Royal Portable typewriter, Portable User Manual
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ROYAL
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your
newvROJJtL
portable
combines precision
workmans
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J,
found only on
the
finest office
typewriter,
with
spar
kling
new
features that
make
it
the
most
modern
and durable
portable
typewriter·
in
the world.
It's
tr·
uly
an
office
typewriter·
in
portable size.
Your
Roya
l is the only portable t
ypewriter
that
can be
tuned
to
your
own
typing
leve
l.
*Speed Selector enab l
es
you
to
synchronize
the act
ion
of the carriage and
keys
to y
our
own
typing
speed.
"Touch
Control"
permits
you to tailor the
sensitivity
of
the
keys
to
your
own
indi
,uidual touch. ':
'The
Line
Meter
automatically
tells
you
how
many
lines
of
typing
space you have
left
when
you
near
the
bottom
of
a page.
"Magic"
Margin
permits
you to
set
mar·gins
instantly,
easily
and
automatically. T hese featur·es, as well as
*Visible Tab
Set,
Push
Button
Top, ':'Automatic Paper Lock,
gr·eater
pcLper
capacity and
many
others,
help
you
to
type
faster, better,
with
less error.
Read
this
booklet carefully.
Its
complete
instructions
on the use
of
Roya
l's convenience featur·
es
will help you to get the
most
out
of your·
new
Portable T
ypewriter.
You will
also find
some he lpful
tips on touch
typing
beginning on page 14.
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o·u
Keysto11e
Model
Copyright
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index
1.
Inserting & Removing Paper
2. Line
Spacing
3. Using the
Scales
4.
Ca
rri
age Spacing
5. Keyboard & Ribbon" Controls
6.
"Magic" Margin
7.
*
Speed
Selector
8. *Line Me
te
r
9.
"Touch/Control"
10.
*Tabulating
1
1.
Push Button Top
12. Ribbon Changing
13. Care
of
Portabl e- Portable Cas e
·
14.-
20. Typing th e Easy Way
20.- 21. Portable
Fea
ture Chart
*N
ot on
K
c y~t
o n
e
Model
inserting
paper
A.
Pull
forward
*Automatic
Paper
Lock a
nd
drop
paper
behind
cylind
er
onto
Royal's
singl e
wide
rear
feed roll
which
acts
as a straight
edge,
g
uiding the left
edge
of
paper
against
paper
guide.
B.
Turn
either
cylinder
knob
until
paper
comes up
und
er
the
Automatic
Paper
Lock.
The
roller
s on
the
Paper
Lock should be
spaced
to
divide
the
paper
in
thirds.
Flip
back
the
lock
with
the
right
thumb.
*Lift
"Pap
er Uail"' on
Kcyt>tonc
Model
Adjusting
and
Removing
Paper
If
it
is neces:oary
to
adjust
the
paper
after
it
has
been inserted
into
the
machine,
pull
forward
the
Paper
Lock
and
the
Paper
Release
Lever
located
to
the
right
of
the
Paper
Lock
Lever.
Adjust
the
paper,
then
push
back
the
Paper
Lock
and
the
Paper
Release
Lever.
Remove
paper
by
pulling
forward
these
same
two
levers
or
by
rolling
it
out
by
means
of
either
cylinder
knob.
1.
' 2.
I
Line
Finder. To
change
the
line
spacing
to a fraction
of
a line
temporarily,
as
when
typing
chemical
or
mathematical
formulae
(A~+B~
or H20)
, move
the
Line
Finder
forward
and
rotate
the
cylinder
to
the
desired
position.
To
return
to
the
exact
original
spacing,
move
the
Line
Finder
to
its
rearward
position.
2 Line Space Selector. You
have
your
choice
of
single,
double
or
triple
spacing
between
the
lines
by
moving
the
Line
Space
Selector
to
the
desired
number.
3 Variable
Line
Spacer. To
make a permanent
change
in
the
line
spacing,
press
in
the
Variable
Line
Spacer
button
while
rotating
the
Cylinder
Knob.
Locate
the
work
exactly
where
you
want
it,
then
release
the
button.
The
spacing
is now
permanently
changed
to
the
new
set-up.
4 Line Space Lever.
Line
spacing
and
carriage
return
are
accomplished
simultaneously
with
a single,
brisk
sweep
of
the
left
hand
against
the
Line
Space
Lever.
Royal's
specially
designed
finger-piece
brings
increased
comfort
and
ease
to
this
operation.
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. 1 The
Paper
Guide Scale.
The
Paper
Guide
· is u
sually
set
at
zero.
For
positioning a series
of
cards
or
envelopes,
the
,,,
Paper
Guide rna{' be
set
to
the
right
of
zero.
The
Tabulator
Scale.
The
Tabulator
Scale is a
continua-
tion
of
the
Paper
Guide Scale
and
can be seen by
tilting
back
the
Paper
Tabl
e.
This
scale is used to
set
the *,tab
stops
which
are
loca'ted
directly
behind
it.
The
Paper
Lock
Scale.
The Paper
Lock Scale
spans
the
cylinder
and
is compl
ete
ly visible
at
all times.
Usi
this
scale
of
the
sca
le
denot
es
the
base of
the
writing
lin
e.
To
write
on
cards
or
envelopes,
raise
the
Disappearing
Card
Finger
at
the
dght
end
of
this
scal
e.
'r
4 The
Cylinder
Scale.
Use
this
scale
to
locate
the
carriage
at
a spec
ific printing
point,
as
in
setting
margins,
finding
the
center of
a page,
and
cen
teri
ng
headings.
·:
........•
.,
........
.
~:-
-
...
,:
To
find
the
center
of a page,
add
the left
and
right
scale
readings
of
the
paper
and
..
divide
by
two. For
instance,
if
to compute
measurements
on the
paper.
To
determine
mar-....
gins or
tab
settings
used in
the
upper
part
of
thii page,
sim-
ply ra
ise
the
Paper
Lock, ho
ld
the
paper
under
the .sca
les
,{4_
....... _-.•
,-.,
Jhe left
edge
of
the
paper
is
set
at
0,
and
the
reading
at
the
right
edge is 84,
the
center 'is
42. · Move
the
carriage
until
the figure
42 on
the cylinder
scale is located
at
the·
printing
point,
and
your
page
is
centered.
and
make
the
readings.
. ·
..
· ·
To
center a heading,
locate
the
center
of
the
page
as
Card
and
Writing
Line
Scale.
Thi
s scale is used
to
align
above.
Then
press
the
Back
Space
Key once
for
each two
characters
with
work
already
on
the
page
or
card. The edge l
etters
and
spaces
in
th<> headi
ng.
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U
Sing
t
he
s c
ales
·
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ot
on , I(eystone
Model
)
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All Scales
are',synchronized
and
read
from left
to
right.
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..
4.
Carriage Release
Levers.
The
carriage
may
be
released
and
moved
any
number
of
spaces
by hold-
ing
in
either
the
left
or
right
Carriage
Release
Lever.
Back
Space
Key
The
carriage
may
be
moved
back
one
space
at a time
by
touching
the
Back
Space
Key.
Speed
Spacer.
Roy
a I's
new
space
bar
is
faster
and
easier
to
operate.
The
car-
riage
can
be
moved
ahead
one
space
at a time
by
touching
the
Speed
Spacer.
~ull
y
*Tab Key.
The
carriage
may
be
moved
to
pre-set
pos
ition
s
by
touching
"Tab"
Key
(see
separate
sec
tion
on
Roy
al's
Visible
Tab
Setting).
•N
ot on K
eys
tone
Mod
el
standard
keyboard
Th
e Key
board
and control
s on
your Royal ar
e like a
stan
dard offi
ce type
writ
er . . . designed
for
natur
al ease in ty
pin
g.
New pla stic keys are
Finger-Fl
ow in shap
e. Ther e's no obs
tructing
semi-c
irc
le in
front
of the key to
bru
sh fingers or
cau
se untidy
work.
L
ett
er s are
inlaid rig
ht
thr
ough the keys
and cann
ot
rub
off; they
sta
y clean, too, beca use t hey are exactly
flu
sh
with
key s
urfac
e.
To t
ype
capitals
or
upper
case
characters
pr
ess e
ith
er
Shift
Key at the extre
me ends
of the lowest ba
nk
of lett
er keys, holdin g
it
down while you use the letter key.
To t
ype
capitals
or
upper
case
characters
in
sequence
press the S
hift
Lock Key, just abo ve the le
ft Shift
Key,
which
holds
th
e se gme
nt
in the
upper case
until
you press e
ith
er
Shift
Key.
Warning
Bell
and
Margin Release.
Wh
en in ty
pin
g you
ap-
pr
oach
the
right
mar
gin, y
our
warnin
g be
ll
will
rin
g. A
fte
r you
hav
e
typ
ed seve
ral
mor
e cha racters, the line lock will take effect, lockin g
th
e type bars to preve
nt
you from typing
one ch aracter over
anoth
er.
To
type
past
the
right
margin
line lock,
or
to type
with
in
y
our left
ha nd margin, press the Ma rgin Release Key.
ribbon
color
change
and
reverse
The Ribbon Color
Change
Lev
er
(1)
pe
rmit
s you to use e
ith
er the
upp
er
or
lower halfs
of the
ribbon.
To ty
pe using
the
lower,
or red,
half
of a two-color
rib-
bon, move
the
lever to the red
dot
. To
use
the upper,
or
black,
half
of
the rib-
bon, move
th
e lever to
the black
dot. To
make the ribbon
inope
rative for
stencil
writing,
move
the
lever to the
whit
e dot.
The
ribbon
reverses
itself
automati-
cally when the
end
of
the
ribbon
is
re
ached.
However,
it
may
be
reversed
at
any
time
by
moving
the
Ribbon
Reverse
Lever
(2)
to its opposite position.
When purchasing new ribbons,
be sure to
get
a ribbon
made
~
..
expressly
for the
Royal~Portable.
5.
''
e
II
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•~a.rg•n
"Magic"
Margin
allows you
to
set
margins
automatically
without
dis-
turbing
paper
in
machine.
To
set left
margin,
hold in
the
left
carriage
re-
l
ease lever
and
left
"Magic"
Margin
button
while
moving
carriage
to
point
you
wish
your
writing
line to
start-
release,
and
it's
set.
To set
the
right
margin,
merely
follow
same procedure,
using
right
carriage
release lever
and
right
"Magic"
Margin
button.
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