And this is how I use it :Here is my "fix" for hard platens in my collection.
I just use a sheet of this Avery product as a backing sheet to my typewriter paper.
I cut the sheet to the size of my typing paper on my flat-bed paper cutter.
I keep the peel & stick backer-paper on the laminating sheet and place its clear plastic side in touch with my typing paper.
In a month or so when the laminating sheet is full of typing "dimples", I just toss it and start with a new sheet.
The laminating sheet provides for a soft landing surface for the type-slugs before they contact the platen. And it makes for quieter hits on the platen, as well.
When my local office supply does not have the Avery sheets in stock, I get them on eBay.
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