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printer

[ prin-ter ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing. printing.
  2. Computers. an output device that produces a paper copy of alphanumeric or graphic data.
  3. an instrument that automatically records telegraphic messages by means of a printing printing mechanism activated by incoming signals.
  4. Movies. a photographic machine through which either the negative or positive of a master print can be run, together with unexposed film, to make a duplicate.


printer

/ ˈprɪntə /

noun

  1. a person or business engaged in printing
  2. a machine or device that prints
  3. computing an output device for printing results on paper
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of printer1

First recorded in 1495–1505; print + -er 1
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Example Sentences

The company also aims to reinvent building affordable homes with the use of 3D printers, robotics and advanced materials.

Things to consider when buying an all-in-one printerAll-in-one printers, also known as multifunction printers, or MFPs, are equipped with many special features, connectivity options, and general abilities.

It’s not an inkjet, of course—it’s a 3D printer that can produce bespoke metal components.

At the same time, some older New Yorkers don’t have an email address or a printer, which can slow them down when trying to access vaccine appointment documents.

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There’s no other app that would allow them to sell without a printer.

Another returned a printer box stuffed with a candy-filled piñata.

With this mini printer, you can print your favorite shots straight from your iPhone.

In 1978, for instance, Hockney was introduced to a new printing method by the famed printer Ken Tyler.

The beauty of the 3-D printer was that users would continually figure out new ways to use it.

The boxes are not arranged alphabetically, and a printer learns the case as one learns the typewriter keyboard.

Richard Chiswell, a noted English printer and an extensive publisher, died.

Some cheap food was presented to the printer in the shape of potatoes, with which his windows were smashed.

Thomas Bradford, the oldest master printer in America, died at Philadelphia, aged 94.

During the revolutionary war he was commissary-general to the Pennsylvania division, and printer to congress.

Joseph Towers died; a printer, bookseller, and afterwards a preacher with the title of LL.

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