Editing Canon typewriters

This is the Canon typewriter page that used to be in the [[Canon | Canon]] page. 

==Basic identification process==

As we lack a lot of models that are out there, this will provide the least bit of identification to rule some switches in, or out of Canon typewriters. This is good information if you plan on gambling on a Canon typewriter that isn't documented in the table below. Despite the documentation, there might be some documented models with different caps lock LED windows, which is why this basic information is needed, as to get the right example of the model wanted.

{| class="wikitable"
!Caps Lock LED window placement
!Supposed switches
|-
|Centered rectangular Caps Lock LED window || Alps of some kind (toss up between [[Alps integrated dome|SKEW]], [[Alps SKCP series|SKCP]] and [[Alps SKCM Cream|SKCM Cream]]), seen on AP210 X, AP360, AP500, AP560, AP600, AP810, S-16
|-
|Centered round Caps Lock LED window || [[Alps SKFF series| Alps SKFF]], seen on SOME AP400 or [[Alps SKCC series| Alps SKCC]], seen on AP300.
|-
|Off-centered round Caps Lock LED window || [[SMK inverse cross mount]], seen on AP830 (not pictured, but the LED spot on those switches is very distinctive)
|-
|Off-to-the-left round Caps Lock LED window ||[[SMK Discrete Dome]], seen on S-51 and S-70
|-
|}
==Models==
{| class="wikitable"
!Model
!Switch
!Keycap colour
!Keycap type
!Keycap material/printing
|-
|AP 100||Rubber Dome||White on Grey||Spherical||Unknown
|-
|AP 110||Rubber Dome||White on Grey||Spherical||Unknown
|-
|AP 150<ref name="ap150"/>||[[Alps integrated dome]] with [[Alps SKCL Green|SKCL green]] LED-switches||White on Grey||Spherical||Doubleshot
|-
|AP 160||[[SMK inverse cross mount]]||White on Grey||Spherical||Doubleshot
|-
|AP 200||[[Alps SKCC series| Alps SKCC Green]]||Cream on warm grey||Spherical||Doubleshot
|-
|AP 210||[[Alps SKCM Cream|Alps SKCM Cream]], [[Alps SKCL Green|SKCL Green]], [[Alps SKCL Double_Action|Double Action]]||White on grey||Spherical||Doubleshot
|-
|AP 210 X<ref name="ap210x"/>||[[Alps SKCM Cream|Alps SKCM Cream]], [[Alps SKCL Green|SKCL Green]], [[Alps SKCL Double_Action|Double Action]]||White on grey||Spherical||Doubleshot
|-
|AP 300||[[Alps SKCC series| Alps SKCC Green]]||Cream on warm grey||Spherical||Doubleshot
|-
|AP 300-II||Unconfirmed switch type with [[Alps SKCL Green|SKCL green]] LED-switches||White on grey||Spherical||Doubleshot
|-
|AP 350||[[Alps SKCC series| Alps SKCC Green]]||Cream on warm grey||Spherical||Doubleshot
|-
|AP 360<ref name="dt-ctwk" />||[[Alps SKCM Cream|Alps SKCM Cream]], [[Alps SKCL Green|SKCL Green]], [[Alps SKCL Double_Action|Double Action]]||White on grey||Spherical||Doubleshot
|-
|AP 400<ref name="ap400"/>||[[Alps SKFF series| Alps SKFF (some models)]]||White on grey||Spherical||Doubleshot
|-
|AP 500<ref name="ap500-ii"/>||[[Alps SKCP series|Alps SKCP]]||White on grey||Spherical||Doubleshot
|-
|AP 560<ref name="ap560"/>||[[Alps SKCP series|Alps SKCP]]||White on grey||Spherical||Doubleshot
|-
|AP 600<ref name="ap600"/>||[[Alps integrated dome|Alps SKEW]]||White on Grey||Spherical||Doubleshot
|-
|AP 700||[[SMK Discrete Dome]] with [[SMK inverse cross mount]] LED-switches||White on Grey||Spherical||Doubleshot
|-
|AP 800||[[Alps SKCM Cream|Alps SKCM Cream]], [[Alps SKCL Green|SKCL Green]]||White on grey||Spherical||Doubleshot
|-
|AP 810<ref name="ap810"/>||[[Alps SKCM Cream|Alps SKCM Cream]], [[Alps SKCL Green|SKCL Green]]||White on grey||Spherical||Doubleshot
|-
|AP 830<ref name="ap830"/>||[[SMK inverse cross mount]]||White on Grey||Spherical||Doubleshot
|-
|S-16<ref name="s16"/>||[[Alps integrated dome]]||White on Gray||Spherical||Doubleshot
|-
|S-51<ref name="dt-canon-s51"/>||[[SMK Discrete Dome]]||White on Grey||Cylindrical||Doubleshot
|-
|S-66||[[Alps integrated dome]]||White on Gray||Spherical||Doubleshot
|-
|S-70<ref name="yt-hjalfi-s70"/>||[[SMK Discrete Dome]]||White on Grey||Cylindrical||Doubleshot
|-
|S-80<ref name="s80"/>||Spring over membrane||White on Grey||Cylindrical||Pad-printed
|}

==References==
<references>
<ref name="dt-ctwk">Deskthority thread—[https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=4242 Canon Typewriter Keyboards]</ref>
<ref name="dt-canon-s51">Deskthority—[https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?t=19859 Canon S-51 typewriter (SMK "peerless"?)]</ref>
<ref name="yt-hjalfi-s70">hjalfi on Youtube—[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42fLdTLuYj0 Hjalfi opens a Canon TypeStar 4 thermal typewriter]. Published 2019-05-05.</ref>
<ref name="ap150">Deskthority—[https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?p=447424#p447424 specific post in Canon Typewriter Keyboards]</ref>
<ref name="ap210x">Deskthority—[https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?p=477988#p477988 specific post in Canon Typewriter Keyboards]</ref>
<ref name="ap400">Deskthority—[https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?t=6707 Canon AP400]</ref>
<ref name="ap500-ii">Geekhack—[https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=45456.msg2116911#msg2116911 specific post in Alps Appreciation Thread]</ref>
<ref name="ap560">Deskthority—[https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?p=479802#p479802 specific post in Canon Typewriter Keyboards]</ref>
<ref name="ap810">Deskthority—[https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?p=482500#p482500 specific post in Canon Typewriter Keyboards]</ref>
<ref name="ap600">Deskthority—[https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?p=423766#p423766 specific post in Canon Typewriter Keyboards]</ref>
<ref name="ap830">Geekhack—[https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=90232.msg2757789#msg2757789 specific post in KEYCAPS FROM TYPEWRITERS: which typewriters to buy]</ref>
<ref name="s16">Geekhack—[https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=90232.msg2761074#msg2761074 specific post in KEYCAPS FROM TYPEWRITERS: which typewriters to buy]</ref>
<ref name="s80">Deskthority—[https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?p=438929#p438929 specific post in Canon S-51 typewriter (SMK "peerless"?)]</ref>
</references>

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