printer

[ prin-ter ]

/ ˈprɪn tər /

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noun

a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.

Computers. an output device that produces a paper copy of alphanumeric or graphic data.

an instrument that automatically records telegraphic messages by means of a printing mechanism activated by incoming signals.

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.

Origin of printer

First recorded in 1495–1505; print + -er¹

OTHER WORDS FROM printer

print·er·like, adjective

Words nearby printer

printanier, printback, printed circuit, printed circuit board, printed matter, printer, printer's devil, printer's error, printer's mark, printer's ream, printery

Definition for printer (2 of 2)

[ print ]

/ prɪnt /

verb (used with object)

to produce (a text, picture, etc.) by applying inked types, plates, blocks, or the like, to paper or other material either by direct pressure or indirectly by offsetting an image onto an intermediate roller.

to reproduce (a design or pattern) by engraving on a plate or block.

to form a design or pattern upon, as by stamping with an engraved plate or block: to print calico.

to cause (a manuscript, text, etc.) to be published in print.

to write in letters like those commonly used in print: Print your name on these forms.

Computers. to produce (data) in legible alphanumeric or graphic form.

to indent or mark by pressing something into or upon (something).

to produce or fix (an indentation, mark, etc.), as by pressure.

to impress on the mind, memory, etc.

to fingerprint.

to apply (a thing) with pressure so as to leave an indentation, mark, etc.: The horses printed their hoofs on the wet grass.

Photography. to produce a positive picture from (a negative) by the transmission of light.

verb (used without object)

to take impressions from type, an engraved plate, etc., as in a press.

to produce by means of a reproduction process: to print in color; to print unevenly.

to make an image by means of ink, chemical action, etc., as type, engraved plates, etc.: This type is too worn to print cleanly.

to write in characters such as are used in print: He'd rather print than use longhand.

to follow the vocation of a printer.

noun

the state of being printed.

printed lettering, especially with reference to character, style, or size: This print is too large for footnotes.

printed material.

a printed publication, as a newspaper or magazine.

newsprint.

a picture, design, or the like, printed from an engraved or otherwise prepared block, plate, etc.

an indentation, mark, etc., made by the pressure of one body or thing on another.

something with which an impression is made; a stamp or die.

a fingerprint.

Textiles.

a design or pattern on cloth made by dyeing, weaving, or printing with engraved rollers, blocks of wood, stencils, etc.
a cloth so treated.
an article of apparel made of this cloth.

something that has been subjected to impression, as a pat of butter.

Photography. a picture, especially a positive made from a negative.

any reproduced image, as a blueprint.

Movies, Television. a positive copy of a completed film or filmed program ready for showing; release print.

adjective

of, for, or comprising newspapers and magazines: print media.

Verb Phrases

print in, Photography. burn¹(def 45). Also burn in.

print out, Computers. to make a printout of.

Origin of print

1250–1300; (noun) Middle English prent(e), print(e), prient(e) < Old French priente impression, print, noun use of feminine past participle of preindre to press¹ < Latin premere; (v.) Middle English prenten, derivative of the noun

OTHER WORDS FROM print

un·print·ed, adjective well-print·ed, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH print

prince prints

Example sentences from the Web for printer

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

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

Pioneers in Printing |The Daily Beast |October 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The boxes are not arranged alphabetically, and a printer learns the case as one learns the typewriter keyboard.

The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire |H.L. Mencken |October 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Pills purporting to be Viagra filled with printer ink and rat poison.

Museum of Fakes for a City of Fakes |William O’Connor |June 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Franklin was a printer, scientist, revolutionary, ambassador and all around know-it-all.

The Struggles of Benjamin Franklin’s Sister Jane |Annette Gordon-Reed |November 21, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The eldest son is named Herv, in memory of his mother's father, and he follows his father Christian's profession of printer.

The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer |Eugne Sue
This sum of money and the knowledge of the printer's trade made up his capital.

Captains of Industry |James Parton
Educated in public schools, he became a printer, and travelled much through the States.

A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations |Joseph Mazzini Wheeler
His main calling was that of a printer, a vocation of unusual importance and influence in a free community.

Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) |Wiliam Cabell Bruce
Benjamin Franklin, the American printer, statesman and philosopher, died.

The Every Day Book of History and Chronology |Joel Munsell

British Dictionary definitions for printer (1 of 2)

printer

/ (ˈprɪntə) /

noun

a person or business engaged in printing

a machine or device that prints

computing an output device for printing results on paper

British Dictionary definitions for printer (2 of 2)

/ (prɪnt) /

verb

to reproduce (text, pictures, etc), esp in large numbers, by applying ink to paper or other material by one of various processes

to produce or reproduce (a manuscript, a book, data, etc) in print, as for publication

to write (letters, etc) in the style of printed matter

to mark or indent (a surface) by pressing (something) onto it

to produce a photographic print from (a negative)

(tr) to implant or fix in the mind or memory

(tr) to make (a mark or indentation) by applying pressure

noun

printed matter such as newsprint

a printed publication such as a newspaper or book

in print

in printed or published form
(of a book, etc) offered for sale by the publisher

out of print no longer available from a publisher

a design or picture printed from an engraved plate, wood block, or other medium

printed text, esp with regard to the typeface used small print

a positive photographic image in colour or black and white produced, usually on paper, from a negative image on film Compare slide (def. 13)

a fabric with a printed design
(as modifier)a print dress

a mark or indentation made by pressing something onto a surface
a stamp, die, etc, that makes such an impression
the surface subjected to such an impression

See fingerprint

Word Origin for print

C13 priente, from Old French: something printed, from preindre to make an impression, from Latin premere to press

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