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PAPER FIBER IMPRESSIONS ON CARBON TAPE RIBBONS

NCJ Number
12755
Journal
Journal of Forensic Sciences Volume: 19 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1974) Pages: 136-141
Author(s)
G H HAHN
Date Published
1974
Length
6 pages
Annotation
METHOD OF IDENTIFYING A SPECIFIC TYPEWRITER BY EXAMINING THE IMPRESSIONS LEFT BY THE DOCUMENT ON THE CARBON TAPE RIBBON.
Abstract
A CASE IS DESCRIBED IN WHICH A POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION WAS MADE BY EXAMINING ONLY ONE CHARACTER FROM THE QUESTIONED DOCUMENT, AND MATCHING THE PAPER FIBER WITH THE IMPRESSIONS LEFT BY THE FIBER ON THE CARBON TAPE RIBBON. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)

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