Hi BT
Your description of the problem indicates a disengagement between the line advance ratchet and the platen. There is a button in the center of the left hand platen knob. See if this button will pull out to engage the ratchet to the platen. Later models of the Super-Speed had a spring-loaded line-finder button which had to be held in when adjusting the page position for correct alignment of type. It is possible that earlier models of the Super-Speed had a line-finder function that could be left unlocked and manually locked once the page position was correct. Hope this points you in the right direction,
Sky
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In that way, they’re like violins, like ancestral swords. So I use mine with honor and treat them with respect.
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