If copies of a book are printed and published on a number of different occasions, you can refer to each of these occasions as a printing.
The American edition of this book is already in its third printing.
2. See also print
printing in British English
(ˈprɪntɪŋ)
noun
1.
a.
the process, business, or art of producing printed matter
b.
(as modifier)
printing ink
2.
printed text
3. Also called: impression
all the copies of a book or other publication printed at one time
4.
a form of writing in which letters resemble printed letters
printing in American English
(ˈprɪntɪŋ)
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 7) impression (sense 7c)
6.
written letters made like printed ones
Examples of 'printing' in a sentence
printing
This has left the economic system wholly reliant on the printing presses for any semblance of growth.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Will 3D printing technology revolutionise surgical procedures?
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
What software do HP use to manage firm 's printing infrastructure?
Computing (2010)
The printing firm sales boss took his snap on a transit bus taking passengers to the plane.
The Sun (2012)
His father ran a printing business and his mother was a hairdresser.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Witness the hysteria at the birth of the printing press.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It was not until printing technology had moved on that cards became more popular.
Judith Flanders Consuming Passions: Leisure and Pleasure in Victorian Britain (2006)
He had been chairman of a large building company and ran a printing firm.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
His father owned a printing business and his mother kept a dress shop.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The open plan and large hall for the printing presses offers highly flexible space.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But his printing business is bankrupt and he takes on the assignment.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
After the war he joined an uncle as a partner in a printing and photography business.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He realised that the skill and artistry involved in processing and printing film were as important as capturing the meaningful image.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Perhaps the most striking prospect in space manufacturing is 3D printing.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Those eight pages had gone through an expensive printing process - just to end up blank.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
And 3D printing is about to get very big.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
There's only so much you can read about printing processes.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Government borrowing mounts, the printing presses turn out billions of newly minted dollars.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It freed people from buying, processing and printing film.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It is eagerly buying western 3D printing technology and making its own lightweight machines to sell to consumers.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
She is now MD of a digital printing firm.
The Sun (2014)
What was the status of geographical knowledge and book printing in Renaissance Florence?
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
We're doing an edition just cutting them out and testing it with 3D printing.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The company also claims that future advances in 3D printing will allow military commanders to make different kinds of drones as and when they need them.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
No. My father had a printing firm but he's sold up now.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In other languages
printing
British English: printing NOUN
If copies of a book are printed and published on a number of different occasions, you can refer to each of these occasions as a printing.
The book is already in its third printing.
American English: printing
Brazilian Portuguese: tiragem
Chinese: > 印刷一次
European Spanish: edición
French: tirage
German: Auflage
Italian: stampa
Japanese: ～刷
Korean: ~쇄
European Portuguese: tiragem
Latin American Spanish: edición
All related terms of 'printing'
print
If someone prints something such as a book or newspaper, they produce it in large quantities using a machine.
jet printing
See ink-jet printing
job printing
commercial printing of such items as letterheads, circulars , invitations , etc.
printing ink
a type of quick-drying ink used in printing
block printing
printing from hand engraved or carved blocks of wood or linoleum
double printing
the exposure of the same positive photographic emulsion to two or more negatives , resulting in the superimposition of multiple images after development
duplex printing
a feature of some printers allowing them automatically to do double-sided printing
offset printing
a printing process in which the inked impression is first made on a rubber-covered roller , then transferred to paper
printing error
a misprint or misspelling in a text
printing frame
a device in a darkroom for holding negatives against photographic paper for printing
printing house
a company engaged in the business of producing printed matter
printing office
an establishment or a department in which printing is carried out
printing paper
sensitized paper for printing photographic positives
printing press
A printing press is a machine used for printing, especially one that can print books, newspapers , or documents in large numbers .
printing works
an establishment in which printing is carried out
screen printing
a method of printing using a fine mesh of silk , nylon , etc, treated with an impermeable coating except in the areas through which ink is subsequently forced onto the paper behind
chromatic printing
printing from blocks or types inked with various colours
printing industry
the industry engaged in the business of producing printed matter
process printing
a method of making reproductions of a coloured picture , usually by using four halftone plates for different coloured inks
ink-jet printing
a high-speed typing or printing process in which charged droplets of ink issuing from nozzles are directed onto paper under computer control
silkscreen printing
a method of printing using a fine mesh of silk , nylon , etc, treated with an impermeable coating except in the areas through which ink is subsequently forced onto the paper behind
rotary printing press
a machine for printing from a revolving cylinder , or a plate attached to one, usually onto a continuous strip of paper
draft-quality printing
low-quality , high-speed output in printed form from a printer linked to a word processor
letter-quality printing
high-quality output in printed form from a printer linked to a word processor
printer's ink
a type of quick-drying ink used in printing
print out
If a computer or a machine attached to a computer prints something out , it produces a copy of it on paper .
Government Printing Office
(in the US) the government department that is in charge of disseminating official information from the legislative , executive , and judicial branches of the national government
three-dimensional printing
the creation of solid objects by building up multiple layers, each layer corresponding to a plan held in a digital file
carbon process
a photographic process for producing positive prints by exposing sensitized carbon tissue to light passing through a negative . Washing removes the unexposed gelatine leaving the pigmented image in the exposed insoluble gelatine
printer's error
a misprint or misspelling in a text
print shop
A print shop is a small business which prints and copies things such as documents and cards for customers .
flexography
a method of rotary letterpress printing using a resilient printing plate and solvent-based ink : used characteristically for printing on metal foil or plastic