Masterbind ImagePress Hot Stamping Device

Welcome to MyBinding video. This video will show you how to use hot foil stamping with the Atlas 300 Image. It is as impressive as it is easy to stamp virtually anything on any cover. Step-by-step, here are the basics. This is the hot stamping heater, it slides right in the front carriage and hooks on by magnet. Once plugged in, you can power it on and adjust the temperature here with this dial; the ready light will go on when it reaches the temperature. Your Atlas 300 came with a starter kit of stamping tools. You'll need to use the rack as well as the tweezers and the screwdriver. Plenty of fonts characters, numbers, and designs can be purchased through MyBinding and can be stored in a special rack to keep things nice and clean and orderly. With the tweezers, remove individual letters and place them in the rack. Once you've spelled out your design and set it in place, screw it down to hold it in place with the two screws on either side. Double check your work and with the flat side facing you, put the entire carriage down over the slots on the sides. Use caution; hold it by the plastic handles, because if you've already turned the heating unit on, it will be hot. Select the color of hot stamping foil that you'll use; pull one sheet out. With the color side facing you, lay it down just beyond the stamp and before the back wall. Use the small magnet to hold it into place. And then, with your previously bound book, place the front cover facing toward you exactly where you want it, close the wedge in the front, and complete the process by pushing down on the lever all the way, hold for a couple of seconds, and release the lever, release the wedge, slowly peel back the foil, and you're all done. There it is, that's hot foil stamping on the Atlas 300 Image. For more demos, reviews and how-tos, check out MyBinding.com.