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Operating Instructions - Page 3

... Typewriter Maintenance and To Set and Clear Tabs 5 Service 17 Express Backspace Key 6 When You Call for Service 17 Shift Keys and Shift Lock 6 Checklist for Proper Typewriter IBM Supplies 18 Operation 6 IBM 210 Correctable Ribbon Page-End Indicator 7 Cassette 18 To Center Information 8 IBM Color Correctable Ribbon Horizontally 8 Cassette 18 Vertically 8 IBM 800 T-III Ribbon...
Operating Instructions - Page 4

... the IBM Tech III Ribbon with the IBM Tech III Cover-up Tape for every typing need. or 12-pitch scale lights according to all models): The 10- With the IBM Correcting Selectric01) Ill Typewriter, erasures, strikeovers, and messy corrections can be a thing of your new IBM typewriter. In addition, both the IBM Correcting "Selectric" III Typewriter and the IBM "Selectric" Ill Typewriter utilize...
Operating Instructions - Page 6

... scale to the other pitch will light. • Moving the pitch selection lever switches the illumination trom one pitch when the typewriter is set for the other . kiargin/Pttch Scale (Single-Pitch Model) This scale is a 10 • or 12 A indicating the pitch. On top of space between characters. 2 only the scale corresponding...
Operating Instructions - Page 7

Poime To remove the paper or to roll the paper into the typewriter. Push this feature when inserting a thick carbon pack. For most jobs, set the control on three. Align the paper against the paper edge guide. Move the control to a lower number (example, offset masters). 3 Use this lever back after it is in...
Operating Instructions - Page 8

... the margin release key (page 5). C tarto pitch 'Within a Document (Dual-Pitch Model) If a document will contain both pica and elite, set the left margin stop . * You can space or tab through it. You may ...moved to the new margin setting. Line Space Lever Move the line space lever toward you for single spacing, to the middle mark for double spacing. • Your typewriter may want to check ...
Operating Instructions - Page 10

...; If types rIter does not turn the typewriter off for underscoring or repositioning the carrier, The carrier will not move, turn on, be sure the electric cord Is plugged Into the outlet - if the i-ibbon not printing prop -EHy, rnak, tie the ribbon (pace 13.) am6 couecImq tape (page 16) have to release -the...
Operating Instructions - Page 14

...i t ' i t cf p g,„ Ribbon Cassette System and Selective Ribbon System Ribbon Cassette System: Push the ribbon/stencil control to printing position. Fabric Ribbon System To type stencils, move the ribbon/stencil control to the left so the "S" lines up under the mark. Tatar For regular typing, set the control on "1," "2," or "3" to type on the IBM Correct€ng "Seleciric...
Operating Instructions - Page 17

... at the ribbon-end indicator (A). Ribbon Systems inc instructions on how to order ribbons and other supplies. Choose the ribbon system instructions that correspond to the operating position (2). To avoid any confusion In matching ribbon cartridges the cot responding coi itctirig tape for the IBM Correcting "SeJectric" Ili Typewriter, ribbon cartridges and tapes are color coded.
Operating Instructions - Page 18

... Correcting "Selectric" III Typewriter cannot be moved if the tape load lever (I To remove a ribbon: • Press the spacebar to move the carrier to do so will cause ribbon breakage. • Position the ribbon cartridge so that it fits between the spring clips (E). Firmly push down on both ends of the cartridge. • Thread the leader through the ribbon guides...
Operating Instructions - Page 19

... typewriter has an acoustical hood, pull it toward you to raise ribbon guides (C) and (C). • Lift the cartridge upward and off the spindles (D) and (F). • Ease the ribbon out of the ribbon guides (B) and (C) To Install a fabric ribbon: • The carrier should remain centered •and the motor off . • Lilt the cover. - FlIbbon Revr-se Lever (fabr Ribbon Model...
Operating Instructions - Page 21

.... Note: The element will help the service person diagnose the problem and repair the typewriter, 17 cr.: • Cover the typewriter at the end of the problem, The sample will break if you call for service. Where stubborn stains persist, consult your typewriter needs to be harmful. make a note of the problem when you drop it possible, save a sample...
Operating Instructions - Page 22

... dozen boxes) Reorder Numbers: Black: 1299508 Brown: 1299510 Green: 1299511 Blue: 1299512 IBM Lift-off Tape: 1136€33 Ro-ror Cassette Equipment: IBM Correcting "Selectric" Ill Typewriter Average Annual Usage: 2-4 ribbons Shelf Life: Iwo years Color: Black Average Character Yield: 800,000 Packaging: One ribbon per box (minimum order - It lifts incorrectly typed characters off the page...
Operating Instructions - Page 23

... 16-20 lb. (60-75 grams) bond paper. Type styles larger than three carbon copies. Equipment: IBM Correcting "Selectric" ill Typewriter Average Annual Usage: 12-16 ribbons Shelf Life: Two years Color: White Average Character Yield: Approximately 2,000 corrections Packaging: 6 tapes per box (Minimum order - 2 boxes) Reorder Numbers: Black: 1299095 Blue: 1299361 Green: 1299362 Brown: 1299363...
Operating Instructions - Page 24

I box) Reorder Number: 1136391 Ttch ilt Crivil,r-iip Tape Developed to work in combination with the selective ribbon system. Equipment: IBM "Selectric" Ill and Correcting "Selectric" Ill Typewriter equipped with IBM Tech III Ribbon to -Image surfaces, and some OCR applications. Not recommended for all genera€-purpose typing, offset masters, hard-to cover up incorrectly typed ...
Operating Instructions - Page 26

...typewriter is the following: * The name of type styles available from IBM covers virtually every typing application, from general correspondence to specific Industries and foreign languages --- Elements The IBM Correcting "Selectric" III and the IBM "Selectric" III Typewriters... only the amount of space between each element is set for you among the standard keyboard arrangements, see "Ordering...

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