With a desk embosser and custom embosser plates (sold separately), you can emboss a return address onto envelopes and letterhead, or monograms onto cover weight note cards. When you press down on the desk embosser your custom plate makes an impressions into paper using a technique called blind embossing, which raises an image without color (think Braille). Our embossers are designed to work with text weight paper or cover weight paper. From Three Designing Women. Our embosser tool accommodates our extensive assortment of personalizable The reach of our desk embosser is approximately 1 7/16" from the edge of the paper to the middle of the embossment. We are currently unable to ship embosser orders to addresses outside of the United States.