The IBM 26 Card Punch, or Type 26 Card Punch is an IBM machine that punches numerical, alphabetic, and special-character data into punched cards. The model features a movable keyboard (either a numeric, or numeric-alphabetic-combination keyboard), program control using a master card, card duplication, and automatic card feed for a stack of up to 500 cards. Unlike the IBM 24 Card Punch, the Type 26 is capable of printing the data entered on the cards as they are punched.¹