[GreenKeys] Red-and-black ribbon (was: ePay this week has lots of Teletype gear.)

Roy Morgan k1lky68 at gmail.com
Wed Jan 8 12:27:11 EST 2014


On Jan 7, 2014, at 3:17 PM, John Nagle <nagle at animats.com> wrote:

> Model 14 typing reperf on eBay.  $99, plus excessive shipping cost,
> ….
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Teletype-Corp-Model-14-Typing-Re-perf/171212404061
> Looks clean, needs new spacebar and LF key.

That reperf has a red-and-black ribbon.  How does that work?  

-Are all upper case characters struck in red?
-Is there a separate key sequence to get red?
-Does it print all red if the ribbon is reversed reel for reel?
-Is the ribbon from a typewriter and out of place here?

Roy

Roy Morgan
RoyMorgan at alum.mit.edu
K1LKY Since 1958



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