Hot stamping

This article is about a printing method. For hot stamping in metalwork, see Hot stamping (steel). For Hot steel stamping, see Press hardening.
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.

Hot stamping or foil stamping is a printing method of relief printing in which pre-dried ink or foils are transferred to a surface at high temperatures. The method has diversified since its rise to prominence in the 19th century to include a variety of processes. After the 1970s, hot stamping became one of the most important methods of decoration on the surface of plastic products.