[GreenKeys] Model 28 Typebox Alignment?

John, W9DDD w9ddd at tapr.org
Fri Aug 12 20:28:18 EDT 2022


I get lucky sometimes.

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You said "tomorrow" yesterday.

The above comments or recommendations are SWAG. Use at your own risk.
John, W9DDD

On 8/12/2022 6:59 PM, Dennis Hanley wrote:
> OK, I just came in from the garage to confess my embarrassment and 
> oversight.
>
> I was taking a close look with a magnifier and saw that the paper was 
> indeed indented on the top half of the characters from being struck. I 
> lifted the ribbon with my fingers while pressing one of the keys in 
> question.  It printed perfectly.  Huh, the ribbon is not in the 
> lifting forks...  Dooooh!!!
>
> It's with hat in hand that I apologise for my oversight and for the 
> unnecessary post to the list..  And thank those that did respond so 
> promptly!
>
> John, you hit it right on the head!
>
> Dennis, KB6C
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 4:37 PM John, W9DDD <w9ddd at tapr.org 
> <mailto:w9ddd at tapr.org>> wrote:
>
>     A wild guess on my part would be is the ribbon not lifting
>     properly for that row of characters?
>
>     A whole line of the same cut character may be a useful test, it
>     seems there's a slant to the the line crossing the MNO.
>
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>     You said "tomorrow" yesterday.
>
>     The above comments or recommendations are SWAG. Use at your own risk.
>     John, W9DDD
>
>     On 8/12/2022 5:41 PM, Dennis Hanley wrote:
>>     I am having a strange problem with a 28KSR. The characters that
>>     are physically in the top row of the typebox only print the
>>     bottom half of the character. That is, the H, M, N, O, T, 5, 9
>>     and # are not all there. A picture is worth 1K words:
>>     https://photos.app.goo.gl/3ttqAgXf5nkvFqeb8
>>
>>     I substitute a typebox from another 28 and the problem follows
>>     the machine, not the typebox itself.
>>
>>     Anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
>>
>>     Thanks in advance!
>>
>>     Dennis, KB6C
>>
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