Correction tape

Correction tape is an alternative to correction fluid used to correct mistakes during typing, or, in some forms, handwriting. One side of the tape, which is placed against the error, is coated in a white, opaque masking material. Pressure applied to the other side of the tape transfers this material to the paper. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 480 pixel Image in higher resolution (1800 × 1080 pixel, file size: 517 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Correction tape Metadata... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 480 pixel Image in higher resolution (1800 × 1080 pixel, file size: 517 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Correction tape Metadata... A bottle of correction fluid Correction fluid is an opaque, white fluid applied to paper to mask errors in text. ...

It is sold as short pieces of tape, or as long rolls to be used in typewriters, which apply sudden pressure when a key is struck, and can therefore apply the masking material in exactly the same shape and position as the erroneous character. Mechanical desktop typewriters, such as this Underwood Five, were long time standards of government agencies, newsrooms, and sales offices. ...

Some versions of correction tape are sold in separate dispensers that are used to roll the tape onto paper directly.

The IBM Selectric typewriter also offered a "correction tape" that was actually a lift-off tape for use with its carbon film typewriter ribbons. The IBM Selectric typewriter (occasionally known as the IBM Golfball typewriter) is the electric typewriter design that brought the typewriter into the electronic age starting in 1961. ... Mechanical desktop typewriters, such as this Underwood Five, were long time standards of government agencies, newsrooms, and sales offices. ...

As it is solid, correction tape is not subject to misuse as an inhalant, unlike most correction fluids. A soda bottle after being filled with blue paint for the means of solvent abuse in Townsville, Australia. ...

See also

• Correction paper
• Correction fluid