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The definition of a printer is a machine used to transfer text or images to paper, or a person or company whose job it is to produce text or images on paper.

(noun)

A device made by Canon or HP that you hook up to your computer and that uses ink to put images from your computer onto paper is an example of a printer.
The company that takes the proof of a newspaper and produces hundreds of copies of the paper is an example of a printer.

See printer in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a person whose work or business is printing
a device that prints; esp.
1. one that makes copies by chemical or photographic means
2. a device, controlled by a computer, that prints that computer's output on paper

See printer in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun