printer
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈprɪntər/
:
impresora
- We have a printer downstairs, a really simple HP printer that costs next to nothing.
- a color printer
- a laser printer
- an inkjet printer
I don't have a USB printer, so I don't know you.
- I don't have a USB printer, so I don't know you.
- All you need is a printer and you're good to go.
- So one of these big, you know, large format printers with high resolution and so on.
- So I'm going to crack open one of these vintage Game Boy printer paper things.
- Is it underneath the printer swear piece of dilt?
Examples
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Do you have a printer?
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Was that the sound of my HP printer printing?
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This is essentially a printer and this is all you need.
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So we'll select print to that printer and we'll press print.
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All you need is a printer and you're good to go.
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It is amazing what you can do on your printer at home.
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She doesn't even know how to use a printer.
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Turn on the printer.
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MILO watches him walk over to the printer, collect his hardcopy, and disappear from view.
Fiction book (2001) -
I need to buy a new printer to replace my old one.
Synonyms
6
3.4
A machine that uses a laser to put powder on paper for clear, fast printing
6
3.3
A printer that sprays tiny drops of ink onto paper
1
2.8
A machine that puts words and pictures onto paper
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4.5
A machine that makes letters and pictures on paper using dots
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2.8
A machine that prints words and pictures by spraying tiny drops of ink onto paper
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4.4
A fast machine that prints whole lines of text at once
A name people use for any laser printer regardless of brand
A machine like a photocopier or laser printer that makes pages with toner
A printer that uses heat to make tiny bubbles of ink and spray them onto paper
A printer that uses heat to make tiny ink bubbles and prints them on paper
A machine that makes one whole page at a time by storing it in memory
A machine that makes one page at a time
A fast machine that makes whole lines of letters and numbers using a rotating drum
A machine that prints by using heat on special paper
A machine that puts letters or numbers on paper one at a time using a serial port
Compounds
1
2.8
A machine that prints words and pictures by spraying tiny drops of ink onto paper
- Archaic
A printer that uses heat to make tiny ink bubbles and prints them on paper
- Archaic
A fast, noisy machine that hits metal letters against paper to make many pages of text
- Specialized
A printer that prints one letter or number at a time instead of a whole line
- Archaic
A printer that makes letters by hitting a wheel with petal-like parts against an ink ribbon
- Archaic
A fast machine that makes whole lines of letters and numbers using a rotating drum
- Specialized
A printer that uses static electricity to move toner onto paper
- Archaic
A machine that prints a whole line at once by hitting paper with a moving bar
- Archaic
A machine used with computers that puts a whole line of text on paper at once
- Archaic
A printer that makes letters and pictures by hitting an ink ribbon against paper
- Archaic
A machine that puts letters or numbers on paper one at a time using a serial port
- Archaic
A printer that makes letters and pictures by hitting paper with small needles
- Archaic
A machine that prints letters and numbers as small dots using thin wires that hit an ink ribbon
- Archaic
A printer that makes letters from dots by striking paper with thin metal wires
- Specialized
A machine like a photocopier or laser printer that makes pages with toner
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Morphology
Etymology
Printer comes from the verb print, which comes from the Latin imprimere meaning 'press in' or 'press'. Early printing used a strong press to push ink onto paper, so a printer is a machine that makes words or pictures appear on paper.