thermal printer

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noun Computers.

a printer that produces output by selectively heating a heat-sensitive paper (thermal paper) in patterns corresponding to the characters to be produced.

Origin of thermal printer

First recorded in 1980–85

Words nearby thermal printer

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British Dictionary definitions for thermal printer

thermal printer

noun

computing another name for electrothermal printer