Olivetti Lettera 35 ribbon

Old Olivettis used a robbon spool that was driven by the turned uver tabs from the ribbon core. Universal replacement ribbons do not have metal cores. If you still have your old spools you can wind the new ribbon on them.

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First thing is to be sure the ribbon is feeding, watch while you type. if not you may have a universal spool ribbon that isn't quite that universal. Wind the ribbon onto your old spools.

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The lettera takes a DIN spool ribbon, very hard to find you may be able to find a universal spool that will work. A General Ribbon T4 or you can wrap a ribbon onto your spools.

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Basic typewriter restoration (Xavier University) - http://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/tw-restoration.html

Advanced restoration techniques from The Typewriter Restoration Site - http://www.xs4all.nl/~catch55/

Olivetti Lettera 22 Instruction Manual care of Strikethru blog: http://www.strikethru.net/2009/11/blog-post.html (Olivetti Lettera 32 replaced the 22 model, so many of the functions will be the same).

Make sure your cap lock key isn't pushed down. This will disable ribbon shift.

Try Office Depot or one of those big box office supply houses.The Lettera 22 is a pretty old typewriter, but the ribbons ought to be available

This ribbon fits many different typewriters 25 and 35 are the same. Spool should be the metal type not the plastic, and you need the nuts on the top....

There are thumb screws that hold the ribbon. Hold the ribbon with one hand and turn the screw with the other.

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