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H H o o t t S S t t a a m m p p i i n n g g M M a a c c h h i i n n e e s s a a n n d d A A c c c c e e s s s s o o r r i i e e s s PHONE: (888) 375-8375 FAX: (661) 272-0505 www.aamstamp.com sales@aamstamp.com...
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Cushion Boards and Attachments Printing Napkins Printing Pencils and Business Cards 10 10 x 12 Ribbon and Stationary Plate Fixture Setup Guide Warranty and Returns Aamstamp Machine Company LLC 38960 Trade Center Drive, Suite B Palmdale, California, USA Ph. 661-272-0500 Fx. 661-272-0505 www.aamstamp.com info@aamstamp.com...
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AAmstamp's personalizing machines are designed to give you the power of a big press in a table top machine. The 2000 Series Machine and it’s accessories, type, dies, emblems and foils are the highest quality and easiest to use products available today.
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Customer MUST retain the shipping box and custom packing materials as they are Required for all machine returns. This includes Warranty, repair and upgrades. Aamstamp Machine will not accept machines shipped in any container not supplied with the machine. If you need to return your machine and have not retained its packaging, a new box and packaging Must be purchased, including Shipping.
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M-2000 Machine Handle Foil Tension Roller Release Lever Ram Bar Foil Advance Adjustment Foil Spool Foil Advance Housing Type Head Type Holder Handle Foil Guide Bars Foil Guide Knob Table Plate Digital Temperature Controller...
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AIR-2000 AIR-2000 Half Ton Air Cylinder Pressure Gauge Pressure Regulator Knob Dwell Timer Foil Tension Roller Release Lever Foil Advance Adjustment Foil Spool Foil Advance Housing Type Head Type Holder Handle Safety Shield Foil Guide Bars Table Plate Digital Temperature Controller...
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TITAN-2000 Titan-2000 One Ton Air Cylinder Pressure Gauge Pressure Regulator Knob Dwell Timer Foil Tension Roller Release Lever Foil Advance Adjustment Foil Spool Foil Advance Housing Type Head Type Holder Handle Safety Shield Foil Guide Bars Table Plate Digital Temperature Controller...
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Picture taken from rear of Air-Titan with foil loaded. Foil Tension Roller Release Lever Foil Advance Knob Foil Tension Roller Metal Drive Roller...
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Use character spacers between letters and block or line spacers to fill up blank lines. AAmstamp has special heavy duty spacers available to expedite this. Always make sure the type and dies are sitting flush to the bottom of the typeholder. This ensures a level printing surface.
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Getting Started (continued) 11. Choose the appropriate alignment tools for your job (Gauge Bar Guide, Ribbon Plate, Napkin Guide, Business Card Guide, Match Guide, or Pencil Guide, etc.) and set up the alignment tools on the table plate of the machine. [Pg.
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2. Attach the foot pedal connector cable to foot pedal connector as shown in the diagram below. M-2000 Upgrade The M-2000 can be upgraded to an AIR-2000 or a TITAN-2000 at any time. For more information on upgrades call your AAmstamp Sales Representative.
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LOADING FOIL It is recommended that you load your foil with the machine turned off and given adequate time to cool down. Loading the foil with the machine hot can result in being accidentally burned. 1. Place foil roll onto foil spool. Place foil spool onto the front foil bracket.
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To set the foil advance mechanism: 1. Attach the machine handle onto the right side of the machine. If you have an Air-2000 or TITAN-2000, turn the pressure regulator on the back of the AAmstamp Foil Stamper to 0 PSI.
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190° AND 300° DEGREES Pressure On the hand operated M-2000 the pressure is controlled by the operator as he or she pulls down the machine handle. Additionally the operator can adjust the leverage of the handle by loosening the black handle lock knob and then sliding the handle up and down. Retighten the knob onto any one of the four notches in the handle to lock the handle in place.
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Heat will not get to all areas of the typeholder if there are air spaces. 6. When using an open chase typeholder. use 72 pt spacers to fill in the big areas. This will make set up very fast. AAmstamp offers special aluminum bar and block spacers for this purpose. TECHNICAL SUPPORT If you cannot get a print to come out and you have already tried changing the temperature, pressure, dwell, and/or cushion boards, call customer service at (888) 375-8375.
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What are dies and emblems? Stock Dies AAmstamp Machine Company has a large selection of stock dies available which can be seen in our literature packet or via our website at http://www.aamstamp.com. Custom Dies AAmstamp Machine Company can manufacture custom dies. Simply provide AAmstamp with clean clear black and white line artwork via e-mail (sales@aamstamp.com) or U.S.
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36pt Single Line Typeholders (Requires multi-line adapter) Available in 3. 4 & 5 inch printing lengths and used for printing a single line of 36pt body type. Open Chase Typeholders Available in 4 & 5 inch printing lengths and used to print multiple lines of type in all sizes. You can also print text and large type high dies at the same time.
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Adapter Sleeves Adapter sleeves are used only on our AAmstamp machines when using single line or small typeholders. There is a single line and a multiple line adapter sleeve. The adapter sleeve slides into the typehead and is held in place by the retaining lever below. The typeholder is then inserted into the adapter sleeve.
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SOFT CUSHION BOARDS: Used when doing more then four lines of print or large print areas that contain big bold lettering. AAMSTAMP ATTACHMENTS AAmstamp attachments are designed to make printing particular products easier. AAmstamp attachments are sold separately and are also included in certain “machine packages”. AAmstamp Currently has the following attachments available:...
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3. Always check to see that the gauge bar is clear from being hit by the typeholder and then tighten the napkin guide by turning the gauge bar hold down knob. AAmstamp also offers a special napkin guide cushion board that makes it far easier to print large areas on napkins.
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PRINTING PENCILS Attach the pencil attachment to your gauge bar using the black thumb screw provided with the pencil attachment. Attach the gauge bar to the table plate. Insert the line up slug into a single line typeholder and bring the machine handle down slowly so that the line up slug fits in the center of the pencil attachment.
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2. When printing ribbon you should remove the side adjustment plate from the 10x12 base plate. 3. Load the ribbon onto the AAmstamp Ribbon Spindle. Place the ribbon spindle to the right side of the 10x12 base plate so that the ribbon can be easily fed through the plate.
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Defects discovered after three years will be deemed ordinary wear and tear. AAmstamp Machine Company requires for the length of this warranty that all repairs or upgrades of our equipment be performed by AAmstamp authorized personnel only. We further strongly recommend that all future repairs or upgrades of our equipment should be performed by AAmstamp authorized personnel only.
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