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{{short description|Early line printer}}
[[Image:IBM 729 Tape Drives.nasa.jpg|thumb|An IBM 716 printer at NASA]]
The '''IBM 716''' [[line printer]] was used with [[IBM 700/7000 series]] computers in the 1950s and 1960s. It was introduced on May 21, 1952 with the [[IBM 701]] and withdrawn from marketing on July 14, 1969.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050122223343/http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/701/701_1415bx16.html IBM 716 Printer], IBM Archives Exhibit</ref>

==Overview==
The 716 was based on [[IBM 407]] accounting machine technology and had 120 rotary type wheels, each with 48 possible characters. It could print 150 lines per minute. It also supplied power to the [[IBM 711]] card reader and 721 card punch. Only 72 characters could be transferred from [[IBM 7090]] computer to the 716 in a single operation, but a full line could be printed at half speed. Characters were printed by sending bit patterns that corresponded to the impulses that a 407 would see when reading a punched card.<ref>[http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/7090/22-6528-4_7090Manual.pdf Reference Manual, IBM 7090 Data Processing System], 1961, IBM A22-6528-3</ref>{{rp|102 ff}}

A variant of the 716, the '''IBM 717''' was used with the [[IBM 702]] and [[IBM 705]] computers.

==See also==
* [[List of IBM products]]
* [[IBM 711]] companion card reader

==References==
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[[Category:IBM 700/7000 series|Printer 716]]
[[Category:Line printers|IBM 0716]]

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