Foil Stamping Technology

As technology develops, printing technologies are more and more diversification, foil stamping becomes luxury synonym. So do you know what is foil stamping? What's the advantage for foil stamping?

What is Foil Stamping

Foil stamping is one of special printing technology, it used metal model to heating and press to get foil films.

The working principle of a hot stamping machine is similar to that of a letterpress printing machine, when it heating, it will have enough press to printing on base material, will make foil films put on expected location and leave films imprint.

In our daily life the common foil stamping have gold foil, silver foil, copper foil and Holographic foil, foil stamping also divide glossy and matte surfaces.

Types of Foil Stamping

There are four most popular methods of foil stamping, you can choose one below to your substrate and the type of finish you want:

• Metallic foil: Offers an attractive patina across colors like silver, gold, blue, copper, red, and green.

• Matte pigment foil: Has a muted appearance but an intense depth of color.

• Gloss pigment foil: Combined high gloss with a non-metallic finish across a variety of colors.

• Holographic foil: Transfers hologram images for a futuristic, eye-catching look.

The Benefit of Foil Stamping

Foil stamping not use any ink, so films color don't change with your paper color, as a result metallic foils are suitable for various deep or color paper. If you want to paper color is displayed, can choose translucent foils.

Metallic foils have bright and shiny surface with a huge visual impact, you can use foil stamping technology to get different visual effects to improve your brand influence.

Foil stamping has great potential to improve package design, whatever do you want to add vitality in your logo or enhance your design, and foil stamping will bring more values.

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