1990 Canon ES25 #P73210295
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Tas Kyprianou (Tas)
Created: 05-22-2023 at 07:50AM
Last Edit: 06-27-2023 at 01:52AM
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Description:
Having recently experienced the complexity and utter madness of a broken Selectric II, the sheer joy of plugging in, switching on and simply typing on this daisy wheel Canon felt just a little too easy. Granted, the functions will take some memorising but man alive the imprint is astonishingly crisp and perfectly aligned. The action is so fast that my eye is tricked into thinking the ink is somehow sprayed onto the paper. It's beautiful to experience and the machine is by far my quietest. I never EVER thought I'd like a typewriter like this. It just goes to show . . . don't judge. These can often be picked up for peanuts and are reliable from what I can gather. The plastic daisy wheels are their Achilles Heel. My Gothic typeface was broken on arrival - gutted - but the others that came with it are in excellent condition. This is a keeper and I've barely used my manuals for a good couple of weeks now. . . Honeymoon period perhaps.
* Word of warning: old print wheels, being made of plastic, are prone to fatigue. I recently bought a NOS OCR-B wheel only to have two letters snap off during normal use (after the type sample was made).
** Sellotape is a surprisingly good repair tool for any broken character pins, just be SUPER careful with the placement of the broken pin to ensure acceptable alignment.
*** A full list of Canon's typefaces is in the links below.
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Hunter: Tas Kyprianou (Tas)
Tas Kyprianou's Typewriter Galleries [ My Collection ] [ My Sightings ]
Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 4144
UK member with Greek Cypriot heritage, living in London.
Relatively new to the hobby - My first machine was an Everest Mod 90 that I bought after watching a Violet Evergarden anime in December 2021.
My collection now consists of 41 machines.
My absolute favourite remains (just) my 1939 Royal KMM. For me, it's both the prettiest and the "warmest" to type on. It has "Majik" (with a nod to Sandy1)
I count my blessings that I am lucky enough to have amassed such a beautiful bunch.
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