Strange object

[Treetotal]

That puzzled me too?
Carol

[KGarrad]

Is it possibly used to print cheques?

How big a sheet of paper goes in the slot?
Is the handle a guillotine blade? Or is just to apply pressure?

[Flattybasher9]

It has to do with the relationship of the length of the printed receipt and the diameter of the paper roll. The larger the diameter, the less distance the roll has to travel around as it turns and pays out the receipt. ie at 2000 sheets left, the roll may just revolve once, but at 20 sheets left, the roll may have to revolve 3.6 times. It's in the gearing.

Regards

Malky

[andreabro]

It doesnt  have a  paper roll.
Any  sheet size  can  go in  the  slot.

the  lever just presses  the  ink roll onto  the  paper.

[Treetotal]

I mentioned earlier about the slot to slide paper in.
Carol

[KGarrad]

Maybe the dial marks the distance from the edge of a sheet of paper that "Account Payee" is printed?

And the odd numbers refer to differing formats of pre-printed cheques?

Do you remember having to write "Account Payee" or "A/c Payee" between the cross lines on a cheque? It meant that the cheque had to be paid into a bank account, and couldn't be cashed.


It's similar concept to those hole punches that you can vary according to sheet size? A4, A5, Legal, Letter, etc.

[Mike in Cumbria]

It has to do with the relationship of the length of the printed receipt and the diameter of the paper roll. The larger the diameter, the less distance the roll has to travel around as it turns and pays out the receipt. ie at 2000 sheets left, the roll may just revolve once, but at 20 sheets left, the roll may have to revolve 3.6 times. It's in the gearing.

Regards

Malky

if that were the case, the intervals between the numbers would descend in a smooth curve. These don't. 

Interval between one number and the next.
200
300
200
60
140
90
65
75
120
50
100
40
25
15
20
30
18
22
20
24
16
17
9
9
8
17
5

[Flattybasher9]

It depends on the ratios of the internal gearing in relationship to the paper roll spool.

Regards


Malky

[KGarrad]

   Except there isn't a paper roll?!