thermal printer
- noun
- /ˈθɜrməl ˈprɪntər/
- Specialized
:
impresora térmica
- Thermal printers use heat to transfer the marking material from some intermediate carrier—typically Mylar ribbon—to the paper.
- thermal printers use
Examples
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The 40-column thermal printers are powered from an AC or DC power source between 8 and 30 V. A 110-V AC external transformer is supplied.
Academic text (1996) -
Think about A4 thermal printers that are like long cylinders where the print rolls out.
Blog text (17) -
Thermal printers are conceptually the simplest of the various printer types.
Academic text (1992) -
The second type of thermal printer uses a ribbon with a coating of sublimable dye.
Academic text (1992) -
Thermal printers are available in a wide variety of sizes and capabilities from such vendors as QMS, Calcomp, Sharp, Kodak, and 3M.
Academic text (1992) -
Many businesses prefer using a thermal printer for printing receipts quickly and efficiently.
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At the event, I noticed they were using a thermal printer to create name tags on the spot.
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The thermal printer produced clear images on the specialized paper, making it ideal for high-quality prints.
Synonyms
80
1.0
A machine that makes text or pictures on paper from a computer
How Noisy
- Archaic
1
4.4
- Archaic
- Archaic
1
5.7
6
3.4
- Specialized
6
3.3
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound combines 'thermal' (related to heat) with 'printer' (a device that prints), so a learner who knows both words can infer it is a printer that uses heat to produce images or text. This modifier + noun composition is compositional and common cross-linguistically, making the meaning immediately derivable for B1 learners.
Etymology
Thermal printer gets its name from how it prints: a hot part touches special 'heat-sensitive' paper and the heat makes dark marks to form letters or pictures. So thermal explains the 'heat' method and the phrase means a printer that uses 'heat' to print.