[GreenKeys] Western union telegram printer

[Duncan Brown]

The unit that printed WU messages on a narrow strip of gummed paper from 
1926 to c1960 was the Western Union Model 2B (WU's model number), which 
was first manufactured by the Morkrum-Kleinschmidt Corp. (after 1928, 
known as the Teletype Corp.).  With the addition of punching ability, it 
became the Teletype Corp. M14.





Both the tape printer version and the reperforator version of the M14 
were produced by Teletype Corp at the same time.  "Model 14" was a Bell 
designation. Teletype Corp. used a letter combination for model 
designation ( M14 = "Fxx"; M28 = "Lxx"; etc).  I don't know offhand what 
the different designators were for the M14 tape printer and reperf.

The M14 tape printers were also used by Bell TWX operators to 
communicate with TWX subscribers. The tape printer was much cheaper and 
more compact than a M15.


Have fun,

Duncan
K2OEQ

On 30-Sep-23 23:39, Jeffrey Golas wrote:
> Just curious, what printed the text that would go into a western union telegram? Obviously it was printed on tape, but that wasnt on a Teletype, right? Even the tape models like the 14 punch as well.
>
> Jeff
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