Patent ID: 8105455

Claim:
A printing machine, comprising: at least one transfer unit for transferring a transfer layer from a carrier film, which together form a transfer film, onto a print carrier, said transfer unit including a film transfer cylinder and an impression cylinder, said film transfer cylinder being thrown onto said impression cylinder and forming with said impression cylinder a transfer nip, the print carrier being transported through said transfer nip along a transport path for a transfer of the transfer layer, said transfer unit being a further processing unit of the printing machine and having at least one further processing device following said transfer nip and acting on the print carrier, said further processing device for being thrown at least temporarily onto said impression cylinder and following said transfer nip, said further processing device having a functionality independent of the film transfer, said further processing unit being a unit for finishing the print carrier by finishing regions of the print carrier without a transferred transfer layer; and at least one applicator unit for an at least regional application of an adhesive onto the print carrier, said applicator unit preceding said transfer unit, and the transfer layer being detached from the carrier film in said transfer unit in regions in which the adhesive is applied to the print carrier.