job printer

noun

a printer who does letterheads, invoices, announcements, and other miscellaneous work, as distinguished from one who works solely on books, periodicals, etc.

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

We had no printing plant of our own, so we had to find what I think they called “a job printer” to pull us through.

The cost of printing of the two issues by the job printer, in addition to the cost of the paper.

Compounds of maker, dealer, and other words denoting occupation are generally hyphenated; harness-maker, job-printer.

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