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print·er

(prĭn′tər)

1. One that prints, especially one whose occupation is printing.

2. A device that prints text or graphics on paper.

3. A 3D printer.

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printer

(ˈprɪntə)

1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a person or business engaged in printing

2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a machine or device that prints

3. (Computer Science) computing an output device for printing results on paper

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print•er

(ˈprɪn tər)

n.

1. a person or firm engaged in the business of printing.

2. a machine used for printing.

3. a computer output device that produces a paper copy of data or graphics.

[1495–1505]

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Noun	1.	printer - someone whose occupation is printing pressman compositor, setter, typesetter, typographer - one who sets written material into type proofreader, reader - someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills
	2.	printer - (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing dot matrix printer, dot printer, matrix printer - a printer that represents each character as a pattern of dots from a dot matrix computer peripheral, peripheral, peripheral device - (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer; "disk drives and printers are important peripherals" printing machine, printer - a machine that prints computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
	3.	printer - a machine that prints printing machine addressing machine, Addressograph - a printer that automatically prints addresses on letters for mailing character printer, character-at-a-time printer, serial printer - a printer that prints a single character at a time electrostatic printer - a printer that uses an electric charge to deposit toner on paper impact printer - a printer that prints by mechanical impacts line printer, line-at-a-time printer - printer that serves as an output device on a computer; prints a whole line of characters at a time machine - any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks page printer, page-at-a-time printer - a printer that prints one page at a time printer - (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing thermal printer - a printer that produces characters by applying heat to special paper that is sensitive to heat typesetting machine - a printer that sets textual material in type

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impresora impresor tipógrafo

printer

[ˈprɪntəʳ] N

1. (= person) → impresor(a) m/f
printer's ink → tinta f de imprenta
printer's mark → pie m de imprenta

2. (Comput) (= machine) → impresora f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

print

(print) noun

1. a mark made by pressure. a footprint; a fingerprint.huella, marca

2. printed lettering. I can't read the print in this book.letra, caracteres

3. a photograph made from a negative. I entered three prints for the photographic competition.copia

4. a printed reproduction of a painting or drawing. grabado

verb

1. to mark (letters etc) on paper (by using a printing press etc). The invitations will be printed on white paper.imprimir

2. to publish (a book, article etc) in printed form. His new novel will be printed next month.publicar, editar

3. to produce (a photographic image) on paper. He develops and prints his own photographs.imprimir, sacar una copia

4. to mark designs on (cloth etc). When the cloth has been woven, it is dyed and printed.estampar

5. to write, using capital letters. Please print your name and address. escribir en mayúsculas

ˈprinter noun

1. a machine that prints texts from a computer. impresora

2. a person who prints books, newspapers etc. impresor

ˈprinting noun

the work of a printer. impresión, tipografía

ˈprinting-press noun

(also press) a machine for printing. prensa

ˈprint-out noun

the printed information given by a computer. impresión

in / out of print

(of books) available/unavailable to be bought from the publisher. That book has been out of print for years. tener/no tener posibilidades (de)

printer

→ impresora , tipógrafo

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Is there a color printer? (US)
Is there a colour printer? (UK) → Máte tu barevnou tiskárnu? → Er der en farveprinter? → Gibt es hier einen Farbdrucker? → ¿Hay impresora en color? → Onko täällä väritulostinta? → Il y a une imprimante couleur ? → Imate li pisač u boji? → C'è una stampante a colori? → 컬러 프린터가 있나요? → Is er een kleurenprinter? → Er det en fargeskriver her? → Czy jest tu kolorowa drukarka? → Tem uma impressora colorida? → Finns det en färgskrivare? → Renkli yazıcı var mı? → Có máy in màu không? → 有彩色打印机吗？

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"To-day, about three o'clock, the proofs of this paper arrived from the printers. The exercise consists of half a chapter of Thucydides.

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In that day there were few salaried editors in the country outside of New York, and the only hope we could have was of some place as printers in an office which we might finally buy.

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We encourage the preachers, the editors, the printers, etc., to work on Sunday, and imagine that none of the sin of it falls upon us; but I do not know how we are going to get around the fact that if it is wrong for the printer to work at his trade on Sunday it must be equally wrong for the preacher to work at his, since the commandment has made no exception in his favor.

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It was evident that the squabble with the printer had not affected his equanimity.

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It must blaze up, indeed, with a great brilliance the dull printer's ink expended on the assemblage of the few letters that form the ship's name to the anxious eyes scanning the page in fear and trembling.

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"I don't know what to say to that," said Sancho, "unless that the historian made a mistake, or perhaps it might be a blunder of the printer's."

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Two hundred years later, when The Vision of Piers the Ploughman was first printed, the printer in his preface explained alliterative verse very well.

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How D'Artagnan became acquainted with a Poet, who had turned Printer for the sake of printing his own Verses

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"It is a very old name, and, as well as I recollect, he was the first printer that appeared in Denmark."

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Then Durham's bosses picked out twenty of the biggest; the "two hundred" proved to have been a printer's error.

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What glorious rows of head-lines they must have seen as a last vision beautiful, never destined to materialize in printer's ink!

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But we must get down into the Vale again, and so away by the Great Western Railway to town, for time and the printer's devil press, and it is a terrible long and slippery descent, and a shocking bad road.

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