is unrolled from the foil supply roll 22 and rewound on the foil collecting roll 23 in another work station the image forming layer transferred from the transfer foil to the sheet can subsequently be rolled over in the nip 32 of the downstream calendaring unit 3 in order to improve its adhesion and luster as shown in fig3 and 4 the foil transfer module of the present invention can be used in sheet fed printing machines in particular a printing unit d see fig3 or a varnishing module l see fig4 can be arranged directly upstream relative to the sheet transport direction of the foil transfer module f that serves as a coating unit 2 for foil transfer the printing machine can be configured as a so called dual varnishing machine see fig4 in the embodiment of a sheet fed machine shown in fig3 a printing unit d e g an offset printing unit can be arranged directly upstream of the foil transfer module f the printing unit d serves as the application unit 1 and features a lithographic form on a plate cylinder a rubber blanket cylinder and an impression cylinder 4 the application of the adhesive is carried out in a conventional manner via offset printing with a lithographic form carrying the desired coating pattern the adhesive is applied in a nip 5 of the printing unit d alternatively with relief printing methods the plate cylinder can be separated from the offset blanket cylinder during application of the adhesive in the printing unit d in such case the offset blanket cylinder respectively carries a recessed offset blanket or a flexographic form an.