Prsface
The
IBM
"Selectric"
II
Typewriter,
featurinaa
small,
globe-shaped
element
containingalltypecharacters,makes
typingfastand
easy.
Theelement
skims
acrossthepagetypingoutcharacters
rapidlyandevenly.Becausethereare
no typebars,type
clash
hasbeen
eliminated.
Thereisno
moving
carriage,therefore
eliminatingmuch
Vibrationandmachinemovement.This
actuallyprovidesmoreworkarea
aroundyourmachine.
Typestylescanbe changedin seconds
by liftingoffoneelementandreplacing
it withanother.Youcanalsoselectthe
horizontalspacing(pitch)-either10or12
charactersper
inch.
Thisversatility
lets
youselectthetypestyleandpitchbest
suitedtoeachtyping
Job.
Your
IBM
"Selectric"IITypewriter
offersmanyfeaturesthathelpmakeall
typing
Jobs
easier.The
IBM
Stroke
StorageSystemreduces typingerrorsby
storingthesecondoftworapidlytyped
charactersuntilthefirstisprintedout.
Allservicekeysarewithineasy reach
fromthekeyboardcontrolarea,andan
ImpressionControlletsyouadjustthe
impact
ofthetypingelementtosuit
each application.
Newfeatures availableonthe
IBM
"Selectric"IITypewriterincludethe
following:
•SelectiveRibbonSystemletsyou
selecteitherthe
new.exclusiveIBM
Tech
111
r i b b o nora carbon
film
ribbonforahighquality,uniform
image
withreducedribbon changes.
•ExpressBackspaceKeymovesthetyping
elementfrom righttoleftquicklywithout
changingthetypingline.
•DualPitchLever(DualPitchmodeisonly)
enablesyoutotypeeither
10
or
12
charactersperhorizontalinch —
whicheveryouchoose.
•HalfBackspaceLeverpermitstyping
halfway betweentwocharactersorspaces.
(AvailableonDualPitch
machines
only.)
Withthe
IBM
"Selectric"
II
Typewriter,
youcanexpectyourtypingtobe
smootherandfasterthaneverbefore.
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