Printer Hammer Bank

All of the line printers, be they slow or fast, had a bank of hammers.

One hammer for each character position on a row of print output.

This is a hammer bank from a "Model 2410 UL LINE/PRINTER"
made for "Customer: DEC" on "DATE 7-13-73"
we know this because in the rear of the hammer bank
was an "AS-SHIPPED CONFIGURATION INVENTORY".
Therein was "Hammer Bank Assy. No. 231030-1 Serial No. 2418-B"

Provenance like this is rare for computing artifacts

This is a close-up of the hammers.
Actuators are alternately above and below
because they were wider than a print position.

I have no idea of the difference between the white, blue, and grey actuators.
Anybody who knows, please tell me at roger.broughton@ncl.ac.uk

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