How do I set a left hand margin on a royal scriptor II typewriter?

You can try searching for a manual for the Royal Scriptor II typewriter on the manufacturer's website or on websites that specialize in providing manuals and instructions for various products. Additionally, you may be able to find a digital copy of the manual on online marketplaces or auction websites, such as eBay or Amazon. If you are unable to find a manual online, you can try contacting Royal's customer support for assistance in obtaining one.

Hello, Sue - The Royal Typewriter Company now is known as Royal Consumer Information Products. I have not found typewriter manuals as an option on the Royal Consumer Information Products web page for Manuals: http://www.royalsupplies.com/support/drivers-and-manuals/ Nor have I found a PDF version of the manual you need online. Therefore, I suggest you contact the Customer Service department of the company directly (via a phone call) and ask about the availability of the manual you need. You will find the phone number on the web page cited above, in the lower left corner. Best wishes.

If you are following user's manual instructions to reset the margin and can't, maybe your Royal Safari is defective? Insist trying and if still no luck try to ge a typwriter repairman, a species in near extintion by now.

There is a spring that holds the margin together locking in place, most likely the spring is gone or the teeth are broken.

Go to the L. margin , press but don't hold the MAR REL key, backspace or space to the desired location, press L. MAR key.

DickyO

after hitting the return key, the carrier goes all the way to the left margin. If you need the margin to move even more to the left, hit the margin rel key and backspace to the desired position and hit the mar left key. Same for the right margin, use the space bar to move the carrier all the way to the right margin and press the margin rel and move the carrier to the desired position and press the mar right key.

Generally yoy can set the left margin all the way to the left by holding down the left margin key and pushing the carriage return button

I can't be for sure if these are auto set margins, but it sounds like they might be. If they are, first move the carriage as far to the right as you can. Hold the Left Margin Set (not Margin Release) lever as you move the carriage all the way to the left. Release the Margin Set Button or Lever. Now hold the Right Margin Set Button or Lever (not the Margin Release), and move the carriage all the way to the right while holding the Margin Set. Once the carriage is all the way to the right, release the Margin Set. Move the carriage to the place you want to set your left margin. Hit the Left Margin Set and then release. Move the carriage to where you want to set the right margin. Hit the Right Margin Set and release it. It gets confusing, but Margin Release does not set margins. Its sole purpose is only to bypass the margins. Hope this helps.

Sounds like you don't know how to set l. margin or you have some debris in the typewriter. Turn it off and see if the carrier will move back and forth by hand, if so turn it on 7 return to l. margin press mar rel key, backspace to where you want the margin and press l. margin key.

hope this helps

DickyO