printers
Devices producing documents
Printers are machines that produce text or images on paper or other materials.
The term covers everything from home inkjet printers to commercial printing presses.
In computing, a printer receives data from a computer and renders it as a physical document: The printer is out of ink.
Historically, a printer was a person who operated a printing press or ran a print shop—a trade that shaped publishing for centuries.
Spray-based printing method
- multifunctionHaving several uses
- dot-matrixPoints arranged in grids
- thermalPertaining to warmth
- plotterMachinator or diagram machine
photocopier · scanner · fax · cartridge · toner · printhead · nozzle · resolution
Sealed container for supplies
- tonerImaging powder or facial astringent
- cyanBlue-green hue
- magentaVivid purplish-red hue
- yellowHue between green and orange
black · pigment · dye · refill · reservoir · printhead · nozzle · smudge
Printing press inventor's name
- compositorOne who arranges type
- typesetterArranges text for printing
- journeymanQualified trade worker
- apprenticeLearner bound to employer
guild · printshop · chase · platen · galley · proof · impression · broadside
Company releasing books
- pressApply force downward
- imprintMark from applied pressure
- editionSingle published version
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
copy-editor · layout · pagination · hardcover · paperback · binding · ISBN · frontmatter
Compensate by opposing force
- lithographyGrease-based flat plate printing
- gravureRecessed-plate printing method
- flexographyRaised-plate printing method
- digitalOf discrete data
halftone · CMYK · registration · bleed · imposition · prepress · proofing · overprint
inkjet
Spray-based printing method
- multifunctionHaving several uses
- dot-matrixPoints arranged in grids
- thermalPertaining to warmth
plotter · photocopier · scanner · fax · cartridge · toner · printhead · nozzle · resolution · spooler
cartridge
Sealed container for supplies
yellow · black · pigment · dye · refill · reservoir · printhead · nozzle · smudge · bleed
Gutenberg
Printing press inventor's name
- compositorOne who arranges type
- typesetterArranges text for printing
- journeymanQualified trade worker
apprentice · guild · printshop · chase · platen · galley · proof · impression · broadside · pamphlet
publisher
Company releasing books
manuscript · copy-editor · layout · pagination · hardcover · paperback · binding · ISBN · frontmatter · colophon
offset
Compensate by opposing force
- lithographyGrease-based flat plate printing
- gravureRecessed-plate printing method
- flexographyRaised-plate printing method
digital · halftone · CMYK · registration · bleed · imposition · prepress · proofing · overprint · trapping
font
Character style set
- typefaceLettering style design
- serifLetter terminal flourish
- sans-serifType without terminal strokes
Helvetica · Times · Futura · Arial · kerning · leading · ligature · em-dash · glyph · baseline
- equipmentconstruction equipment, medical equipment, industrial equipment, office equipment, farm equipment
- productsappliances, automobiles, cars, clothing, computers
- publishingpublishers, editors, editor, publishing house, books
- airport loungesairline lounge, VIP lounge, business lounge, executive lounge, first class lounge
- computer labscomputer labs, computers, desktops, workstations, desktop computers
- copy shop servicescopiers, scanners, color copies, enlargements, reductions
printersscanners
Signal detection devices
document scanners · barcode readers · cameras · digitizers · input devices
- printed outProduced on paper
- 3D printerMachine that extrudes material into shapes
- printer inkPigmented liquid for printing
- laser printerLight-beam document output device
- inkjet printerDevice spraying liquid onto paper
- color printerMachine producing multicolored pages