[GreenKeys] Teletype Model 14 page printer

John Nagle nagle at animats.com
Thu Jan 21 20:10:57 EST 2021


> To clarify Ralph's response, as far as I know
> THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A Model 14
> PAGE Printer ...   only typing tape perforators,
> typing tape reperforators and non-typing tape
> punches.
> 
> There is a very old Model 14 "strip printer" that
> used narrow tape to type messages (Western Union
> used tape with dry 'gum' adhesive on the back, so
> that the typed tape could be moistened and pasted
> onto a telegram form for delivery).  Non-gummed tape
> was often used when the Model 14 strip printer was used
> by technicians as a "talk wire" between offices, etc.

Yes. I've restored three of those little Model 14 strip
printers from the 1920s. Here's a Model 14 tape printer.

http://aetherltd.com/refurbishing14.html

The Model 14 family includes

- the tape printer, available with or without
   keyboard ("RO", for Receive Only, without)

- the typing reperforator, which is the tape
   printer with a punch mechanism and wider tape,
   also available with or without keyboard,

- the transmitter-distributor, which is a paper
   tape reader

- the perforator, which is a keyboard and tape
   punch with no printer.

But there is no Model 14 page printer.
Here's Wikipedia's model list.

Most page printer Teletypes take un-punched
paper rolls. You can get them here:

https://www.nordisco.com/store/item.aspx?ItemId=73573

These are white paper; the classic yellow paper is not
available as new stock.

			John Nagle


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