[GreenKeys] Teletype Simplex Printer 2-B auction

[Duncan Brown]

_It is a WU 2-B _ (see image #7) and also it is a Teletype Corp. M14.

Western Union had their own model numbers for equipment designed for 
them. There is a name plate just right of the Space bar that says 
"SIMPLEX PRINTER 2-B"

The original "Model 14" (don't know if they called it that then) was 
designed by Morkrum-Kleinschmidt for Western Union in about 1928. WU 
called it the "2-B". It typed on a narrow (originally 3/8", later 
"cost-reduced" to 5/16"), gummed paper tape for telegrams.

Sometime around 1940, Teletype Corp. modified this printer to also be a 
reperforator.

I have always  thought of the "WU 2-B" as just being a tape printer and 
the "M14" as being a typing reperforator.  But this unit shows that WU 
was still using "2-B" model name for a typing reperforator.

Also, Nick's reference 
https://www.navy-radio.com/manuals/tty/sales/tty-descr-iss2-4806.pdf
shows, on pdf p13, a "TELETYPE MODEL 14 SENDING-RECEIVING TAPE PRINTER" 
.  So here is a tape printer, that is not a reperf, as part of the 
"Model 14" family. Probably the same as (or very similar to) the WU 2-B 
model.

Have fun,

Duncan
K2OEQ

On 2/4/2026 11:19 PM, Jim Cooper wrote:
> That is not a 2-B printer ... that is clearly a Model 14 typing reperf  FPR
>
> On 5 Feb 2026 at 2:05, Thalia Archibald via GreenKeys wrote:
>
>> A nice-looking green Teletype Simplex Printer 2-B is up for auction,
>> currently at $0 and closing on Friday.
>>      https://www.k-bid.com/auction/62722/item/105JT
>
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