Darn, I did it again. Here's the clip.
If I took a standard type box and flipped it around to fit in the ticker printer as it appears to be in this clip I would find the letters typing upside down on the tape below it wouldn't I?
On 5/21/2025 5:27 PM, Peter Gottlieb wrote:
So I discovered another problem. I cannot simply rearrange the type in the type box as the stock ticker uses a reversed font! Like the "B" comes out with the rounded part to the left.
I have two choices:
1) Find a 28 stock ticker-specific type box, or,
2) Have the tape come out upside down and sort of be OK. Not all letters and numbers will work right because ideally this wants to print in reverse and upside down and not all characters are symmetrical that way.
I think it's going to have to be the latter as these things are exceedingly rare.
I have another problem which is probably due to lubrication and/or adjustment. I tried loading the first 4 positions of the type box with space, A, B, and C then sending codes 0, 1, 2, 3 to print. The code bars move to the appropriate positions but all I got was spaces and "A". So something between the code bars and the movement of the type block isn't moving freely. While I think about what I'm going to do with the type block I will look into the mechanical issue(s) behind this mistyping.
Peter
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