What does printer mean?

Definitions for printer
ˈprɪn tərprint·er

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. printer, pressmannoun

    someone whose occupation is printing

  2. printernoun

    (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing

  3. printer, printing machinenoun

    a machine that prints

Wiktionary

  1. printernoun

    One who makes prints.

  2. printernoun

    The operator of a printing press or owner of a printing business.

  3. printernoun

    A device, usually attached to a computer, used to print text or images onto paper. Also see plotter.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Printernoun

    Etymology: from print.

    I find, at reading all over, to deliver to the printer, in that which I ought to have done to comply with my design, I am fallen very short. Digby.

    To buy books, only because they were published by an eminent printer, is much as if a man should buy cloaths that did not fit him, only because made by some famous taylor. Alexander Pope.

    See, the printer’s boy below;
    Ye hawkers all, your voices lift. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPT

  1. printer

    A printer is a peripheral device that receives text and graphic output from a computer and generates the corresponding information on paper or other print medium. These units can be connected to the computer via various methods including USB, wireless, or network connections. They are commonly used in both homes and businesses and come in various types like inkjet, laser, and 3D printers.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Printernoun

    one who prints; especially, one who prints books, newspapers, engravings, etc., a compositor; a typesetter; a pressman

Wikidata

  1. Printer

    In publishing, printers are both companies providing printing services and individuals who directly operate printing presses. The profession of printer became established after the invention of the moveable type printing press by Johannes Gutenberg around 1450, and proliferated throughout Europe. Such early printers often were recognizable by individual characteristics in the works they produced, such as type or typography, and since early printed books were made in relatively small quantities they are rare and collectible. Today's printers include: ⁕Newspaper printers, often owned by newspaper publishers ⁕Magazine printers, usually independent of magazine publishers ⁕Book printers, often not directly connected with book publishers ⁕Stationery printers ⁕Packaging printers ⁕Commercial printers, often offering digital and traditional printing services ⁕Trade printers, who offer wholesale rates within the printing industry An artist who operates a printing press to execute their own works, especially by hand in limited runs, is usually distinguished from other printers by the term printmaker.

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British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'printer' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4199

  2. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'printer' in Nouns Frequency: #1569

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of printer in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of printer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of printer in a Sentence

  1. Josh Blackman:

    Contrary to Schumer's suggestion, a working gun does not pop out of the 3-D printer ready to fire, like a pop-tart from the toaster, using a 3-D printer to create the parts, and assemble them, is a time-intensive process that requires advanced knowledge of machining and gunsmithing.

  2. Stephen Nigro:

    We’ve made it very clear that it was more of an industrial-type machine 3D printer, there was a lot of, ‘don’t you guys get this [consumer] desktop trend? There you go again HP, you don’t get it.' But we were really clear in our convictions that the market wasn’t there with the current technology.

  3. One HISD eighth-grade teacher:

    Teachers are lacking funding, the printer in my classroom was funded by people who donated to my page on www.donorschoose.org.

  4. Anna Faris:

    We bought a camper van and traveled with a portable printer for school, jack has been handling this whole thing like a champ. I just feel very happy that my family is safe. And I don’t think I’ve ever been so present.

  5. Link Starbureiy:

    Printer drivers are the most important things in the history of the world.

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