[GreenKeys] Paper Winder

[Sheldon Daitch]

Dave,

The stands which the AP used for the M-15 and M-20
printers had a shelf below the printer on which usually sat
the Lenkurt terminal unit and where most of us put the
opened box of ribbons.

The paper box fit in the space below that shelf and the
printer and table only had to be an inch or so further away
from the wall than flush, simply to allow a path for the paper.

Now this arrangement might have the paper box sticking out
a bit in front of the printer and stand.  Hard to remember.

Interesting on the perforations.  I don't ever recall seeing
AP or UPI fanfold paper with perfs.  I wonder if the paper
was either misboxed or UPI managed to get a bargain on
paper.

Sheldon

On 8/15/2011 2:15 PM, Dave Hunter wrote:
> Hi Sheldon:
>
> I guess you and I are on the same page, though I didn't
> realize the model 15 case would allow back feeding, I knew
> the model 28 ASR would.
>
> Now, to do it this way would be impractical for me, as I
> have limited real estate behind the machines - if I were to
> put the box behind, it would put the machine too far into
> the room, so winding it on rolls would be my best option.
>
> Insofar as each sheet being perforated, I would have to
> look at it again. The first tab is indeed, as there is a
> two inch section at the top designed to be grabbed and fed
> into the machine, after which there are perforations to rip
> it off...
>
> Dave
>
> On 15 Aug 2011 at 14:02, Sheldon Daitch wrote:
>
>    
>> Dave,
>>
>> This AP paper is perforated?   Interesting, but the usual
>> practice was to open the front lid and tear off the paper,
>> using the edge of the glass/plastic lid as a cutting
>> surface.
>>
>> In the days of "rip 'n' read" news reporting, we'd find the
>> last news summary, and use the lid to cut the summary into
>> suitable segments for reading.  More sophisticated radio
>> stations would tell their news readers to cut the paper with
>> a ruler on a desk.
>>
>> Normal use of the large AP fanfold paper was to
>> place the box on the floor under the printer stand and
>> feed the paper into the back of the machine, across
>> the roll paper holder and then around the platen.
>>
>> Take a look at the back of the M-15 cabinet.  I am thinking
>> there is a metal plate under the back portion of the lid
>> which can be removed for the paper path.
>>
>> I was looking at a M-15 parts manual, page I-47, and it
>> appears that PN 74825 may be the plate.  I haven't seen an
>> M-15 case in years, so I am going by memory.
>>
>> If your machine has the adjustable paper roll spindle, PN
>> 117313, see page I-26, you would have to replace it with a
>> dowel of some kind, to make a better paper path.
>>
>> Sheldon
>>
>>
>> On 8/15/2011 1:26 PM, Dave Hunter wrote:
>>      
>>> Hi All:
>>>
>>> Alons with my latest Model 15 came a box of associated
>>> press fanfold paper. Now this paper is different from what
>>> I am used to in that it has no tractor feed edges. My
>>> guess without measuring it exactly, is each sheet is about
>>> 15 inches long to the perforation, and each is the same
>>> width as normal teletype rolls.
>>>
>>> Now, first of all, I am curious what this would have been
>>> used for, and secondly, I would like to use it with my
>>> teletypes, in which case, I would have to roll it on tubes
>>> like normal teletype paper...
>>>
>>> Does anyone have a neat and simple design for a winder
>>> which would make rolling this a simple project - or
>>> perhaps an affordable commercially made winder?
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
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