bar printer
- noun
- Archaic
:
impresora de barra
- Unlike dot-matrix printers, a bar printer strikes the entire line simultaneously with a bar.
Examples
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The old bar printer in the warehouse was finally replaced by a modern laser printer.
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The company used a bar printer to handle invoices in the accounting department.
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The bar printer produced high-quality prints.
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Many bar printers are still used in certain industries.
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The company used a bar printer to handle invoices in the accounting department.
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Unlike dot-matrix printers, a bar printer strikes the entire line simultaneously with a bar.
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The old bar printer in the warehouse was finally replaced by a modern laser printer.
Synonyms
A printer that makes letters and pictures by hitting an ink ribbon against paper
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Morphology
The compound 'bar printer' is compositionally transparent: a B1 learner who knows 'bar' (a long rigid piece) and 'printer' (a device that prints) can infer it denotes a type of printer that uses a bar. The noun–noun construction matches common cross‑linguistic compounding patterns, so the specific technical detail (the bar carrying type slugs) is a predictable extension of the constituents.
Etymology
Bar printer comes from old machines with a long metal bar holding rows of letters that hit the paper to print a whole line at once. So, the name shows it is a 'printer' that uses a 'bar' to print entire lines.