Smith Corona 100 User Manual

ELECTRONIC
TYPEWRITER

Wordsmith 100

Instruction Manual

Designs and specifications are subject to change without notice.

PARTS DESCRIPTION

TOP COVER

PLA TEN

PLA TE FUNCTION

PLA TE FUNCTION

PRINT CARRIER
PRINT BAIL

POWER SWITCH

PRINT COVER

KEYBOARD

P APER RELEASE LEVER

POWER SWITCH

PRINT WHEEL

PRINT WHEEL COVER

PRINT HAMMER

CORRECTION T APE

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PRINT WHEEL RELEASE LEVER

RIBBON GUIDE

BRACKET RIBBON

KEYBOARD LAYOUT

11. * MARGIN RELEASE

12. * IMPRESSION SET

13. * LINE SP ACE 1

14. * LINE SP ACE 1-1/2

15. * LINE SP ACE 2

16. * PITCH 10

17. * PITCH 12

18. * PITCH 15

19. * AUT O CENTERING

10. * RIGHT MARGIN FLUSH

11. * JUSTIFICATION

12. * SETTING

13. * CONTINUOUS UNDERLINE

14. * WORD UNDERLINE

15. * BOLD

(*) is ‘CODE FUNCTION’. Hold down the ‘CODE’ key and press the appro-
priate key to activate these functions.

16. MAR L / * MAR R

17. T AB / * DECIMAL TAB

18. SHIFT LOCK / * CAPS LOCK

19. SHIFT

20. TAB SET / * TAB CLEAR

21. CODE

22. SP ACE

23. RELOCA TION / * EXPRESS

24. INDEX / * REVERSE INDEX

25. RETURN / * AUTO RETURN

26. INDENT SET / * INDENT CLEAR

27. CORRECTION / * WORD CORRECTION

28. BACK SPACE / * HALF BACKSPACE

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CONTENTS

CONNECT POWER ............................................................................................. 4

Setting ....................................................................................................................... 4

CHANGING............................................................................................................ 5

Changing The Ribbon Cassette ................................................................................ 5

Changing The Print Wheel ........................................................................................ 5

Changing The Correction Ribbon.............................................................................. 6

BASIC FEATURES............................................................................................... 7

Selecting Pitch .......................................................................................................... 7

Selecting Line Spacing.............................................................................................. 7

Setting Impression .................................................................................................... 7

Setting Margins ......................................................................................................... 7

Shift and Shift Lock ................................................................................................... 8

Caps Lock ................................................................................................................. 8

Special Characters.................................................................................................... 8

Space ........................................................................................................................ 8

Backspacing.............................................................................................................. 8

Return ....................................................................................................................... 8

Automatic Return ...................................................................................................... 9

Index & Reverse Index .............................................................................................. 9

RELATED TO THE CORRECTION MEMORY................................................ 9

Correcting One Character ......................................................................................... 9

Manual Correction..................................................................................................... 9

Word Correction ........................................................................................................ 9

Relocation ................................................................................................................. 9

OTHER FEATURES........................................................................................... 10

Tab .......................................................................................................................... 10

Centering................................................................................................................. 10

Decimal T ab............................................................................................................. 10

Right Margin Flush .................................................................................................. 11

Justification ............................................................................................................. 11

Indent Margin .......................................................................................................... 11

Underlining.............................................................................................................. 12

Bold Printing............................................................................................................ 12

OPTIONAL SPELLCHECK.............................................................................. 12

TROUBLE SHOOTING ..................................................................................... 13

MAINTENANCE.................................................................................................. 13

SPECIFICATION................................................................................................. 14

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CONNECT POWER

Power cord is located in the compartment located at the rear of the typewriter. And
the power switch is located on the right side of typewriter near the rear.

1) Pull down the rear compartment door and connect the power cord to a proper AC
outlet.

2) Push the power switch to the “ I ” position.
When the typewriter is switched on, the green LED on the keyboard will light up.
The carrier will move to the extreme left of the typewriter then advance to the left
margin.
The unit is now ready for typing.

★ NOTE: The Socket-outlet shall be installed near the equipment and shall be

easily accessible.

Setting

When you open the printcover to change the RIBBON, DAISYWHEEL, CORREC­TION TAPE or other reasons, and if you want to re-initialize your typewriter, press
the

CODE

1) Open the printcover and change the RIBBON, DAISYWHEEL or CORRECTION
TAPE. Close the printcover.

2) Press the
All memories and carrier position will be maintained.

=

+

(SETTING) key.

CODE

=

+

(SETTING) key , the typewriter will then initialize itself.

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CHANGING

Changing The Ribbon Cassette

1) Move the print carrier to the center of the platen using the

SPACE

key .

2) Hold the ribbon cassette on both sides and lift up the front portion (where the
ribbon is exposed) to remove the cassette.

3) To insert a new cassette, place the back end of the cassette on the cassette
holder on the carrier and gently press down on the front of the cassette unit it
clicks into place.

4) Turn the ribbon feed knob counter-clockwise again to take up any slack in the
ribbon.

=

+

5) Presss the

CODE

(SETTING) key .

or

BS

Changing The Print Wheel

1) Move the print carrier to the center of the platen using the

SPACE

key .

2) You will see a lever on the right side of the carrier. Pull this lever toward you and
lift out the daisy wheel.

3) Place the daisy wheel into the slot with the characters facing the platen.

4) Push the lever back into position.

=

+

5) Press the

CODE

(SETTING) key.

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or

BS

Changing The Correction Tape

1) Move the print carrier to the center of the platen using the

SPACE

key.

2) To replace the correction tape, lift out the typing ribbon cassette (see Changing
The Ribbon Cassette) and remove the two spools of the lift off tape by pulling
them outwards.

3) Place the empty spool of new tape on the left pin so that the tape winds
clockwise. Place the tape around the left guide. Pull the tape around the right
guide and place the loaded spool on the right pin so that the tape unwinds
counter-clockwise.

★ Make sure the sticky side of the tape is facing the platen.

4) Manually turn the left-hand spool in the clockwise direction, tightening the tape
until resistance is felt.

5) Replace the typing ribbon cassette.

=

+

6) Press the

CODE

(SETTING) key .

or

BS

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BASIC FEATURES

CODE

CODE

CODE

MAR L

CODE

Selecting Pitch

There are three pitches available for typing:
PICA (10) : 10 characters per inch
ELITE (12) : 12 characters per inch
MICRO(15) : 15 characters per inch

CODE
CODE
CODE

Selecting Line Spacing

There are three line spacing settings available when the appropriate key is depressed.
Single line spacing
1 1/2 line spacing
Double line spacing

+
+
+

3

4
5

Setting Impression

You can choose one of two hammer impression levels - low, high.

CODE

The
The low key is selected initially .

+ 2 (IMP) key is used to set the impression level.

+
+
+

6

7

8

Setting Margins

You may freely adjust the margins. The minimum distance between the left and right
margin is one inch.

• Left Margin

Move the carrier to the desired position and press the

• Right Margin

Move the carrier to the desired position and press the

• Margin Release

To move the carrier or type a character beyond margins, press the
(MARGIN RELEASE) key .

• Hot Zone

The hot zone starts six (6) spaces before the right margin. A beep will sound when
the hot zone is reached.

key.

MAR R

+

CODE

key.

+

1

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Shift and Shift Lock

CAPS

To type uppercase characters or symbols, press either the left or right
key .

For continuous uppercase typing, press the
press the

SHIFT

key .

LOCK

key . To release the shift lock,

Caps Lock

To type the uppercase characters or lowercase symbols continuously,
press the
press the

CODE

CODE

SHIFT or
SHIFT LOCK ! Q

CAPS LOCK 1 Q

+
+

key . To release the caps lock mode,
key again.

CAPS

! Q
1

SHIFT

Special Characters

To type the special characters marked blue, press and hold down the
and press the desired key .

CODE

Space

To move the carrier forward one space, press the

SPACE

bar.

Backspacing

There are three different backspace features.

• Backspace

To move the carrier one space backward, press the

• Half Backspace

To move the carrier backward by a half a space, press the

• Express

To quickly move the carrier to the left margin, press the

BS

key .

CODE

CODE

+

+

1/2BS

EXPR

key.

Return

To return the carrier to the left margin and feed paper one space, press the

RETURN

key .

key

key .

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Automatic Return

CODE

In auto return mode, the carrier will return automatically every time the
bar or the HYPHEN key is pressed in the hot zone.
To activate auto return, press the

CODE

And to cancel auto return, press the

+

CODE

AUTO

+

AUTO

key.

key again.

SPACE

Index & Reverse Index

To move the paper up by half a space, press the

INDEX

To move the paper down by half a space, press the

key .

+

REV INDEX

key .

RELATED TO THE CORRECTION MEMORY

Your typewriter has a one line correction memory. This allows you to automatically
correct characters on the current line.

Correcting One Character

To correct the last typed character, press the
backspaced and the character will be erased.
To correct a character printed at any position on the current line, move the carrier to
the character to be corrected and press the

X

key . Then the carrier will be

X

key.

Manual Correction

To correct a character beyond the correction memory,

1) Move the carrier to the position on the character which is to be erased.

2) Press the

X

key .

3) T ype the incorrect character.

Word Correction

Move the carrier to the end or next space position of the word to be corrected, and
press the

✭

CODE

If you want to correct a bold printed character or underlined character, you

+

WORD

key . The word is then erased.

should set the bold or underline MODE before the correction.

Relocation

Press the
character.

RELOC

key to bring the carrier to the one space after the last typed

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OTHER FEATURES

CODE

CODE

CODE

Tab

To set a tab, move the carrier to the desired position and press the

TAB S

key .
To clear a tab, move the carrier to the tab position to be cleared and press
the

CODE

To clear all tab position, press the

+

TAB C

key .

CODE

+

TAB C

key for half a second.

Centering

Your typewriter allows you to automatically center a line.

1) Press the

CODE

+ 9 (CENTER) key .

The carrier will move to the center position between the left and right margins.

2) T ype the text. The carrier will be backspaced half a space.

3) To print the text, press the

RETURN

4) To cancel centering mode. press the
* If you make a mistake, press the

Pressing the

+

WORD

,

X

key will erase the whole line and move the carrier

TAB

RELOC

or

or

key .

CODE

+

+

DEC TAB

WORD

key.

key .

to the center position.

Decimal Tab

Decimal tab allows you to align numbers by decimal point at the tab position.

1) Press the

CODE

The carrier will move to the next tab position.

2) T ype the text. The carrier will be backspaced one space.

3) When the decimal point (.) is typed, the text will be printed out with the decimal
point.

4) To print the text, press the

5) To cancel the decimal tab mode, press the

* If you make a mistake, press the
Pressing the
to the position where DECIMAL TAB mode is entered.

CODE

+

DEC TAB

+

RETURN

WORD

key.

,

X

TAB

or

or

RELOC

CODE

+

+

key.

WORD

DEC TAB

key.

key.

key will erase the whole line and move the carrier

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Right Margin Flush

Your typewriter can automatically print the text flush with the right margin.

1) Press the

CODE

+ 0 (RMF) key.

The carrier will move to the right margin.

2) T ype the text. The carrier will be backspaced one space.

3) To print the text, press the

RETURN

,

TAB

or

4) To cancel the right margin flush mode, press the
* If you make a mistake, press the
Pressing the

CODE

+

WORD

X

or

CODE

key will erase the whole line and move the

CODE

RELOC

+

DEC TAB

+

key.

WORD

key.

key .

carrier to the right margin.

Justification

Justification allows you to print the text aligned with both the left and right margin.

1) Press the

CODE

2) T ype the text.

3) If the

SPACE

justified and printed out.
* Pressing the
the right margin.

4) To cancel the JUST mode, press the
* If you make a mistake, press the
Pressing the
carrier to the position where JUST mode is entered.

+ - (JUST) key.

bar or HYPHEN key is typed in the hot zone, the text is

RETURN

CODE

or

+

TAB

WORD

key prints the text, but does not align it with

CODE

X

+ - (JUST) key again.

or

CODE

+

WORD

.key.

key will erase the whole line and move the

Indent Margin

This function allows you to set a temporary (indent) left margin.
To set the indent margin, move the carrier to indented position and press
the

INDENT

To cancel the indent margin, press the

key .

CODE

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+

CLR IND

key.

Underlining

In this mode, all characters will be automatically underlined.

• Continuous Underline

To activate, press the

CODE

+ U key .
All text will be automatically underlined.
To cancel, press the

• Word Underline

To activate, press the

CODE

+ U key again.

CODE

+ W key .
All text, except spaces will be underlined.
To cancel, press the

CODE

+ W key again.

Bold Printing

To activate, press the

CODE

All characters will be highlighted.
To cancel, press the

** OPTIONAL SPELLCHECK OPERATION

CODE

+ B key.

+ B key again.

Your typewriter offers an optional spellcheck. Spellcheck has a 50,000 word dictio­nary that allows you to check your documents for errors in spelling, abbreviation and
capitalization.
Spellcheck is activated when you depress

CODE

+ S ,if you have the spellcheck
board installed.
When an unrecognized word is typed, spellcheck beeps to alert you to the error.
Spell-check identifies a group of letters as a completed word immediately followed by
a space, return, tab, comma, index or reverse index.
The one line correction memory allows you to correct previously typed words on the
same line by using the backspace key .

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TROUBLE SHOOTING

If any operating difficulties arise, check the list below before returning your typewriter
for service.

1. Typewriter remains at a stand with the - Make sure the power cord is still
power switch set to on. plugged in.

2. Printing is faint or does not appear - Be sure the printwheel and ribbon

cassette have been properly installed.

- Check positioning of the ribbon
cassette.

- Make sure the ribbon has not been
fully used.

3. Corrections cannot be made - Check to make sure the correction

tape has been properly installed.

- Make sure the correction tape has not
been fully used.

- Make sure the correction tape has

been properly selected.

MAINTENANCE

We recommend that your typewriter be adjusted, serviced, and lubricated by a quali­fied service technician at least once a year. If you need help, contact your local dealer
for checking your machine.

*NOTE: For best performances, try to use only standard supplies from your
dealer.
Tapes and
your typewriter.

- Please, store your typewriter in a location protected from extreme temperatures and
humidity .

- Be sure to unplug the typewriter before cleaning and lifting it.

- If you’d like to clean your typewriter, use a mild soap to remove stains. Never use
detergents, volatile liquids, treated cloths, harsh cleaning agents or sprays.

- Never attempt to disassemble your typewriter by yourself. Repairs should only be
made by an authorized service technician.

The use of non-standard supplies including Ribbons, Correction

Print Wheels, may cause poor performance or damage to

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SPECIFICATION

- P APER WIDTH 12” (305mm)

- PRINTING WIDTH 9” (229mm)

- DAISY WHEEL 100 spokes

- PRINTING SPEED up to 12 cps

- PRINTING PITCH 10, 12, 15

- LINE SPACE 1, 1 1/2, 2

- CORRECTION MEMORY 1 line

- T AB BUFFER 16 stops

- DIMENSION 390mm (W)
370mm (D)
120mm (H)

- WEIGHT 5 kg

- OPTIONAL SPELLCHECK 50,000 words (For USA, UK)

- POWER REQUIREMENTS AC 120V (5 10%) 60 Hz
AC 220V (5 10%) 50 Hz
AC 230V (5 10%) 50 Hz
AC 240V (5 10%) 50 Hz
AC 220V (5 10%) 60 Hz

*NOTE: The power source is adjusted by manufacturer according to the power

regulation of final destination.

*NOTE: POWER CORD (New Zealand only)

If the electrical supply cord of this typewriter is damaged, it must be
replaced by the special cord SP-502.

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Smith Corona Corporation

842 Bennie Road

P .O. Box 2090

Cortland, NY 13045-2090

1-800-448-1018

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