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