- One that prints, especially one whose occupation is printing.
- A device that prints text or graphics on paper.
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1. Device used to apply inked images of alphanumeric or other symbolic characters to paper, or to duplicate an illustration; graphic design, or photographic image on paper. A printer may be manually operated, mechanically operated, or computer driven. There are many types of printers that vary in terms of the way the image is created and the type of paper and ink used. Some printers create a text image one character at a time; others can reproduce one full page at a time of both text and illustrations. Speed, quality, and cost also vary greatly. The best printer for a job depends upon the type of image to be created, the level of quality desired, and the speed required. See also gravure; impact printer; ink-jet printer laser printer; lithography; press.
2. Business or individual who performs printing services; a print shop. See also commercial printer.
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Device for putting computer output on paper. Printer types include line printer, daisy-wheel printer, dot-matrix printer, electrostatic printer, ink jet printer, laser printer, and thermal printer.
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Nonimpact printers use thermal and electrostatic, rather than mechanical, techniques. Ink-jet printers, including bubble-jet printers, squirt heated ink through a matrix of holes to form characters or images. Laser printers form an image of the output on a selenium-coated drum using laser light that is turned on and off by data from the computer and then transfer the output from the drum using photocopying techniques. Thermal-wax-transfer printers and dye-sublimation printers use heat to transfer color pigment from a ribbon to a special paper to produce photographic-quality color images. Nonimpact printers are quieter than impact printers and produce higher quality output, especially of graphics, but at a greater cost per page. See also laser printer.
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| Translations: Printer |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - bogtrykker, kopimaskine, printer
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Nederlands (Dutch)
printer, drukker, boekdrukker
Français (French)
n. - imprimeur, (Imprim, Comput) (machine) imprimante
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Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τυπογράφος, εκτυπωτής, εκτυπωτική μηχανή
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Italiano (Italian)
stampante, tipografo
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Português (Portuguese)
n. - impressora (f), gráfica (f), casa publicadora (f)
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Русский (Russian)
принтер, издатель
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Español (Spanish)
n. - impresora, tipógrafo
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Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (bok)tryckare, tryckeriarbetare, skrivare, skrivenhet
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
印刷工, 打印机
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中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 印刷工, 印表機
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日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 印刷工, 印刷業者, 印刷機, 焼き付け機
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) عامل طباعه, طابعه, صاحب مطبعه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - מדפסת, בעל דפוס, מדפיס
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