Discuss the various to p es of tyliewl itc r s used in r tfice.
Ans. Typewl iters. It is the most coo mill used machine in erp offices of all kinds, and requires hard y and r.trodoctioll it mar- be use not mcrelv for neat and legible writing but also fir r obtaining a limited nimlber of copies bv the use of carbon paper.
The hpcNvnters which man be used in oticcs are:
(jN StandllrJ typewriter of Ill- standard size.
pi) Pol table h-peNvriter of the standard size.
(iii) Electric typewriter operated electrically by a harpist. It has the :dviniiagc of speed witlN little exertion of the typist. The slightest touch off fingers sets the keys in motion and the impressions are unhorlnfy perfect even with erratic touch of f ngers: it can produce as many as 3() copies with carbon paper as d" t insl six prod iced by the st It dard tN Rewriters. Moreover typists can q pc faster on such machines.
(lo) Aatonlatie typewriter which au!omahcally types a standard profonna from alpreYionslY P!tliclled or stenciiled master it works on the salile prir.ciple as a player-piano. Tne matter to be typos is first punched on 3 roll of papel or paper-tape or cut on a special stencil, which scores as -record or master' plate. When the master' is placed on the machine a
Tliese standard paragraphs can be auton7atic411y selected and t,ped :n a D. desired combination v-hen the aotolllalic typewrites is fitted with a =.eehNe de.ice. '7'he$e niachities operate at high speed (about 135 words Per minute) and more titan one sncttim.iaclZine navy be operated by the same operator By doing the work If two or three typists in rite same span n I' t.tl e, automatic tNpewritcts can save DlUCil if-, e. Lifi.77.; and expense. it is Particularly suitable when letters or circulars bearing a routine message2laiye to be repron7 ced intypescript in Jarge nninl,ers.
(v) Variahie TyPe M.tchine. WLiclZ-et7abies typing of letters ;; i i'-N tides of various sizes and styles. The operation if tips tnaclline is slightly differs It from the stiiiidftrd typewriter in this niac}line the ypes are not carried nil oars as in a standards i:Pevriter instead, a circular printing segment or clock bearing a particular size and style of typo) Pi titled into the fron Of the machine. When the key is depressed, the se smell; or block t LDIS routld and brings the palticul;tr alphabet in contact with the paper and intprcssio.l is made on it Plinhng segments bearing types of anous sizes and SL le.; are a-. ai!able. NVhelidiqere;ltportions cftlie same let;erare lo be biped in different sizes and styles, printing segments of differen.fg,p'es Ha ;I be easiN- i uteft-ci ;.mr cd at wilt according to necessity. Even tltc sp Icing of the f ;'pCS can be varied as requires when t lease machines are fitted w ith the 'space adjustment' de. icc. These ruachines are Ve7N useful if 7 typing sales literature, statistical r-potts, erp office forms, etc. :
Unit Tvpeuritei is used for typing scientific and mathenrahcal forms 'so: -_ Dual Tabulator is used for special tabulation work, and the 1.7ec og--Oc7rbon Roll Tvpeuriter is used for producing master sheets for hectograp7--c duplicating macllincs.
Stenographic machine. An imm. onam step lo the production of outgoing correspondence is to draft or dictate the letter Except in the case of 'Forr ' letters. outgoing letters '!'. first drafted in hand by the correspondence clerk or dictated by the of cer or executhe to the stenographer The letters ar. then typed from the dMfl or shorthand notes taken by the stenographer
i here are four methods of dictatinglenersbytheexeentive: (a) dictating to a shorthaltd-ivTiting stenographer; (b) dictatimt to a machine ntiting stenographer, (c) dictation recorded m a dictating tnacltine: and (d) dictation directly to the typist. Tlie first and the lastiDethods are more commonly used 'Use of dictating maclliiles is nowadays comtnon]v used in modern of rices in Western countries.
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