IBM Selectric II - Setting Up Your Typewriter; Page-End Indicator

Setting Up Your Typewriter
1
Page-End Indicator
The Page-End Indicator shows the num-
ber
of inches remaining to the bottom
of the page.
• Before setting the Page-End Indicator,
align
the top edge of the paper with the
top edge of the Copy Guide.
' Rotate the Indicator until the 0 (for
standard-size 8%" x 11" paper) is in
line with the horizontal mark on t h e
top of the t y p ew ri te r adjacent to the
right Platen Knob. (Indicator settings
for other paper sizes
are shown in t h e
table at the right.)
> When the 0 next appears in line with
the horizontal mark, the ty p i ng line
will be 4
1
/
2
" from the bottom of the
page; when 4 appears, the t y pi ng line
will be 4 " from the bo t t om; when 3
appears, the typ i n g line will be 3 "
from the b ot t o m , etc. (For other than
standard-size paper, the 0 may appear
once, twice, or not at all depending
on the paper length.)
Ready Reference for Page-E
Settings
(for paper 3" to 14"
Length of
Paper (inches)
3"
3%"
4 "
4%"
5"
5
1
/
2
"
6"
6%"
ind Indicator
long)
Indicator
Setting
1
VA
2
2Vz
3
3
1
/2
4
0
7"
%
7
1
/
2
"
8"
8%"
9"
9%"
10"
10
1
/
2
"
11" Standard Size
ir/
2
"
12"
12%"
13"
13%"
14"
1
1%
2
2%
3
3
1
/
2
4
0
y
2
1
iy
2
2
2
1
/
2
3