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printing Definition

print·ing (print′iŋ)

noun

  1. the act of a person or thing that prints
  2. the production of printed matter
  3. the art of a printer
  4. something printed; esp., a reprint, revision, or edition, as of a book
  5. impression (sense )
  6. written letters made like printed ones
printing Synonyms

printing

n.

  1. A process of reproduction

    typography, composition, type-setting, presswork.

  2. Printed matter

    line, page, sheet; see print 1.

  3. Publication

    issuing, issuance, distribution; see publication 1.

printing Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • offset: Its produced by Regulus and is normally used for offset printing.
  • photocopy: DVDs and CDs ), photocopying, printing and if you return loaned items late.
  • resume: The printer then automatically warms up and resumes printing.
  • suppress: If 0 suppresses printing and produces a map on disk in standard format.
  • disable: If you using a Macintosh disable background printing in the Chooser.

Adjective modifier

  • litho: Traditional, commercial litho printing, using a big press with high setup costs - ideal for larger print runs.
  • double-sided: Printers We have three laser printers, two of which can do double-sided printing.
  • lithographic: Services include in-house design services, lithographic printing, digital printing and large format printing.
  • monochrome: There is a brightness control, and a removable filter to increase brightness for monochrome printing.
  • pc-free: Plus, the newly designed operating panel includes a USB interface for effortless PC-free printing of PDF files.
  • mono: Room 201 facilitates free mono, free color and payable mono laser printing.

Modifies a noun

  • ink: Stuart Foster During the 1980s Stuart Foster worked in the printing ink industry.
  • press: The modern day printing press was invented in 1450 by a German.
  • postscript: KPDL Error Press CONTINUE The printer has an error when printing PostScript.

Noun used with modifier

  • inkjet: Inkjet printing is easy and convenient, tempting you to make more prints than ever.
  • calico: The palace had been sold and converted into a bleaching works and calico printing factory after the last Archbishop had left in the 1770s.
  • stencil: Experience Our experienced team has extensive knowledge and practical experience of both stencil printing and surface mount technology.
  • ink-jet: In partnership with Fujifilm Electronic Imaging, ink-jet printing machines will be developed for future applications.
  • duplex: Duplex printing Duplex printing is the ability of a printer to print on both sides of a sheet of paper.
  • laser: My laser printing was crashing my computer with power surges even connected to a UPS.
printing Quotes

He who first shortened the labour of copyists by device of MovableTypes was disbanding hired armies, and cashiering most Kings and Senates, and creating a whole newdemocratic world: hehad inventedtheart of printing.

—Carlyle,Thomas

Vim et virtutem et consequentias rerum inventarum notare juvat; quae non in aliis manifestius occurrunt, quam in illis tribus quae antiquis incognitae, et quarum primordia, licet recentia, obscura et ingloria sunt: Artis nimirum Imprimendi, PulverisTormentarii, et Acus Nauticae. Haec enim tria rerum faciem et statum in orbe terrarum mutaverunt. It is well to observe the force and virtue and consequence of discoveries, and these are to be seen nowhere more conspicuously than in those three which were unknown to the ancients, and of which the origin, though recent, is obscure and inglorious; namely, printing, gunpowder and the magnet [ie the compass]. For thesethreehave changedthewholefaceand stateof things throughout the world.

—Bacon, Francis,Viscount St Albans

Now, sir, there isthelibertyof thepress, whichyou know is a constant topic. Suppose you and I and two hundred more were restrained from printing our thoughts: what then? What proportionwould that restraint uponusbear to the private happiness of the nation?

—Johnson, Samuel known as Dr Johnson