Fully Restored Imperial Tab-O-Matic Portable Typewriter | Elite 12 CPI Typeface & Original Lid

📊 Technical Specifications & Restoration Data

• Brand & Model: Imperial Tab-O-Matic

• Keyboard Layout: Standard QWERTY Layout.

• Mechanical Condition: 100% Fully Functional & Serviced. Professionally overhauled, chemically flushed, segment-aligned, and precision-calibrated for long, fluid typing sessions.

• Ribbon System: Equipped with a two-colour ribbon selector (Black/Red). Pre-installed with a brand-new, fresh black and red ink ribbon.

• Platen & Feed Rollers: Clean, reliable platen and feed rollers that feed paper smoothly and grip with complete confidence.

✍️ Typeface & Font Details

• Typeface Style: Clean, highly legible Elite Typeface.

• Font Pitch: 11 Characters Per Inch (11 CPI / Small Elite Scale)—delivering sharp, compact, and exceptionally tidy text that lets you fit more words onto every page. Ideal for manuscripts, personal correspondence, journaling, and compact poetry.

🎨 Cosmetic Condition & Included Accessories

• Cosmetic Presentation: Good vintage condition. The metal frame displays minor, honest age marks and light surface patina consistent with genuine historic use over the decades.

• Keytop Condition: Every keycap has been individually hand-cleaned, sanitized, and polished.

• Original Carrying Lid: Includes its authentic original clip-on carrying lid. Clean and sturdy, though showing visible storage wear and surface marks on the exterior that add to its authentic retro character.

📋 Quick Specifications Overview

🛡️ Peace of Mind & Workshop Mechanical Guarantee

✅ 1-Year Mechanical Guarantee | ✅ 14-Day Returns | ✅ Lifetime Aftercare | ✅ Featured on BBC's The Repair Shop

Every typewriter leaving our workshop represents the highest standard of vintage mechanical conservation. To ensure complete confidence in your investment, your typewriter is backed by our Comprehensive 1-Year Mechanical Guarantee, covering all internal mechanisms, segment linkages, and moving parts. Each machine is logged in our digital workshop registry under its unique serial number for full traceability and long-term support. Please read our dedicated workshop guarantee page on our website for complete details and peace of mind.

🌍 Global Shipping, Timelines & Tariff Information

• 🇺🇸 United States & 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Shipping (100% Free & All-Inclusive): Standard local & international shipping to the US and UK is completely free and included in the listed price. Furthermore, all US import tariffs and customs duties are fully prepaid by our workshop. There are absolutely zero hidden checkout fees, surprise border holds, or cash-on-delivery demands at your door.

• 🌐 International Shipping (Europe, Australia, Canada & Rest of World): We dispatch all website orders in less than 24 hours via fully tracked premium air courier directly to your door in 3 to 7 working days (with prompt EU dispatch and express delivery options available at checkout).

• Proprietary Global Packaging Protocol: To guarantee your machine survives international air transit, we mechanically lock the carriage, wrap the frame in multi-layered shock-absorbing cushioning, and suspend the typewriter within a heavy-duty, double-walled outer shipping carton.

🤝 The "Ready-to-Write" Package & Lifetime Support

• Unbox & Start Writing: Your Imperial Tab-O-Matic arrives pre-installed with its fresh black and red ribbon, original lid, and our primary step-by-step startup instructions. Simply unbox, release the carriage lock, and begin typing immediately.

• Video Learning Academy: Your package includes a direct link to our dedicated YouTube video tutorial, teaching you exactly how to type on, care for, adjust the margins, and change ink ribbons on your specific Imperial typewriter.

• Lifetime Technical Partnership: Every typewriter we sell comes with lifetime technical support. You receive direct email and video-call troubleshooting access to Walid and Joujou, the celebrated restoration experts from BBC's The Repair Shop and major Netflix productions.

🎬 We prepared a video on how to use this Typewriter on YouTube.

📖 Have questions about vintage typewriters or machine maintenance? Read our master guide: Typewriter FAQ: The Ultimate 100 Questions Answered

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