[GreenKeys] Issues with Alignment

[Anthony Watson]

On the 15/19 there is an adjustment that might have a little joy in it for you - especially if you notice the problem on letters but not figures, vice versa, or maybe both could be out...

One wants the platen to rest on the stops so it presents a useable surface to the type bars when in either shift position. Here is the top-side stop which it bumps against in LETTERS.  There is a stop on the under side for FIGS.

And if this doesn’t quite do it, then back to the platen may be worn/shrunk down too much.  Might still be able to get a new one or have yours restored.  There are some ideas on Youtube with shrink tubing...


Not a viable solution, per se, but another test you can do is roll some construction paper in behind your normal paper and see if that makes it better.  It’s a hack for old typewriters with hard/shrunk platens.  But it might be useful isolating if its the platen that’s the problem.   


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> On Sep 6, 2024, at 9:49 AM, E. <hanyou at xsmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Bet ’ya it is the platen just being worn… not much you can do about that.  One and I think two of my 19’s do the same thing — personality in my opinion.  Get a new ribbon and that should fix some of it.  If it’s typing okay - as it looks (very good by the looks too), I’d hesitate to open up the basket… that’s a can of worms that’s kind’a hard to put back together once open.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> 
>> On Sep 6, 2024, at 11:44 AM, John, W9DDD <w9ddd at tapr.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I'm gonna guess that this was a weather printer at one point and someone went to the trouble of changing the pallets.  I did that for one pallet way back when to get a slash zero.  Kind of tricky work meant for young hands.  I certainly wouldn't try it these days.  My first clue was the $.  And that made me think about the adjustment for platen shift.  But then I noticed most figures printed pretty well.  LTRS C and D caught my attention for having their bottom half light compared to most other letters.  I'm puzzled though that the vertical alignment seems OK on letters like  C D and Z, but the bottom half is light or missing.    I'm not quite sure how to describe the mis-alignment nor why that would happen.
>> 
>> To change one you get the type bar pulled up and somehow held in place just above the other letters, heat until the old one comes loose, a little more heat to keep solder molten while dropping the new one in place.
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