Definition of PRINTER

Examples of printer in a Sentence

I need a new printer for my office. Benjamin Franklin was originally a printer. The manuscript was sent to the printer yesterday.

Recent Examples on the Web

Office Date Brooks accompanies someone to an office party where someone else snorts printer toner. — Jessica Macleish, Teen Vogue, "A Ranking of All the Dates in Noah Centineo's "The Perfect Date"," 12 Apr. 2019 Supporters have pulled off some seriously major stunts, including taking out a Times Square billboard and reportedly hacking into 50,000 printers around the world in the name of promoting the meme. — Aja Romano, Vox, "PewDiePie resides at the center of what seems to be a growing divide between YouTube subcultures," 14 Dec. 2018 Archivists believe that a professor Thomas Purdie purchased the chart from its German printers in 1885 for three marks and received it in 1888. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "World's Oldest Periodic Table Found in Storage," 18 Jan. 2019 The publication of the Encyclopédie involved a long scuffle between editors, printers, the Jesuits, the state, the official censor, King Louis XV’s mistress and the contributors, who were often at variance among themselves. — Dan Hofstadter, WSJ, "‘Diderot’ Review: Wherever His Mind Led Him," 15 Feb. 2019 Hobbyists and members of the maker movement use desktop 3D printers, typically costing a few thousand dollars, to print plastic parts from digital designs. — Jason Pontin, WIRED, "3D Printing Is the Future of Factories (for Real This Time)," 11 July 2018 Stephan Plannck, a 15th Century printer, made copies of the missive shortly after the explorer penned it in 1493 to share news of Columbus’ travels with the rest of Europe, authorities said. — Jared Gilmour, miamiherald, "ICE tracks down 500-year-old stolen Columbus letter, sends it back to Spain," 7 June 2018 In May 2014, as the fourth issue of the magazine was headed for the printer, Broussard was diagnosed with endometrial cancer, which affects the lining of the uterus. — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, "Meet Virginians who would be helped by a Medicaid expansion," 21 May 2018 In the weeks leading up to the competition, Durr spent countless hours using the UW’s 3D printers to make component parts. — Katherine Long, The Seattle Times, "UW students and their attack robots hit bumps in China — then a hotel hair dryer saved the day," 17 Aug. 2018

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