Typewriter ball one calls a part of a typewriter of special design. On this mobile, controllable ball are all forms of indications of the character set. The ball presses the ribbon of a typewriter to the paper and prints such an indication on the paper.

The revolutionary at the ball technology was, exactly as with the print wheel that with the ball character sizes and type forms could be exchanged. Since a large pressure was used, in order to hammer the ball over the ribbon to the paper, always at least one engine was necessary in all machines. The control was purely mechanically, later electronic at the beginning.

See also

• Typewriter
• Typewriters with type bar
• Typewriters with print wheel
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