IBM Electromatic Table Printing Machine

<p>The <a href="/facts/IBM/QszA7nwd">IBM</a> Electromatic Table Printing Machine was a typesetting-quality printer, consisting of a modified <a href="/facts/IBM_Electromatic_typewriter/pIJtXgkU">IBM Electromatic Proportional Spacing Typewriter</a> connected to a modified <a href="/facts/IBM_016/vbtX99wD">IBM 016</a> keypunch. A <a href="/facts/Plugboard/fE3HX8tS">plugboard</a> control panel was used for programming and formatting of the printout.
</p><p>A deck of <a href="/facts/Punched_card/44WsPulQ">punched cards</a> containing the table (calculated and punched by other <a href="/facts/Unit_record_equipment/xkRvng9j">unit record equipment</a>) to be printed was put into the IBM 016, which read them and then controlled the typing of the typewriter through a box containing <a href="/facts/Solenoids/4aQLSkjp">solenoids</a> that depressed the keys. Printed output could then be photographically reproduced on a <a href="/facts/Printing_plate/ta4QpeDE">printing plate</a>, which would be used in a <a href="/facts/Printing_press/7I3laFE0">printing press</a> to make as many copies as needed.
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IBM Electromatic Table Printing Machine