I got it working pretty well, but the pink one has a major problem that I need to fix (when I get really bored). One of my first Selectrics, I found it (and it's pink twin) at the swap meet, for an irresistable price. Here is a picture of some IBM Selectric tools, given to me by a kind fellow who used to service these machines.
#Ibm typewriter manual#
Scanned manual for the IBM Correcting Selectric III Typewriter Scanned manual for the IBM Correcting Selectric II Typewriter Scanned manual for the IBM Selectric Typewriter
#Ibm typewriter manuals#
I do not have any manuals for sale.sorry! Browse a 1986 GP Technologies Typing Element Handbook. Type elements were also available from other companies besides IBM. Special Typing Applications: Light Italic, Script, Printing ANSI-OCR, Symbol 10, 108 OCR, Manifold 72, Symbol 12 There are six pages, each with several fonts.ġ0 Pitch Type Styles: Advocate, Bookface Academic 72, Delegate, Orator, Courier 72, Pica 72, Prestige Pica 72ġ2 Pitch Type Styles: Adjutant, Artisan 12, Courier 12 Italic, Scribe, Prestige Elite, Courier 12, Elite 72, Letter Gothic These are 600 dpi black and white (not greyscale) scans from the mid 1970s IBM Type Styles and Elements brochure. They do NOT interchange! Selectric and Selectric II Type Styles (Fonts) Selectric III balls have 96 characters, yellow writing, and say "96". Several additional models followed – some typesetter or word processors rather than typewriters.Ĭollectors seek ephemera such as advertising cards, brochures, catalogs, instruction manuals, letterheads, magazine and newspaper advertisements, and photographs.Selectric and Selectric II type elements (balls) have 88 characters and white lettering. It produced camera-ready justified copy in fonts ranging from eight to 14 points. The IBM Selectric Composer was released in 1966. The IBM Mag Card II typewriter arrived in April 1973. These machines provided word processing capabilities. In 1964, IBM introduced the “Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter, follow in 1969 by the Magnetic Card Selectric Typewriter. Additional correct models such as the Selectric III followed. Correcting tape came in two types – “lift off" and "cover up." A correction key backspaces the carriage. The carriage held both a ribbon and two small spools for correction ribbon. The Correcting Selectric II was announced in 1973. The Selectric II also had a lever that allowed characters to be shifted half a space. The Selectric II had a Dual Pitch option that allowed a switch between 10 or 12 characters per inch. The Selectric was unchanged between 19 when the Selectric II was introduced. It featured a replaceable daisy wheel cartridge. In 1984, IBM replaced the Selectric with the IBM Wheelwriter. By 1986, 13 million Selectrics had been sold.īy the late 1970s, other companies began developing typewriters and word processors that rivaled the IBM Selective machines. By the end of 1961, IBM had orders for 80,000 typewriters. Finally, the Selectric used internal mechanical binary coding and two mechanical digital-to-analog converters to select the character to be typed.
The Selectric also replaced the traditional horizontal moving carriage.
The ball could be changed, thus allowing printing in several fonts. IBM engineer John Hickerson perfected the ball design. The ball was developed by a design team head by Horace “Bud” Beattie. The Selectric used a type ball instead of a basket of individual typebars that swung up to strike the ribbon. IBM introduced its Selectric typewriter on July 31, 1961. Noyes collaborated with Marcel Breuer, Charles Eames, and Paul Rand. Watson, Jr., commissioned American designer Elliott Noyes to create IBM’s first house style typewriter.
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