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Print head and ribbon do not in sync

When I type, the typewirter hammer hit the daisy wheel head correctly but it did not hit the ink ribbon for print (so the output is all blank). The typewriter had been dropped to the carpet once (from a 2 feet high table). What might be the problem to cause that? Is this something can be fixed easily?

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Sounds like the ribbon carriage is out of position, try holding the shift, and code keys, then power up, if thats no help the hold frame might have to be resitted.

Posted on May 01, 2007

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