Word Type

Noun

The word "printer" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

computer desk home office newspaper office office print shop school

Capable Of

number pages print designs on clothing work

Derived Terms

3D printer band printer belt printer bioprinter block printer daisy wheel printer daisywheel printer dot matrix printer impact matrix printer impact printer ink jet printer inkjet printer job printer jour printer laser printer line printer microprinter miniprinter money printer network printer nonprinter photoprinter pretty-printer printer buffer printer's apostrophe printer's devil printer's devilry printer's hat printer's ink printer's proof printer's reader printer's ream printer-friendly printerdom printeress printerless printerlike printery security printer teleprinter thermal printer thermoprinter three-dimensional printer ticket printer

Derived From

print

Desires

paper

Context

computer science computing now chiefly

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

computer peripheral machine peripheral peripheral device printing machine skilled worker trained worker

Type Of (IsA)

addon for pc device machine peripheral peripheral device for computer skilled worker

Receives Action

hooked up to computer

Related Terms

plotter

Related Terms

analogous business computer device operator plotter print printing press printout three dimensional

Used For

business documents communicating ideas handicapped lazy and fat people print documents printing book reports printing books printing documents printing from computer printing newspapers printing pictures printing receipts printing stories write letter

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.