Olympia Typewriter & Ribbon Instructions
- 1). Pull the carriage release lever and move the carriage to the center position. Locate the paper release lever on the right hand side of the carriage and press it. Insert a piece of paper between the paper table and the platen and turn the platen knob to adjust the paper position to the correct height behind the paper guide.
- 2). Squeeze the margin stops located on the paper guide and move them to the desired position for the left and right margins.
- 3). Use the line space indicator lever, usually located on the left hand side of the carriage, to set the line spacing. Move the lever to single, 1.5 or double spacing. Placing the line space indicator to the rear position marked with a "." allows you to move the platen freely to a desired location.
- 4). Press the touch adjuster key, if included on your model, located on the lower left hand side of the keyboard to adjust the strike force needed to press the typewriter keys.
- 1). Move the ribbon switch on the right-hand side of the keyboard to the desired color: black, red or white. Ribbon advance and return are automatic.
- 2). Invert the ribbon spool when the first half has run out to use both the upper and lower halves of a single color ribbon. Follow the exact instructions for your Olympia model for inverting the ribbon.
- 3). Lift off the machine's front cover. Wind the worn ribbon onto the spools. Pull the spool catch lever on the edge of the ribbon spool. Free the ribbon from behind the ribbon guide and ribbon hook. Remove the old spool. Insert a new spool onto the spindle. Press down the "Shift lock" key and pull the ribbon through the guide and ribbon hook. Release the "Shift lock" key to use the new ribbon.
