printing
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈprɪntɪŋ/
:
impresión
- This is the ink they use in the printing press that prints the magazines.
- color printing
- printing process
- printing press
And they don't have, they can't just print, turn on the printing presses.
- And they don't have, they can't just print, turn on the printing presses.
Examples
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In the future, we can expect simple and easy-to-use digital color printing to become more commonplace.
Academic text (1992) -
To produce additional copies, a film master must be made and the printing process repeated.
Academic text (1992) -
But fact is we're just not doing a whole lot of printing these days.
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You could put your printing to some practical use.
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The book claims that its first printing was one million copies.
Academic text (1990) -
Marvel had started to change the paper and the printing process.
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If you provide your own camera-ready copy, the cost of printing can be greatly reduced.
Academic text (1990) -
The shift from offset to digital printing had jeopardized the more established methods by which Richard and many printers like him earned their living.
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Early in the history of printing, woodcuts already reproduced other works of art.
Academic text (2011) -
The printing of the annual report took longer than expected due to technical issues.
Synonyms
1
3.0
A way of making copies of text or pictures by putting ink on paper
Printing text or pictures on paper with a large machine
Making many copies of writing or pictures, usually by printing
An action a computer does to make paper copies of a document
Compounds
- Formal
1
4.8
A former U.S. agency that printed and bound official government documents
1
6.8
A United States government office that designs and prints paper money and other secure government papers
- Specialized
1
4.9
A printing method that transfers ink from a metal plate to a rubber sheet and then to paper
- Archaic
A printing method that uses a glass plate covered in gelatin to make very detailed photos, sometimes in color
- Specialized
A printing method that moves an image from a raised plate to a roller before printing on material
- Specialized
A printing method where an image is cut into a metal plate and the cuts hold ink to make prints
- Specialized
A printing method where you press ink on raised parts of a block onto paper
- Specialized
A printing method that uses a metal plate and a rubber sheet to print images on paper
- Specialized
A printing method using a flat surface where ink sticks to some parts and not others
A former U.S. government agency that printed and bound official documents for Congress and other federal offices
A former government office that made and put together official United States documents for Congress and federal departments
How Traditional
18
2.8
- Archaic
3
7.2
- Specialized
31
1.0
- Specialized
1
4.9
- Specialized
6
3.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Printing comes from the Latin imprimere meaning 'to press', because early printers pressed ink onto paper or wood. That's why printing means the process of producing text or images by putting ink on paper.