[GreenKeys] Re: WUTco 2B Strip Printer

[eugene at hertzmail.com]

Tickers used 3/4"
Regards


-----Original Message-----
From: greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Don Robert House
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 6:12 PM
To: jhhaynes at earthlink.net
Cc: Greenkeys
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Re: WUTco 2B Strip Printer

Thanks Jim,
Glad to know I still remember a thing or two.

What Teletype equipment used 1/2 inch wide tape?  I know pen recorders  
used that width but did Tickers use it also?

Don


On 26 Nov 2007, at 5:08 PM, jhhaynes at earthlink.net wrote:

Yes, 5/16 for the 2B.  3/8 was standard for the Model 14.  There is
a story to the effect that some Western Union employee won a large
suggestion award for suggesting they narrow the paper by 1/16 inch,
and that saved them a lot of money every year because of the immense
amount of tape they used.  Considering the cost of parts to make the
change to every machine it's hard to imagine how they saved much.



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