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One example. Colors, sub-models, and production years vary; the machine you find may differ.
Brother JP-1 / JP-7 / Deluxe
The keystroke
Effortlight
Smoothnesssmooth
Snapspringy
Precisionmoderate
Landingfirm
Volumeloud
What people say
Brother's Japanese-made portables are the most common first machine on the secondhand market today
— Typewriter Database
Worth knowing
- Brother badge-engineered these small portables for many retailers — sold as Webster, Wizard, Signature, and under Sears, Kmart, and Montgomery Ward house brands. Will Davis ↗
See & hear it for yourself
Manuals & repair
All sources
External, in their original form. The people who know these machines best — click through to read and watch.
Where to find one
Listings come and go. These show whatever Brother JP-1 / JP-7 / Deluxe machines are on the marketplace right now.
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Specifications
- Manufacturer
- Brother
- Origin
- Japan
- Years
- 1962–1985
- Form
- Portable
- Mass
- 4 kg
- Shift
- segment