a person or thing that prints, esp. a person whose occupation is printing.

Computers . an output device that produces a paper copy of alphanumeric or graphic data.

an instrument that automatically records telegraphic messages by means of a printing mechanism activated by incoming signals.

Movies . a photographic machine through which either the negative or positive of a master print can be run, together with unexposed film, to make a duplicate.

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compositor , pressperson , publisher , typographer , ball printer , character printer , color printer , daisy-wheel printer , dot-matrix printer , graphics printer , ink-jet printer , laser printer , lcd printer , led printer , line printer , thermal printer , linotyper , lithographer , machine , pressman , typesetter