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'Silent' issues
Ok, so I recently purchased a Remington Noiseless 7 Portable out of impulse because I was upset about stuff and I wanted a Noiseless. So it got here yesterday and I put a new ribbon in it. Brand new from the plastic off of ebay. However, I have noticed that the text appears to be faint whenever I type. I'll post some pictures of the sample typeface. The top is my Noiseless and the bottom is my standard Olympia SM-4. There are also some pictures to show how I'm installing the ribbon. I don't know for sure if it's in correctly. Am I doing something wrong?
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Re: 'Silent' issues
Almost forgot the pictures!
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Re: 'Silent' issues
Ribbon path looks to be correct. But, I'm a little confused. Did you use the same ribbon in both machines for the type sample, or just in the Remington?
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Re: 'Silent' issues
Because of the low impact pressure, Noiseless typewriters work best with a heavily-inked ribbon. Try getting a ribbon intended for a printing calculator, and winding the fabric onto your machine. This fabric is more heavily inked than typewriter fabric and should give you the results you want.
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Re: 'Silent' issues
They're the same ribbon. And I think I'll look into the heavier inked ribbon. It's just that on some of the videos that I saw of this machine, the print looked darker. But I think it's the cheap ribbon I got. So I'll get another.
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