Message Transmission - Siemens TELEPRINTER 100 Operating Instructions Manual

subscriber. If so, depress the key ( a b o v e t h e k e y b o a r d ) t o t r i g g e r
your own answerback unit and to transmit your station identification to the
c o i l e d s u b s c r i b e r. H o w e v e r, i f y o u a r e n o t c o n n e c t e d w i t h t h e d e s i r e d
subscriber, operate the clearing key in the remote control unit and dial
again.
Do not depress any key as long as your answerback unit or that of the
distant station is running off.
4. Message transmission
The standard version of the Teleprinter 100 permits amaximum typing speed
of 400 strokes per minute. Astill higher typing speed is prevented by an
automatic keyboard lock.
To set both the transmitting and the receiving teleprinter to the beginning-
of-line position before you start to transmit your message, depress the
keys marked "<", "=", and "A ..." (or "1 ..." if the message begins with
figures or symbols) in this sequence. This procedure should be strictly ad¬
hered to because otherwise the distant teleprinter might be set for receiving
figures and symbols so that the letters transmitted by you would produce
an unintelligible sequence of figures and letters.
About 8character spaces (strokes) ahead of the end of the line abell will
warn you to terminate the line and to depress the keys marked "<", and
(be sure to observe this sequence to avoid trouble in carriage move¬
ment).
I n c o n t r a d i s t i n c t i o n t o a n o f fi c e t y p e w r i t e r, t h e p l a t e n o f y o u r t e l e p r i n t e r
remains stationary during operation while the type basket moves to and fro.
4 . 1 . T y p i n g e r r o r s
Typing errors cannot be corrected by erasing or overprinting. If you have
typed awrong letter or figure, the letter "e" should be typed three times
with interposed spaces (e space espace e). This combination has been
i n t r o d u c e d i n i n t e r n a t i o n a l t r a ffi c t o d e n o t e a n e r r o r. T h e n r e p e a t t h e r e s ¬
pective word or letter. Do not use the letter "X" for this purpose, to avoid
c o n f u s i o n w i t h R o m a n n u m e r a l s .
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