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printer (iou)



printer noun. LME.
[from PRINT verb + -ER1.]
A person who prints; esp. one who prints books, magazines, advertising matter, etc. Also, the owner or manager of a printing business. LME.
A device that prints; spec. (a) a teleprinter; (b) Photography & Cinematography an apparatus for producing positive prints from negatives; (c) Computing an output device which produces a printed record of data, text, etc. Freq. with specifying word. M19.
drum printer, line printer, matrix printer, thermal printer, etc.
A cotton cloth made to be printed on. M19.
Comb.: printer buffer Computing = print spooler s.v. PRINT noun; printer plotter Computing a printer which can produce line drawings and halftone pictures as well as text; Printers' Bible an impression of the Bible reading printers instead of princes in Psalms 119:161; printer's devil: see DEVIL noun 7(a); printer-slotter a machine used for printing on cardboard or other packaging materials; printer's mark a device used as a printer's trade mark; printer's pie = PIE noun4 1; printer's ream: see REAM noun2 1.
printergram noun a telegram transmitted by telex M20.