electric typewriter
Motorized manuscript machine
An electric typewriter is a typewriter powered by electricity rather than manual force.
The typist still presses keys, but a motor drives the mechanism that strikes characters onto paper, reducing physical effort and producing more uniform impressions.
Electric typewriters dominated offices from the 1960s until personal computers displaced them: The hum of electric typewriters filled the newsroom.
- keyboardArray of input keys
- carriageWheeled passenger vehicle
- carriage returnCursor-to-margin command
- ribbonSlender ornamental strip
- platenPrinting press surface
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Document creation software
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Manual letter formation
pen and paper · longhand · calligraphy · pencil · fountain pen
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