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The first section applies thermographic/embossing powder, made from plastic resins, to the substrate (normally paper). The areas selected for raised printing are printed with slow-drying inks that do not contain dryers or hardeners so that they remain wet during the application of powder.
Most types of paper can be embossed, and size is not normally a consideration. Embossing without ink, so that the image is raised but not colored, is called "blind embossing". Embossing used in conjunction with ink, so that the raised area is coloured, is called "colour register embossing".
This is often the case regardless of the type of printer being discussed (e.g., thermal printers being called "ink printers" even though they use no ink). [ citation needed ] As with ink printers and presses, embossers range from those intended for consumers to those used by large publishers.
Using the embossing tools and appropriate embossing pad, the parchment is rubbed backwards and forwards or side to side in parallel movements with increasing downward pressure so that the parchment can be evenly stretched. A finished embossment will be satin-white in color and will contrast with the translucency of the parchment paper.
If the impression is made purely as a relief resulting from the greater pressure on the paper where the high parts of the matrix touch, the seal is known as a dry seal; in other cases ink or another liquid or liquefied medium is used, in another color than the paper.
Dymo Corporation is an American manufacturing company of handheld label printers and thermal-transfer printing tape as accessory, embossing tape label makers, and other printers such as CD and DVD labelers and durable medical equipment. The company is a subsidiary of Newell Brands.
In the 19th century, hot stamping became a popular method of applying gold tooling or embossing in book printing on leather and paper. [5] The first patent for hot stamping was recorded in Germany by Ernst Oeser in 1892. [2] From the 1950s onward, the method became a popular means of marking plastic . [4]
The compositor takes the pieces of type from the boxes (compartments) of the type case and places them in the composing stick, working from left to right and placing the letters upside-down with the nick to the top. Early composing sticks were made of wood, but later iron, brass, steel, aluminium, pewter and other metals were used.