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In 1939, Royal sought to create a successor to its existing [[Royal KHM| "KHM"]] model. The KMM was the result. Featuring a new "Magic-Margin" system seen on many other Royal machines, the KMM is a very common standard machine that writes well.
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=Royal KMM=
 
  
The Royal KMM was manufactured by Royal Typewriter Co from 1939-1946. The KMM was Royal's standard that introduced Magic Margins. These are fairly common standards, as many were made and preserved. These are nice, solid machines, and are a great collection to any addition.
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=Common Issues=
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Royal KMM bells often don't like to work. This can usually be fixed by flushing the end of line lock and bell trip mechanisms. Occasionally these can be found missing left-hand side panels, as they are easy to pop out. Misaligned carriage clamps can occasionally cause a carriage to drag too.
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==Variants==
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-Mill: The KMM was often used in the Second World War, and many examples were used to transcribe telegraph/radio messages. These examples will often have slashed zeroes and/or dedicated 1 keys.  
  
==Manual==
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=Manual=
  
Here is a manual for the Royal KMM from Richard Polt's site: [https://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/RoyalKMM.pdf Click Here]
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* [https://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/RoyalKMM.pdf User's Manual]
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* [https://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/RoyalService.pdf Service Manual, 1940]

Latest revision as of 07:05, 27 December 2021


In 1939, Royal sought to create a successor to its existing "KHM" model. The KMM was the result. Featuring a new "Magic-Margin" system seen on many other Royal machines, the KMM is a very common standard machine that writes well.


Royal-KMM.jpg


Common Issues

Royal KMM bells often don't like to work. This can usually be fixed by flushing the end of line lock and bell trip mechanisms. Occasionally these can be found missing left-hand side panels, as they are easy to pop out. Misaligned carriage clamps can occasionally cause a carriage to drag too.

Variants

-Mill: The KMM was often used in the Second World War, and many examples were used to transcribe telegraph/radio messages. These examples will often have slashed zeroes and/or dedicated 1 keys.

Manual