Method of Increasing the Output of a Transfer Film Upon Embossing and Apparatus Suitable for Same

A method of increasing the output of a transfer film upon embossing, wherein the transfer film has a carrier film and a transfer layer portion which is releasable from the carrier film, wherein during a first embossing operation first regions of the transfer layer portion which are arranged removed from each other at a spacing a are transferred by means of a first embossing tool from the transfer film onto at least one substrate, wherein first openings are produced at the spacing a in the transfer layer portion of the transfer film, and wherein

• the transfer film is wound up after the first embossing operation and fed to at least a further embossing operation in which second regions of the transfer layer portion respectively arranged between two first openings are transferred from the transfer film onto at least one further substrate by means of a second embossing tool, wherein second openings are produced in the transfer layer portion of the transfer film, arranged at a spacing from the first openings.