[GreenKeys] Fwd: Re: Western Union manuals for a 2-B aka 14

[COURYHOUSE at aol.com]

Duncan do you have one of these page printers? wow  early.....
 
 
I  see how they  flipped it into a tape  printer  though!  I assume  you 
have he tape  printer in that photo?   Great   item!
 
let  me  know if   you  run it a  stash  of  tape.
 
Ed!
 
 
In a message dated 7/14/2016 7:42:12 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
duncanancy at earthlink.net writes:

[forgot  the attachments!]

[don't think this went the first time (got an error  message that the 
server didn't like  the greeting), so I am trying it  again.  My 
apologies if you get two copies.]

--------  Forwarded Message --------
Subject:     Re: [GreenKeys] Western  Union manuals for a 2-B aka 14
Date:     Thu, 14 Jul 2016  10:02:08 -0400
From:     Duncan Brown  <duncanancy at earthlink.net>
To:      greenkeys at mailman.qth.net



On 14-Jul-16 00:39, Jim Pruitt  wrote:
>   I never understood why Western Union used gummed  tape rather than
> using page printers and printing telegrams on that  but am sure they
> had valid reasons.
>
> Thank  you.
>
> Jim Pruitt
> WA7DUY
>
Western Union  originally used page printers (back in about 1915). But WU
was always  trying to improve its efficiency and message through-put. One
problem with  page printers was if there was garble in any part of the
message, the whole  message had to be repeated. By going to a strip
printer, only the garbled  part of the message had to be repeated and
they could then "cut &  paste" the correction.  Also, they didn't have to
waste time sending  CR & LF.  Both Morkrum and Kleinschmidt had been
making similar  page printers for WU. At WU's request, they tipped the
page printer onto  its back and removed the platen to produce the WU
M20-21-22 tape printers.  See enclosed KEC models.

Have  fun,

Duncan
K20EQ





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