FIELD: applicable in the wood-pulp and paper industry for manufacture of paper, having a three-dimensional pattern, for example, soft paper designed for use as toilet paper, kitchen wet paper, paper pocket handkerchiefs, table napkins, etc. SUBSTANCE: pattern is imparted to paper at impulsive drying. Wet paper cloth is passed through the zone of contact at pressing, in which the rotating roller is positioned, which is heated and provided with a pattern of alternating elevated and deepened sections designed for pressing in the paper cloth on a support that has a rigidless flexible surface, so that a three-dimensional structure, having a common thickness exceeding the thickness of non-pressed paper cloth, is imparted to the paper cloth. EFFECT: paper with a three-dimensional structure is obtained, which has an enhanced water absorptive capacity. 8 cl, 10 dwg
