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Definition of printer - 6 dictionary results
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print⋅er

  [prin-ter]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that prints, esp. a person whose occupation is 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 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.
Origin:
1495–1505; print + -er 1

Related forms:
print⋅er⋅like, adjective
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print

  [print]
–verb (used with object)
1. 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.
2. to reproduce (a design or pattern) by engraving on a plate or block.
3. to form a design or pattern upon, as by stamping with an engraved plate or block: to print calico.
4. to cause (a manuscript, text, etc.) to be published in print.
5. to write in letters like those commonly used in print: Print your name on these forms.
6. Computers. to produce (data) in legible alphanumeric or graphic form.
7. to indent or mark by pressing something into or upon (something).
8. to produce or fix (an indentation, mark, etc.), as by pressure.
9. to impress on the mind, memory, etc.
10. to fingerprint.
11. to apply (a thing) with pressure so as to leave an indentation, mark, etc.: The horses printed their hoofs on the wet grass.
12. Photography. to produce a positive picture from (a negative) by the transmission of light.
–verb (used without object)
13. to take impressions from type, an engraved plate, etc., as in a press.
14. to produce by means of a reproduction process: to print in color; to print unevenly.
15. to make an image by means of ink, chemical action, etc., as type, engraved plates, etc.: This type is too worn to print cleanly.
16. to write in characters such as are used in print: He'd rather print than use longhand.
17. to follow the vocation of a printer.
–noun
18. the state of being printed.
19. printed lettering, esp. with reference to character, style, or size: This print is too large for footnotes.
20. printed material.
21. a printed publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
22. newsprint.
23. a picture, design, or the like, printed from an engraved or otherwise prepared block, plate, etc.
24. an indentation, mark, etc., made by the pressure of one body or thing on another.
25. something with which an impression is made; a stamp or die.
26. a fingerprint.
27. Textiles.
a. a design or pattern on cloth made by dyeing, weaving, or printing with engraved rollers, blocks of wood, stencils, etc.
b. a cloth so treated.
c. an article of apparel made of this cloth.
28. something that has been subjected to impression, as a pat of butter.
29. Photography. a picture, esp. a positive made from a negative.
30. any reproduced image, as a blueprint.
31. Movies, Television. a positive copy of a completed film or filmed program ready for showing; release print.
–adjective
32. of, for, or comprising newspapers and magazines: print media.
—Verb phrases
33. print in, Photography. burn (def. 36).
34. print out, Computers. to make a printout of.
—Idioms
35. in print,
a. in printed form; published.
b. (of a book or the like) still available for purchase from the publisher.
36. out of print, (of a book or the like) no longer available for purchase from the publisher.
Origin:
1250–1300; (n.) ME prent(e), print(e), prient(e) < OF priente impression, print, n. use of fem. ptp. of preindre to press 1 < L premere; (v.) ME prenten, deriv. of the n.
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print·er   (prĭn'tər)   
n.  

  1. One that prints, especially one whose occupation is printing.

  2. A device that prints text or graphics on paper.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

print  (n.)
c.1300, "impression, mark," from O.Fr. preinte "impression," prop. fem. pp. of preindre "to press," from L. premere (see press (v.1)). Sense of "picture or design from a block or plate" is first attested 1662. Meaning "piece of printed cloth" is from 1756. Out of print "no longer to be had from the publisher" is from 1674. The verb is attested from c.1340, "to impress with a seal, stamp, or die;" Meaning "to set a mark on any surface (including by writing)" is attested from c.1400. Meaning "to run off on a press" is recorded from 1511 (Caxton, 1474, used enprynte in this sense). In reference to textiles, 1588. The verb in the photography sense is recorded from 1851 (the noun from 1853). Meaning "to write in imitation of typography" is first attested 1837 in "Pickwick Papers":
"He always prints, I kno
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

print

The appearance of securities transactions on the composite tape.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
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Computing Dictionary

printer printer
A peripheral device for producing text and images on paper. There are many different types, broadly grouped into "impact printers" and "non-impact printers".
Compare plotter. See also Braille printer, tree-killer.
(1996-01-13)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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