n. (Computers) A type of printer used as a peripheral device for computers, in which the color is applied to the paper by spraying liquid ink onto paper through tiny orifices in a moving print head, to construct the desired pattern on the paper by placing one dot or several dots at a time on the paper. [ PJC ]
n. A printer controlled by a computer, using a laser beam to produce images in a fine dot-matrix pattern of charge on an electrostatic drum, to which fine particles of ink are subsequently caused to adhere, and the image of which is subsequently transferred to paper or another type of material in sheet form. It is capable of high-speed production of images with a higher resolution than those from dot-matrix impact printers. [ PJC ]
n. One who prints; especially, one who prints books, newspapers, engravings, etc., a compositor; a typesetter; a pressman. [ 1913 Webster ]
Printer's devil,
Printer's gauge
Printer's ink.
n. A place where cloth is printed; print works; also, a printing office. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who reprints. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who sprints; one who runs in sprint races;