Foil Stamping Book Printing
Foil Stamping Book Printing Price Calculator
Use the pricing tool below and select the “Foil Stamping” option under the “Surface” category to calculate the cost. Please note:
- The default option supports foil stamping areas up to 5.9″ x 1.18″.
- If you need a larger stamping area, please contact us for a custom quote.
- Only gold and silver options are available in the tool, but we offer a wide range of foil colors upon request. For special color options, please check our foil stamping choices and contact us for a quote.
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Custom Foil Stamping Books
Custom Gold Foil Stamping Books
The gold foil stamping book is a traditional and classic design. We can make matte gold foil, shiny gold foil, red-toned gold, bluish gold, rose gold, and more to make your design truly stand out. The multiple gold foil colors are ideal for premium editions, collectors' items, or high-end publications.
Custom Silver Foil Stamping Books
Custom silver foil stamping books can be made of both glossy and matte silver foil. You can choose the perfect silver foil for your book depending on its design and style.
Custom Holographic Foil Stamping Books
Custom books with holographic foil stamping have grown in popularity in recent years, particularly for comic books. The most popular design choice being rainbow holographic foil, the other foil options can be holographic with small dots, stars, cracked glass, and many others. We can help you choose the perfect holographic foil to match your book’s design and theme.
Custom Rose Gold Foil Stamping Books
Custom books with rose gold foil combine a soft, warm tone with an elegant feel, making it an excellent choice for custom journals as well as books for women. Rose gold foil can add a trendy and luxurious touch to your book's design.
Custom Foil Stamping for Book Interior
Foil stamping is not just used for book covers — it can also be used for the book's interior pages, such as for chapter headings or to decorate certain parts of illustrations. This technique adds luxury and visual interest to the interior of a book, creating a memorable, unique experience for readers.
Foil Stamping Color Options
We offer a wide range of foil stamping colors, including metallic, solid, pearlescent, and holographic foil. Here are some samples for reference.
Foil Stamping for Different Book Cover Materials
Each material offers its own unique way to showcase the foil stamping, giving your book a distinctive and professional look.
Foil stamping on paper creates a sharp, clean finish that is perfect for adding a touch of elegance or highlighting specific design elements of your cover.
Offering both durability and style, foil stamping on cloth provides a textured effect ideal for high-end books.
View our cloth cover books
For faux leather covers, foil stamping enhances the natural texture of the leather while adding distinctive details to create a luxurious look.
View our leather cover books
Foil Stamping Maximum Size
In most cases, the maximum foil stamping mold size is 12 x 12 inches, meaning the maximum area for one instance of foil stamping is 12″ x 12″. This size typically allows us to cover the front cover, spine, and back cover all at once for a seamless design. If the target area is larger than 12″ x 12″, the foil stamping can be done multiple times to cover the full area for a cohesive finish.
How We Make Custom Foil Stamping Books
Step 1: We produce a custom foil stamping mold.
Step 2: We place the mold and heat the foil stamping machine to around 120°C — which gives it the name heat foil stamping.
Step 3: The foil material and printed paper imprint through the mold.
Step 4: The foil material goes through the mold and adheres to the paper.
Once the foil stamping process is complete, we move on to the next step of binding.
Common Coffee Table Book Sizes
A coffee table book is an oversized hardcover bound book. Coffee table books are designed for presentation. They should impress, intrigue, and catch the eye. While the exact dimensions depend on your content, how many photographs and illustrations you include, and the layout and orientation, most coffee table books are large, printed on premium art paper, and bound in hardcovers. A landscape-oriented collection of black-and-white or full-color art photography may be larger than an anthology of your verse; and a memoir, family history, or travelogue may better suit a large portrait format. Here’s a handy coffee table book size chart. Explore the possibilities to help you to decide which size would best suit your project.
| Square Sizes | 8" x 8" | 8.5" x 8.5" | 9" x 9" | 10" x 10" | 10.5" x 10.5" | 11" x 11" | 12" x 12" |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Portrait |
6″ x 9″ |
8″ x 10″ |
8.5″ x 11″ |
8.5″ x 12″ |
9″ x 11″ |
9″ x 12″ |
10″ x 12″ |
|
Landscape |
9″ x 6″ |
10″ x 8″ |
11″ x 8.5″ |
12″ x 8.5″ |
11″ x 9″ |
12″ x 9″ |
12″ x 10″ |
Smaller sizes—even down to 6″ x 9″ are convenient if you need to enhance a more intimate interior or ‘top off’ an elegant stack of grander volumes. Larger sizes make a stronger impression. But you’re not limited to the suggestions above. At QinPrinting, we specialize in custom coffee table book printing in any size or format you wish. Only remember that extensive customization incurs higher costs and slower turnaround times because there’s more pre-press and setup involved. But for your dream project, or as part of an overall interior décor renovation, the added investment could be worthwhile. It’s always your decision.
FAQs
Is foil stamping expensive?
No! Foil stamping is very affordable in China with QinPrinting’s offset printing. Adding a foil stamp to the cover typically costs less than $1 extra per book.
For example, if you are printing 100 copies of a 64-page 8.5″ × 11″ paperback, the cost is $546. If you add one-place foil stamping, the cost increases to $576 — just a $30 difference. That means the foil stamping adds only $0.30 per book!
You can always check our online calculator to compare prices and see if it is suitable for your project.
What is the difference between foil stamping and embossing?
- Foil stamping: This involves applying a metallic or colored foil to the surface of the paper using heat and pressure. The foil adheres to specific areas, creating a shiny, reflective finish. It is typically used for logos, titles, and decorative elements.
- Embossing: This is a process that raises certain areas of the paper to create a three-dimensional effect. Instead of using color or metallic finishes like foil stamping, embossing creates texture by pressing the paper from beneath. This raises the design or text on the surface, and it is often used for subtle, elegant effects or to enhance tactile appeal.
In short, foil stamping adds color and shine, while embossing creates texture and depth. Both can be used together for a more complete and eye-catching design!
What is the difference between foil stamping and foil printing?
- Foil Stamping: This technique uses heat and pressure to transfer a metallic foil (such as gold or silver) onto the surface of a material, typically paper. The foil adheres only to the areas where a die is pressed, creating a shiny, raised effect. Often used for logos, text, or decorative designs, foil printing adds a premium look to a printed piece.
- Foil Printing: This is a more straightforward printing technique where metallic or colored foil is applied to the surface using ink-based methods (like offset or digital printing). The foil is printed directly onto the paper using a printer, rather than being applied with heat and pressure like in foil stamping. As a result, foil printing creates a flat, shiny design without the raised texture that foil stamping provides.
In summary, foil stamping involves heat and pressure for a raised, shiny effect, while foil printing uses ink-based methods to apply flat metallic foils.
How can I prepare my foil stamping files for printing?
If your design includes special finishes such as foil stamping, set these elements as spot colors and label them with the corresponding process name.
Here is the video to learn How to Create Foil Stamping Files.
Free File Checking Service
Not sure if your files are print-ready? You’ve nothing to worry about! Our team will check your files for free to make sure everything’s in order—things like page size, bleed, color mode, and image resolution. If something’s off, we’ll let you know and suggest how to fix it before anything goes to print.
Need help to prepare your files? We’ve put together a step-by-step guide you can check out here.
And if you’re still unsure, just reach out. We’re always happy to take a look and answer your questions.
Printing File Requirements
It is important to understand how to prepare your finished digital files for printing. Here are a few useful tips to help you when preparing files to be printed.
You will need to add a "bleed zone" of 0.125" around all your pages.
Convert your color space from RGB to CMYK
Make sure the resolution for your images is 300 DPI.
Export your files in PDF format for the best results.
To learn more, see our File Checking Guidelines or get in touch directly. We offer an expert file-checking service, free to all our customers.
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