But what if the glass panels could simply have been printed with a 3D printer?
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
Although 3D plastic printers have been designed to work in space, metal is a lot harder.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The robots are not laser printers that print a synthetic font.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
We have one business where we recharge cartridges for laser printers.
Christianity Today (2000)
He once pushed a laser printer off a desk.
The Sun (2009)
The first one is cartridges for my printer.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Everyone knows that you should shop around for printer cartridges.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Being equipped with your own computer and printer is a cheap and effective way of cutting down on costs.
Evans, Andrew The Secrets of Musical Confidence (1994)
They make the printers cheap so you are caught and have to keep feeding them with all that expensive ink.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Look at colour laser printers instead.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Some 3D printers are huge devices that make complete components such as aircraft parts.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Welcome to the world of domestic 3D printers.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
For only a few hundred pounds, you can buy a printer that can make solid objects.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
On his desk are a laptop computer, a printer and a brass and green glass lamp.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
These readings can be fed into 3D printers to make replicas.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Currently he has a desk, a computer and a printer.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The Wrexham site will be used to run a recycling scheme for printer cartridges.
The Sun (2012)
If you are a printer cartridge, these are difficult times.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
LOTTERY tickets are sold in their millions and can be easily forged using a computer and normal printer.
The Sun (2006)
It hopes that once it has restructured the business it can re-emerge as a supplier of ink for computer printers.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
A printer makes a funny noise.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
DIY just got a lot easier with the 3D printer.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A decent laser printer and you're away.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
A 3D printer that makes a human ear?
The Sun (2013)
The first desktop laser printer was introduced by a computer company, Hewlett-Packard.
Al Ries and Jack Trout THE 22 IMMUTABLE LAWS OF MARKETING (1993)
It now makes printers, TVs and networking equipment.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Thanks to 3D printers and the sharing of designs online, making complex products in small batches is now feasible.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Word lists with
printer
parts of a computer
In other languages
printer
British English: printer /ˈprɪntə/ NOUN
person A printer is a person or firm whose job is printing books, leaflets, or similar material.
The manuscript has been sent off to the printer.
American English: printer person
Arabic: طِبَاع
Brazilian Portuguese: impressor
Chinese: 印刷工
Croatian: tiskar
Czech: tiskař
Danish: trykker
Dutch: drukker persoon
European Spanish: tipógrafo
Finnish: painaja
French: imprimeur
German: Drucker
Greek: τυπογράφος
Italian: tipografo
Japanese: 印刷業者
Korean: 인쇄업자
Norwegian: trykkeriarbeider
Polish: drukarz
European Portuguese: impressor
Romanian: tipograf
Russian: печатник
Latin American Spanish: tipógrafo
Swedish: tryckare
Thai: ผู้พิมพ์
Turkish: matbaacı
Ukrainian: працівник друкарні
Vietnamese: người làm nghề xuất bản
British English: printer /ˈprɪntə/ NOUN
machine A printer is a machine that can be connected to a computer in order to make copies on paper of information held by the computer.
American English: printer machine
Arabic: مَطْبَعَة
Brazilian Portuguese: impressora
Chinese: 打印机
Croatian: pisač
Czech: tiskárna
Danish: printer
Dutch: printer machine
European Spanish: impresora
Finnish: tulostin
French: imprimante
German: Drucker
Greek: εκτυπωτής
Italian: stampante
Japanese: 印刷機
Korean: 인쇄기
Norwegian: skriver
Polish: drukarka maszyna
European Portuguese: impressora
Romanian: imprimantă
Russian: принтер
Latin American Spanish: impresora
Swedish: skrivare
Thai: เครื่องพิมพ์
Turkish: yazıcı
Ukrainian: принтер
Vietnamese: máy in
All related terms of 'printer'
chain printer
a line printer in which the type is on a continuous chain , used to print computer output
image printer
a printer which uses optical technology to produce an image of a complete page from digital input
laser printer
A laser printer is a computer printer that produces clear words and pictures by using laser beams.
line printer
an electromechanical device that prints a line of characters at a time rather than a character at a time, at speeds from about 200 to 3000 lines per minute : used in printing and in computer systems
colour printer
a printer that prints in colour on paper
duplex printer
a printer that can make double-sided printouts
impact printer
any printing device in which the printing surface strikes the paper , such as a traditional typewriter or a line printer
jobbing printer
a person who prints mainly commercial and display work rather than books or newspapers
matrix printer
a printer in which each character is produced as an array of dots by a printhead
optical printer
a film printer used in making optical effects, consisting basically of a camera that photographs the image with special lenses to enlarge , reduce, distort , etc., and a projector that transfers the image to the print stock , as distinguished from a contact printer
rotary printer
a machine for printing from a revolving cylinder , or a plate attached to one, usually onto a continuous strip of paper
thermal printer
a printer that produces characters by burning the image on specially coated paper
printer's ink
a type of quick-drying ink used in printing
printer's mark
a piece of type with several uncombined characters cast on it
printer's ream
516 sheets of paper
bubble-jet printer
an ink-jet printer that heats the ink before printing
dot matrix printer
a printer that forms all characters from a grid of dots that can be selectively inked
electrothermal printer
a printer that produces characters by burning the image on specially coated paper
ink-jet printer
a machine that prints using a method of printing streams of electrically charged ink
non-impact printer
any printing device in which the images are created without being struck onto the paper, such as a laser printer or ink-jet printer
printer's devil
an apprentice or errand boy in a printing establishment
printer's error
a misprint or misspelling in a text
printer's reader
a person employed to read proofs and indicate errors
daisy-wheel printer
a type of printer that uses a daisywheel
job printing
commercial printing of such items as letterheads, circulars , invitations , etc.
three-dimensional printing
the creation of solid objects by building up multiple layers, each layer corresponding to a plan held in a digital file