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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.

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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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bogtrykker, kopimaskine, printer

idioms:

• printer's devil    bogtrykker lærling

Nederlands (Dutch)
printer, drukker, boekdrukker

Français (French)
n. - imprimeur, (Imprim, Comput) (machine) imprimante

idioms:

• printer's devil    apprenti imprimeur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Drucker

idioms:

• printer's devil    Setzerjunge

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τυπογράφος, εκτυπωτής, εκτυπωτική μηχανή

idioms:

• printer's devil    (τυπογρ.) μαθητευόμενος τυπογράφος

Italiano (Italian)
stampante, tipografo

idioms:

• printer's devil    fattorino di tipografia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - impressora (f), gráfica (f), casa publicadora (f)

idioms:

• printer's devil    aprendiz de tipógrafo

Русский (Russian)
принтер, издатель

idioms:

• printer's devil    ученик в типографии

Español (Spanish)
n. - impresora, tipógrafo

idioms:

• printer's devil    aprendiz de imprenta

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (bok)tryckare, tryckeriarbetare, skrivare, skrivenhet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
印刷工, 打印机

idioms:

• printer's devil    印刷厂的学徒

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 印刷工, 印表機

idioms:

• printer's devil    印刷廠的學徒

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 인쇄업자

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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