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print⋅er

[prin-ter]
–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


print⋅er⋅like, adjective
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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.

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