| printer | | |
| n. (person) | 1. pressman, printer | someone whose occupation is printing. |
| ~ compositor, setter, typesetter, typographer | one who sets written material into type. |
| ~ proofreader, reader | someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections. |
| ~ skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker | a worker who has acquired special skills. |
| ~ bodoni, gianbattista bodoni | Italian printer who designed the Bodoni font (1740-1813). |
| ~ bradford, william bradford | United States printer (born in England) whose press produced the first American prayer book and the New York City's first newspaper (1663-1752). |
| ~ caxton, william caxton | English printer who in 1474 printed the first book in English (1422-1491). |
| ~ benjamin franklin, franklin | printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790). |
| ~ frederic goudy, frederic william goudy, goudy | United States printer noted for designing typefaces (1865-1947). |
| ~ gutenberg, johann gutenberg, johannes gutenberg | German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468). |
| n. (artifact) | 2. printer | (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing. |
| ~ dot matrix printer, dot printer, matrix printer | a printer that represents each character as a pattern of dots from a dot matrix. |
| ~ computer peripheral, peripheral, peripheral device | (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer.; "disk drives and printers are important peripherals" |
| ~ printing machine, printer | a machine that prints. |
| ~ computer science, computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. printer, printing machine | a machine that prints. |
| ~ addressing machine, addressograph | a printer that automatically prints addresses on letters for mailing. |
| ~ character-at-a-time printer, character printer, serial printer | a printer that prints a single character at a time. |
| ~ electrostatic printer | a printer that uses an electric charge to deposit toner on paper. |
| ~ impact printer | a printer that prints by mechanical impacts. |
| ~ line-at-a-time printer, line printer | printer that serves as an output device on a computer; prints a whole line of characters at a time. |
| ~ machine | any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks. |
| ~ page-at-a-time printer, page printer | a printer that prints one page at a time. |
| ~ printer | (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing. |
| ~ thermal printer | a printer that produces characters by applying heat to special paper that is sensitive to heat. |
| ~ typesetting machine | a printer that sets textual material in type. |
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