Brother AX-325 Typewriter User Manual
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1. Page 142. mapan To turn on the automatic underlining function Press ALT a You will hear two heeps E Type your text Ifthe underline funetion is on all characters and spaces are underlined To cancel the automatic underlining function Press ALT a again The spaces that trigger a carrier return in the automatic carrier return mode are not underlined Permanent spaces or hyphens i e spaces or hyphens typed while holding amp however are underlined 17 Bold ass To turn on the bold face function Press ALT aaa You will hear two beeps bob Typ your ieai ii te UGid ungtion IS On al CNaracters are bolded h To cancel the bold function Press ALT faaal again Page 5 18 indenting To indent a line move the carrier to the left margin and press L IND The carrier will move five spaces to the right of its current position 19 Centering First move the carrier to the left margin Press 4 0 The carrier will ad vance to a point haltway between both margins Type the text The characters are not printed immediately but the carrier positions itself at the printing position To print the text press Kt or B Jol If you make a mistake press or a j before printing the text These keys will delete the whole line from the memory and will return the carrier to the initial printing position To cancel centering Press one of the above keys or lO without typing a
3. ICNP EE ae Description Cassette Ribbon Paper Release Lever Cassette Daisy Wheel Top Cover Paper Supporter p p Daisy Wheel Lock Lever Correction Tape i SSO SSS l L r Carrier Power Switch Se Carrying Handie Paper Release Lever Pushing this lever loosens tension on the paper So it can be adjusted if necessary Paper Supporter Keyboard Cover can be used as a paper supporter as illustrated above Page 9 Replacing the cassette ribbon Two types of ribbons are available Ribbon Types Brother Model Correctable film ribbon 1030 1230 Nylon ribbon 1032 To replace the cassette ribbon 1 Use SPACE BAR or k to move the carrier to the centre of the platen 2 Open the top cover 3 Holding the cassette with both hands lift the front of the cassette up and out 4 Move the cassette towards the platen to remove it 5 Turn the feed knob on the left side of the cassette counter clockwise to tighten the ribbon in the new cassette 6 Align the arrow on the cassette with the arrow on the cassette holder Use both hands to ease the cassette into the holder back first 7 Gently press Gown on the front of the cassette until it clicks into place 8 Again turn the feed knob counter clockwise to take up any slack 9 Close the top cover 10 Press gf to move the carrier to the previous position The amount of tape remaining can be checked through the viewing hole on the rig
4. 12 inch Press g F to lower the paper by 1 12 inch To move the paper continuously in either direction hold down the appro priate key s for more than half a second If you raise lower the paper more than 1 12 inch the correction memory is Cleared 3 Viewing Mode Press VIEW to turn the viewing mode on or off Viewing Mode OFF During continuous typing and during viewing the paper remains at the typing position 4 Margins Move the carrier to the desired position for the new leit or right margin using 4 or SPACE To move beyond the position of a current margin first position the carrier onthe margin and press ALT gt When the carrier is on the desired position press ALT k4 if you are setting the left margin or ALT 9 if you are setting the right margin The minimum distance between the left and right margins is two 2 inches i e either 20 characters Pica pitch 24 characters Elite pitch Page 2 5 Line Spacing Single space Press ALT LINE 1 One and a half space Press ALT LINE 1 1 2 Double space Press ALT LINE 2 6 Pitch Pica 10 characters per inch Press ALT PITCH 10 Elite 12 characters per inch Press ALT PITCH 12 7 Returning the Carrier To return the carrier manually Simply press k Holding down this key B will feed the paper repeatedly To activate the auto carrier return function Press ALT AUTO you wi
5. 2 Corrections outside of the Correction Memory on page 7 for the first LI EXE CHAUSUCIET Set To type the special characters and symbolis marked in green on the bottom of certain keys hold down M and press the desired key 14 Dead key The character keys of the keyboard differ slightly from country to country in order to provide the accented letters that are frequently used If an accentuated letter is not available on the keyboard you can type it using the dead key To type the dead key Press the dead key and then type the character under the accent Page 4 15 Tabs t To set tab stops Move the carrier to the desired position using SPACE BAR or kH then press ALT T to set a normal tab stop A maximum of 8 tab stops can be set Repeat the above step to set each tab stop EIN0 The right and left margins as well as the right and left ends of the platen ALT r are considered tab positions oe C To type tables Press to space to the next tab and type the word s Repeat the steps above to complete a line of your table Press k to move to the beginning of the next line and proceed as for the first line to complete the table To clear tab stops Use the 4 key to move the carrier to the tab stop you want to clear Press ALT T to clear the tab Caution If you press ALT T for more than half a second all tab stops will be deleted A beep will sound three times 16 Underline
6. brother AX 325 GX 6750 ELECTRONIC TYPEWRITER USER S GUIDE CDN ENGLISH Thank you for choosing a Brother electronic typewriter This product is designed to deliver years of reliable operation Some of the outstanding features of this typewriter are illustrated in the letter below The numbers in brackets refer to the page and box where you can find further information explaining a feature For example Margins p 2 Box 4 means that this feature is explained in box 4 on page 2 Ribbon replacement is explained on page 10 Margins p 2 Box 4 Fight Margin Flush 9 6 Box 20 Capital p 4 Box 10 indent p 6 Box 18 Underline p 5 Box 16 Subscript p 4 Box 11 Superscript 9 4 Box 17 Tabs p 5 Box 15 Centing Q6 Box 19 Bold p 5 80x 17 New York N Y Line Spacing p 3 Box 5 Page 1 Special note In this Guide the sign between two keys like means that you press and hold it down while pressing 1 Repeat Keys The following keys will automatically repeat wnen held down All Character key KH F hyphen kH SPACE BAR carrier moves from one tab to the next 2 Inserting and Moving Paper To insert paper insert a sheet of paper and press Paper will advance to approximately one inch from the top edge of the paper Press K to position the carrier on the left margin To move paper Press to raise the paper by 1
7. er Cord Care of the Unit Beware of tiny objects Take precautions to prevent anything from slipping into the type writer or between the keys Be especially careful of metal objects such as paper clips and staples Cleaning Never use volatile liquids such as thinner or benzine to clean the exterior surface of the typewriter Use only a soft cloth dampened with a mild detergent solution Location Do not expose your typewriter to direct sunlight heat or intense vibration Be sure to replace the keyboard cover when the type writer is notin use Ventilation Do not block the ventilation slits provided at the back of the unit to prevent overheating Troubleshooting Nothing happens when power icine bowercord elseaedia Poor printing performance or 1 Is the daisy wheel properly installed Has the lever been printout is impossible pressed firmly Is the correct daisy wheel installed 2 Have you run out of ribbon 3 Have you pressed mh keys aner repiacing cassene ribbon correction tape or daisy wheel Has the correction tape been properly installed Have you run out of correction tape Are you using the proper correction tape Poor correction performance Page 13 Specifications Original 4 copies 1030 1230 Correctable Film Ribbon 1032 Nylon Ribbon Correction tapes 3010 3015 Lift off correction tape for use with correctable fiim ee EIEN correction tape for use with nylon ribbon
8. ht side of the cassette Make sure to use only Brother authorized cas sette ribbons Correction tapes and cassette daisy wheels Brother cannot be held responsible for difficulties caused by the use of unauthorized supplies Replacing the correction tape Two types of correction tape are available Lift off correction tape to be used correctable film ribbon Cover up correction tape to be used nylon ribbon To replace the correction tape 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Press to move the carrier to the previous Use SPACE BAR or k4 to move the carrier to the Take up 3poo centre of the platen Feeder spool Open the top cover Remove the cassette ribbon if installed Pull off both spools pressing against the correction tape with your thumbs Bring it back to a position parailel with the platen and lift it up and out Pass the new tape through the left guide behind the ribbon guide and out through the right guide The rough sticky side of the tape should face the platen Attach the feeder spool to the pin on the left Attach the take up spool to the pin on the right Turn the take up spool counter ciockwise until a small amount of white tape has wound around it Replace the cassette ribbon and close the top cover position Page 11 Replacing the cassette daisy wheel The daisy wheel is housed in a clear plastic Cassette for easy damage free handli
9. iddle of a word only the letters from that position to the beginning of the word will be erased The Nj key moves you to the end of your typing line rapidly Press that key to take the carrier back to the position it occupied before the correc tion 22 Corrections outside of the Correction Memory Press k or SPACE BAR L or gi to move the carrier to the z character to be corrected Press amp X then retype the wrong character use the SHIFT key for uppercase characters The incorrect character will be erased Type in the correct character Page 7 23 Half Backspace The half backspace function is used to fit a correct word in a line after erasing a misspelled word that was one character shorter or longer than the correct word example replacing formulas with formulas or minnor with minor Delete the entire misspelled word if the deleted word was shorter than the correct word align the carrier up with the_first letter of the deleted word if it was longer align the carrier with the second letter of the deleted word Press K to move the carrier half a space to the left 24 Reset This function allows you to move the carriage to the previous position without clearing correction memory Make sure that you do this procedure after replacing cassette ribbon correction tape and daisy wheel Page 8 JG AE AE RP OANA AER SMR
10. ither the right or left SHIFT key For continuous capital letter typing Press f the SHIFT lamp will blink quickly and the fetter keys only not the number keys will be set in uppercase mode Press the same keys to return to normal typing Superscripts and subscripts are used mainly for scientific text composition for instance exponents chemical symbols or reference to footnotes x P To print a superscript Press m to lower the paper by 1 12 inch and then type the character that you want in superscript To print a subscript Press amp to raise the paper by 1 12 inch and then type the character that you want in subscript To restart normal typing After typing a superscript press A Alter typing a subscript press This will move the paper Dack To normal position in super subscript mode the carrier will always move by 1 12 inch regardless of the current line spacing If 7 or is pressed more than two times the correction memory is Cleared 12 Superimposing Characters Some characters not found on your keyboard can be created For exam ple if you want the symbol for Japanese yen Type the letter Y and press k You may now type the symbol to obtain To erase superimposed characters you may use the automatic correction function See 21 Automatic Corrections on the Current Line on page 7 for the second character but you have to use the manual method See 2
11. ll hear two beeps The carrier will return automatically every time he SPACE BAR or HYPHEN is pressed in the hot zone To turn this function off press the same ALT AUTO again The hot zone starts six 6 spaces before the right margin and extends to the right margin A warning beep will sound when the hot zone is reached l s O Permanent space If you want to type a space in ae hot zone without triggering a carrier return press SPACE BA ce Permanent hyphen If you want to type a h AN ji Ai hot zone without ee C activating an auto carrier return press HYP Typing past a margin If you want to type a few characters outside of a margin press ALT 4 when the carrier is on the margin 9 Backspacing To move back one space at a time Press k To move continuously to the left hold this key down See also 12 Superimposing Characters x on page 4 i a To move the carrier quickly to the left margin Press K To move back half a space Press Ki See also 23 Half Back space on page 8 for more details Page 3 10 Uppercase characters To type uppercase characters Hold down either the right or lett SHIFT key the SHIFT lamp will blink while the key is held down Releasing this key returns the keyboard to the lowercase made For continuous uppercase typing Press the SHIFT lamp will blink and all the keys will be set in uppercase mode To return to lowercase typing press e
12. ng and quick typeface changes To replace the cassette daisy wheel 1 Open the top cover 2 Pull the lever towards you to release tne daisy wheel lock s 3 Remove the cassette daisy whee by pulling it out of the machine by the protruding ear on the top right 4 Insert the desired cassette daisy wheel into the slot and press down gently 5 Slide the lever back to jts ariginal position to lock the cassette daisy wheel in place Make sure to press the lever firmly 6 Close the top cover 7 Press to move the carrier to the previous position Make sure the cassette daisy wheel is not inserted backwards The ear should always be on the upper right Improper insertion of the cassette daisy wheel l may cause malfunction and incorrect printing itis not necessary to remove the cassette ribbon when replacing the daisy wheel NOTE Please check the shape of your daisy wheel cassette before replacing the daisy whee The daisy wheel cassette type B cannot be used with this machine Page 12 General Information Your typewriter comes with the following items Cassette ribbon Cassette daisy wheel Correction tape Please make sure that these items are included with the machine Tne power cord is stored in a compartment on the back of the machine The power switch is located on the left side of the typewriter near the rear Power Cord Compartment Pow
13. ny text The carrier will then return to the left margin 20 Right Margin Flush First move the carrier to the left margin To automatically align text to the right margin Press 3 The carrier will advance to the right margin Type the text The characters are not printed immediately Dut the carrier positions itself at the printing position To print the text press gt K or 3 if you make a mistake press or amp A before printing the text These keys will delete the whole line trom the memory and will return the carrier to the initial printing position To cancel right margin flush Press one of the above keys or 4 Tne carrier will then return to the lett margin ea ae ve EEE A E eee Page 6 21 Automatic Corrections on the Current Line This typewriter has a 65 character correction memory It erases the errors on the current Ime First use 4 or SPACE BAR to line up the carrier with the error ee To erase one Character Press lt x The incorrect character will be erased and you can type the correct character To erase a series of characters simply hold down lt x The carrier will backspace and correct continuously until you release the key To erase one word Press The word is erased and the carrier is now on the space previously occupied by the first character of the erased word You can now retype the word if the carrier is positioned in the m
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