Hi guys!

Reaching out for a bit of advice for the first time.

After thorough examining, cleaning and polishing of my Olivetti Valentine I've been able to snatch with a rare local, Slovak keyboard, I noticed that all letters, both shifted and unshifted, have great imprints, with the exception of some of the punctuation marks (specific for the Slovak keyboard) - the acute and the caron.

The issue is that they are both shifted, and thus located so high on the type slug that when on the black setting, the topmost portion of the slug protrudes above the upper edge of the ribbon, effectively landing half of the mark off the ribbon.

The red setting is fine for these marks, but only so-so. I noticed that the ribbon is relatively low-sitting with respect to the slug position, i.e. the letters don't hit the exact center of the ribbon half, but hit a bit higher. To get a better idea, see the pictures:




Now, the alignment of uppercase and lowercase letters is spot on, and the ribbon vibrator seems to be working great with no bends, twists or other deformities in the whole system.

The question is: what do I adjust? Should I try to bend the vibrator "stops" to let it travel higher, or should I adjust both the uppercase and lowercase basket position so it sits lower? (From what I saw, this should be relatively straightforward, as there is one screw for each adjustment on one side of the basked or the other).

Or is there anything else that might be wrong that I am missing? Anyone have a similar issue?

Thanks a lot for helping out!

Oliver