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Selectric typewriters made something that looked more like print than the typical typewriter. The Selectric type ball mechanism made multiple rapid impressions
by retrac 2y ago
Selectric typewriters made something that looked more like print than the typical typewriter. The Selectric type ball mechanism made multiple rapid impressions, producing a crisp dark letter, and the high end models had proportional typefaces. The Composer could even do justification.
An example of Selectric Composer output: http://www.quadibloc.com/comp/images/ps_sco2.jpg http://www.quadibloc.com/comp/images/ps_sco2.jpg
- ebruchez 2y ago> The Selectric type ball mechanism made multiple rapid impressions Not sure if this is what you mean but no, the type element would just hit the paper through the ribbon once. The crispness comes entirely from the formulation of the carbon film ribbon.
- Johnny555 2y agoWikipedia has a print sample from the Composer system: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Sample_of_IBM_Magnetic_Card_Composer_Output.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Sample_o... on their Selectric page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Selectric https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Selectric