What's wrong with this electronic typewriter and does anybody fix them?
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You do what you gotta do....and if a typewriter is your thing have at it!
But you said...how else are you supposed to fill out forms and duplicates?
In the past I dunno....two decades maybe...have you seen a typewriter at a dealership, town hall, registry of motor vehicles, school, office building, etc? The answer is likely no because they largely don't exist anymore.
Everything can be done electronically these days on a computer and printed. I'd be willing to bet 99.999% of documents are done this way. Perhaps consider investing on a computer program that does this for you? In the long run it will probably be much cheaper and will have far less headaches.
But you said...how else are you supposed to fill out forms and duplicates?
In the past I dunno....two decades maybe...have you seen a typewriter at a dealership, town hall, registry of motor vehicles, school, office building, etc? The answer is likely no because they largely don't exist anymore.
Everything can be done electronically these days on a computer and printed. I'd be willing to bet 99.999% of documents are done this way. Perhaps consider investing on a computer program that does this for you? In the long run it will probably be much cheaper and will have far less headaches.
back in the day they used to fuse the transformer internally. The resistance on the primary is defiantly to high. If your careful you can peel the paper back and maybe find a fuse.
Transformer replaced and typewriter working again.
When my BIL bought a car the dealer had a daisy wheel printer on his computer. It was pre-programmed with the spacing for the state title form (and its carbon copies) and spit it out effortlessly. Maybe the first $400 doc fee paid for the setup and the rest was gravy!
Personally if I absolutely have to fix it, I would buy a used one off eBay with a different kind of problems and start swapping parts. Sometimes the problem is electronics sometimes it is not. Part swapping would likely be the lower risk best return on investment (time) way to go.