamping.
How to Hot Stamp with Foil and Ribbons
The press heats up the metal die and is used to exert the downward pressure needed to make the mark. Here is an example of a decorative foil stamping printer. The hot stamping die, or type, is a piece of metal that has been manufactured with a letter, number, symbol, trademark, or logo. You can see some examples of dies and type here. Foils and ribbons are solid pieces of pigmented ink on a carrier that become transferable to another surface when heated. You can see some examples here.
Hot Stamp Foil and Ribbon Applications
Hot stamping is especially popular with artisans because the tools needed to hot stamp aren’t prohibitively expensive or large. This makes it an ideal marking solution for artisans looking to customize their work.
You can see some of our customer's hot stamping applications in the articles below.
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