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Smith Corona Wordsmith 200 Typewriter - Page 5 Questions & Answers
All it will do is print slashes
The printwheel may not snapped in properly and going to it's home
position. .
Keep trying..it will spin to its home position when installed properly,
providing its not broken or bent. The slashes are caused from the happer not lining up with a letter. The other problem may be the ribbon
may have a bind in it or be out of ribbon. There is a wheel or hole on
the ribbon to mover to tightened it up. try that
Squipps
How do I unlock the code key?
Use the Function Key..It is usually color coded. Hold the Function key while pressing the code key..Hope this helps.
Squipps
I was typing and the letters became fuzzy and
The printwheel may not snapped in properly and going to it's home
position. .
Keep trying..it will spin to its home position when installed properly,
providing its not broken or bent.
Squipps
I am getting up and down lines for the most part
The printwheel is not snapped in properly and going to it's home position. The lines you see are from the hammer missing the letters. Keep trying..it will spin to its home position when installed properly, providing its not broken or bent.
Repeating Key
Humidity could be a factor but more likely something got vspilled in the keyboard ans is shorting out some ofthe traces, you need a tech to open and clean or replace the velum.
DickyO
Smith Corona SD 250
I have a Smith Corona wordsmith 250. The Daisy wheel is not aligned with the striker, it is two characters off. How do I fix this alignment??
MY WORDSMITH 250 PRINTS II
the markes you see is the print hammer hitting the ribbon & paper. remove the ribbon & print wheel. look close at the print wheel when out of the machine if there are any spaces betwen the spokes a letter has broken off and you need a new print wheel, If just bent slowly strten them out. reinstall wheel & ribbon try it.
C.W.H.
File? 12345678
Is the typewriter a Smith Corona SD 250? If so, you have entered the "memory" mode by mistake. Over on the left side of the typewriter is a switch marked "MEM", "LINE", and "TYPE". Move the switch down to "LINE" or "TYPE" to resume normal typing. DO NOT PRESS ANY NUMBER BUTTONS ON "MEM" MODE! Does this information fix your problem?
I just got this typewriter a few days ago so I don't know everything about it yet... But I believe that this is one way to fix your problem.
Best of luck to you!
Caps lock
There isn't a "code" key, you just press the Shift key. Unless you have a faulty machine, this is what removes the Caps Lock.
TYPING II IN PLACE OF LETTERS
the mark you are seeing is the print hammer hitting the paper. remove the ribbon. corr. tape & print wheel. turn on the typewriter. close cover let it home it's self. open cover put in print wheel. close cover let it nome. put in ribbon close cover. try typing if marks are still ther. you will need a new print wheel. if working then put in corr. tape or if you are better at spelling then me you will not need it
Unlock
I the carrier free to move when the typwriter is turned off?
Smith Corona 3L (old one)
Not sure what the 3L is, some of the machines had preset tabs( every 10 or 12 spaces) if it uses a fabric ribbon on two spools it does not have a ccorrection system othe than using a black and white ribbon the white part is to cover up the mistake.
Smith Corona PWP90 corrector cartridge problem
sounds like the corr tape doesn't have the proper tension on it. turn wheel on corr tape cartridge, or if there isn't a wheel, some don't, there is a little lever to the left and under the left side where the cart. fits down. push this until the arm on the right side moves to the left
Smith Corona 240 DLE
pull the paper release lever and look under the platen as well as you can, to see if there are any forien objects. check if the feed rollers are all in place. the slots in the paper pan under the platen should have rollers in them
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