printers

noun

(computer hardware) A device, usually attached to a computer, used to print text or images onto paper; an analogous device capable of producing three-dimensional objects.

(printing) The operator of a printing press or the owner of a printing business; (metonymic) any printing business.

One who makes prints.

Roots

premoprint- · Latin · press

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