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Olivetiger wrote:
I'm not sure if the URL will show the picture of the Sears Citation Ribbon Cartridges. In the typewriter's manual it says to slip in a new Easi-Load Cartridge Ribbon and the Catalog Reorder number is 3740 for Sears. In the manual there is an option to Change-A-Type. It says... With Change-A-Type you can add special symbols and characters to your typewriter in seconds. Just take the Change-A-Type slug off and slip another one on to adapt your typewriter to specials needs. You can order five Change-A-type kits, each kit contains four types (eight characters).
Also on this typewriter the Platen is removable.
I think that's all true. The white ribbon covers are just that---covers over ordinary ribbons. They might be sealed, though, and that makes them seem special. Regular ribbons will work. Keep the white covers for their unusualness; maybe they'll even fit easily over the new spools. They sure look nice in that white typewriter, even if we can't usually see them.
Change-A-Type---yeah. You'll find out more about them as time goes on. You don't need them to use a typewriter.
Similarly with a removable platen---not much need for that. Makes cleaning a trifle easier, getting it recovered a bit easier. In the old days you could get special platens for special purposes, but that couldn't have been a big deal for this model and you won't find any of them nowdays anyway.
Just write stuff.
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Hi Olive Tiger
By the looks of those ribbon covers or cassettes, they may be Smith-Corona's answer to Royal's touchless ribbon change system (see eBay item # 131625576115 for example). Once these are lifted out, the standard 2" (50mm) ribbon spool or Smith-Corona's 2-1/8" (2.125" or 54mm) ribbon spools dropped into the ribbon wells. All the best,
Sky