[GreenKeys] Issues with Alignment

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Bet ’ya it is the platen just being worn… not much you can do about that.  One and I think two of my 19’s do the same thing — personality in my opinion.  Get a new ribbon and that should fix some of it.  If it’s typing okay - as it looks (very good by the looks too), I’d hesitate to open up the basket… that’s a can of worms that’s kind’a hard to put back together once open.

Good luck!


> On Sep 6, 2024, at 11:44 AM, John, W9DDD <w9ddd at tapr.org> wrote:
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> I'm gonna guess that this was a weather printer at one point and someone went to the trouble of changing the pallets.  I did that for one pallet way back when to get a slash zero.  Kind of tricky work meant for young hands.  I certainly wouldn't try it these days.  My first clue was the $.  And that made me think about the adjustment for platen shift.  But then I noticed most figures printed pretty well.  LTRS C and D caught my attention for having their bottom half light compared to most other letters.  I'm puzzled though that the vertical alignment seems OK on letters like  C D and Z, but the bottom half is light or missing.    I'm not quite sure how to describe the mis-alignment nor why that would happen.
> 
> To change one you get the type bar pulled up and somehow held in place just above the other letters, heat until the old one comes loose, a little more heat to keep solder molten while dropping the new one in place.