<s>
The	O
IBM	B-Device
1403	I-Device
line	O
printer	O
was	O
introduced	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
1401	I-Device
computer	O
in	O
1959	O
and	O
had	O
an	O
especially	O
long	O
life	O
in	O
the	O
IBM	O
product	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
carriage	B-Device
control	I-Device
tape	I-Device
or	O
,	O
later	O
,	O
a	O
buffer	O
,	O
under	O
program	O
control	O
,	O
specifies	O
form	O
length	O
and	O
the	O
form	O
line	O
where	O
printing	O
on	O
a	O
new	O
page	O
is	O
to	O
begin	O
so	O
that	O
paper	O
of	O
various	O
sizes	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
this	O
is	O
slow	O
by	O
later	O
printing	O
standards	O
,	O
the	O
speed	O
at	O
which	O
electromechanical	O
accounting	O
machines	O
can	O
read	O
punched	B-Architecture
cards	I-Architecture
and	O
perform	O
their	O
basic	O
arithmetic	O
functions	O
means	O
that	O
no	O
faster	O
printing	O
speeds	O
are	O
needed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IBM	B-Device
1132	I-Device
was	O
the	O
last	O
printer	O
manufactured	O
by	O
IBM	O
to	O
use	O
this	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
's	O
early	O
computers	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
701	I-Device
,	O
were	O
developed	O
for	O
higher	O
speed	O
calculation	O
than	O
was	O
possible	O
with	O
earlier	O
electromechanical	O
calculating	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IBM	B-Device
1403	I-Device
has	O
the	O
following	O
models	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
models	O
2	O
,	O
3	O
,	O
7	O
and	O
N1	O
can	O
be	O
attached	O
to	O
the	O
IBM	B-Application
System/360	I-Application
and	O
its	O
successors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Attachment	O
is	O
generally	O
by	O
means	O
of	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
2821	I-Device
Control	I-Device
Unit	I-Device
,	O
but	O
some	O
360	O
models	O
include	O
an	O
integrated	O
control	O
unit	O
for	O
direct	O
1403	O
connection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
the	O
Model	O
6	O
(	O
340	O
LPM	O
)	O
or	O
the	O
Model	O
7	O
(	O
600	O
LPM	O
)	O
can	O
be	O
attached	O
to	O
an	O
IBM	B-Device
1130	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1404	O
printer	O
is	O
an	O
IBM	O
impact	O
printer	O
with	O
"	O
all	O
the	O
basic	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
1403	I-Device
Printer	O
,	O
"	O
with	O
the	O
added	O
ability	O
to	O
print	O
on	O
card	O
documents	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
punched	B-Architecture
cards	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mechanism	O
can	O
handle	O
cards	O
ranging	O
from	O
51	O
columns	O
to	O
a	O
full	O
80	B-Architecture
columns	I-Architecture
,	O
and	O
can	O
print	O
cards	O
two	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1404	O
was	O
originally	O
introduced	O
in	O
1960	O
as	O
a	O
peripheral	O
for	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
1401	I-Device
computing	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
able	O
to	O
attach	O
to	O
a	O
System/360	B-Application
through	O
an	O
IBM	B-Device
2821	I-Device
control	I-Device
unit	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Note	O
that	O
while	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
1403	I-Device
Models	O
2	O
and	O
7	O
do	O
offer	O
a	O
feature	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Interchangeable	O
Train	O
Cartridge	O
Adapter	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
the	O
operator	O
to	O
easily	O
remove	O
and	O
insert	O
a	O
chain	O
cartridge	O
with	O
a	O
different	O
font	O
or	O
character	O
set	O
arrangement	O
,	O
this	O
feature	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
separate	O
machine	O
type	O
.	O
</s>
