Hot Foil (or gold blocking as it can be otherwise known) printing is a process which transfers coloured foil to a product. The coloured foil can be either a metallic, matt or gloss or a holographic finish. The coloured foil is transferred to a product using heat (which can vary from job to job, depending on what you are printing) and pressure (again, this can vary from job to job, depending on what you are printing).
Printing Plates/Dies
The plates (also known as dies or stamps) that are supplied by WOOM Creative are etched using magnesium plates in 16 gauge (1.63mm thick), 8 gauge (4.00mm thick), 5 gauge (5.00mm thick) and 3 gauge (6.35mm thick) sizes. Please also note that polymer plates are available.
Some of our customers choose to supply their own artwork - if you are deciding to do this, please take note of the file formats accepted. These can be found further down the page. Please feel free to contact us if you ae unsure about this and we will try to help as much as possible. Please note that we can supply a very affordable graphics and artwork service, utilizing vector graphic drawing which is created with hot foil printing in mind, so any possible problems can be spotted early on in the design process.
Cutters
We specialise in the manufacture of dies for the cutting of various products including leather, paper, card, plastic etc. Users include High Frequency welders for the cutting of shapes of tax disc holders, wallets etc. Label printers for the cutting of shapes for use in the making up of greeting cards.
Many of our customers a label printers who order for their Newfoil or Marken Machines. The cutters can be drilled to whatever specification you require, we just need to be told beforehand.
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Artwork & Design
WOOM Creative is in the best possible position to produce your artwork for hot foil printing due to the many years experience we have in this specialist industry. Our artwork and design service complements our die making perfectly as we are aware of the obstacles that may arise from this form of printing.
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A Better Print
In order for you to get the best possible print from your machine, we suggest that any artwork supplied is in vector format. High resolution images are also accepted but please bear in mind that the files sizes can be quite large - a consideration if you are emailing the artwork to the studio.
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Create Outline of work
We have a vast libarary of fonts/typefaces to choose from, but please do not assume that we have the exact font you are using. We therefore ask that all fonts/typefaces used are created in outline before forwarding the artwork to us so that the job can be processed quicker.
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File Formats Accepted
.ai - Illustrator up to CS3
.eps
.pdf
.cdr
Quark (disable extensions!)
inDesign