20 Most Recent Brother SX-4000 Typewriter Questions & Answers

Your are on the wrong keyboard setting. Look around the typewriter,usually on the left side of the keyboard, and you will see a setting 1,2 or 3. Keyboard one is the one you want.

The cord, plug or switch are the most likely.

typing "code" and "reset" sets it right to type

Go to brother.com, click on support, poke around there you will find a manual.

DickyO

Depends what city you are in.

check the paper release lever to see if it is in the released position

Sounds like you are in shift lock the shift key or shift lock should turn it off. DickyO

Most likely the homing pawl is broken you need a tech. DickyO

You have to buy an Arabic printwheel and install it. To insert the daisywheel: 1. Open the top cover. 2. Pull the lever toward you to release the daisy wheel lock. 3. Remove the cassette daisy wheel by pulling it out of the machine by the protruding "ear" on the top right. 4. Insert the desired cassette daisy wheel into the slot and press down gently. 5. Slide the lever back to its original position to lock the cassette daisy wheel into place. Make sure to press the lever firmly. 6. Close the top cover. 7. Press and hold the CODE key. While holding CODE press the Q key, this will move the carrier to the previous position.

if it has a lang key press the code and that key to see if it is typing the wrong language

are you asking about a typewriter or a sewing machine

Yes it goes between the printwheel and the keyboard side

they do not release they just get reset to another location