Creed Teleprinter

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 162, 12 July 1939, Page 12

Creed Teleprinter

AUTOMATIC TELEGRAPHY Thirty post offices in New Zealand are now equipped with the Creed teleprinter, and fiO of these modern instru- I ments for the quick handling of tele- ’ grams are being used. The introduction of this system has brought to many of the smaller centres the advantages of high-speed telegraphy. It has replaced tho Morse key, and has increased the rate of transmission to almost treble that of the Morse, while the ratio of error lias been reduced. Tho Creed teleprinter is a British instrument embodying some modifications suggested by New Zealand telegraph men to suit the requirements of Dominion conditions. Both sending and receiving are automatic and simultaneous transmission in both directions is possible. The message is typed in the ordinary way on a standard keyboard, but instead of printed characters, this machine produces at the sending end groups of perforated holes in a narrow' paper tape, which, when run through an automatic transmitter sends different combinations of electrical impulses to tho receiving station where the receiving machine prints the message in Roman characters. In the receiving machine numerals and the letters of the alphabet, as w r ell as other characters used in writing, are grouped around a cylinder and the impulses from the sending machine swing this cylinder instantly to a printing point, when a lever presses the type-face upon the paper tape, and prints the various characters. It is then only necessary to gum the tape on the received message form and deliver it to the recipient. While this process is swiftly proceeding, the operator in a small office where thero are many duties, may be attending to public requirements at the counter, secure in the knowledge that neither the send-. ing nor the receiving of the telegraphic traffic is being held up, as the Creed teleprinter is automatic in its operation. In planning the teleprinter installations for country towns, the Post Office has provided circuits leading to the nearest large centre, as the bulk of telographic business is for distant points, short distance commmunication being mostly, done by the telephone. After considerable experience of the new sys-