Patent ID: 8162023

Claim:
An apparatus for transferring a transfer layer onto a printing material, the apparatus comprising: a printing press for printing images on the printing material, wherein the printing material is guided along a printing material transport path through the printing press and through a transfer nip formed between an impression cylinder and a film transfer cylinder; a film module having at least one transfer film supply roller for storing and unwinding therefrom at least one transfer film web with a carrier film and a transfer layer; a transfer film guiding device for guiding the transfer film web from the transfer film supply roller to the transfer nip along a film transport path, the transfer nip being configured to transfer the transfer layer onto the printing material as the printing material is guided through the transfer nip along the printing material transport path; and said guiding device including web guiding elements disposed in a region of the printing press, said web guiding elements being configured for selectively guiding the transfer film web to possible potential transfer nips at mutually different positions in the printing press.