# printer

Pronunciation: US say "PRIN-tur" /ˈpɹɪntɚ/; UK/AUS say "PRIN-tuh" /ˈpɹɪntə(ɹ)/

## Noun

1. A device, usually connected to a computer, that prints text or images onto paper, or a similar machine that produces three-dimensional objects.
   - Simple: A machine connected to a computer that puts words and pictures onto paper, or that makes solid objects.
   - _The office printer jammed again just before the deadline._
   - _Modern printers can produce three-dimensional models from a design file._
2. The operator of a printing press or the owner of a printing business; also, by extension, the printing business itself.
   - Simple: A person who runs a printing press, or a business that prints things like books and newspapers.
   - _The author thanked the printer who set the first edition by hand._
   - _Several local printers competed for the magazine contract._
3. A person who creates prints, such as etchings, engravings, woodcuts, or lithographs, by transferring ink from a prepared surface to paper.
   - Simple: A person who makes pictures by printing them from a special plate, block, or stone.
   - _The printer inked the copper plate and pressed a sheet of paper over it._
   - _Many printers number each impression to show how many copies exist._

## Origin

Formed from "print" combined with the suffix "-er."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/printer (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).