What does "printer" mean?
One who makes prints.
Printer
/ˈpɹɪntə(ɹ)/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: One who makes prints.
- Grammar: printer is listed as noun.
- Nearest alternatives: printing machine, additive printer, apprentice printer, bibliognost.
- Useful contrasts: calligrapher, calligraphist, digital display.
- Usage evidence: Please replace the empty ink jet cartridge in the printer.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who makes prints.
"Old Japanese colour-prints are printed on a sheet of mulberry-bark paper, and are the product of three different craftsmen: the artist who drew the original design, the block-maker or engraver who transferred the design to the wood, and the printer."
- 2 a machine that prints wordnet
- 3 The operator of a printing press or the owner of a printing business; (metonymic) any printing business.
"IMPRINTED at London in Fleteſtrete by Thomas Berthelet, printer to the kynges highnes, the ſeconde of July, the yere of our lorde. M. DXLV. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum ſolum."
- 4 (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing wordnet
- 5 A device, usually attached to a computer, used to print text or images onto paper; an analogous device capable of producing three-dimensional objects.
"The use of the Hughes type printer is extending on the main circuits, where speed of transmission is a great object; but it is highly improbable that it will ever be adopted, except on main circuits."
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- 6 someone whose occupation is printing wordnet
Synonyms
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Example
"Please replace the empty ink jet cartridge in the printer."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "printer"?
Common synonyms include: printing machine, additive printer, apprentice printer, bibliognost, bibliographer, biblioklept.
How do you use "printer" in a sentence?
Please replace the empty ink jet cartridge in the printer.
How do you pronounce "printer"?
Pronounced /ˈpɹɪntə(ɹ)/.
Etymology
From print + -er.