(57) An electronic typewriter has a keyboard (2) including a plurality of character keys
(8, 9), a printing wheel (5) having a plurality of types which can be designated by
the character keys (8, 9), a ribbon position setting circuit (18) for selectively
setting a printing ribbon (6) at either one of printing or rest positions, and a control
circuit (12) which supplies a first control signal to the ribbon position setting
circuit (18) so that the printing ribbon (6) is set at the printing position and thereafter
the type designated by one of the operated character keys strikes a paper sheet through
the printing ribbon (6) when one of the character keys (8, 9) is detected to have
been operated while the printing ribbon (6) is set at the rest position, and which
supplies a second control signal to the ribbon position setting circuit (18) so as
to set the printing ribbon (6) at the rest position when no further key operation
is detected for a preset holding time after the printing by one of the character keys
is ended. The electronic typewriter further has a holding time data generator (15)
for generating holding time data which is used to determine the preset holding time
and can be arbitrarily changed.
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