[GreenKeys] Teletype Simplex Printer 2-B auction

[Duncan Brown]

In looking over my records, the Museum does have a WU 2-B printing 
reperforator.

Anyone know what the extra bump-out on the right side of the cover was for?





Thanks,

Duncan
K2OEQ


On 2/5/2026 3:19 PM, Duncan Brown wrote:
> _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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