printer

1. Someone whose occupation is printing (synset 110494882)
   is a type of: skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills
   subtypes:

   • compositor, setter, typesetter, typographer - one who sets written material into type
   • proofreader, reader - someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections
   specific instances:

   • bodoni, gianbattista bodoni - Italian printer who designed the Bodoni font (1740-1813)
   • bradford, william bradford - United States printer (born in England) whose press produced the first American prayer book and the New York City's first newspaper (1663-1752)
   • caxton, william caxton - English printer who in 1474 printed the first book in English (1422-1491)
   • benjamin franklin, franklin - printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790)
   • frederic goudy, frederic william goudy, goudy - United States printer noted for designing typefaces (1865-1947)
   • gutenberg, johann gutenberg, johannes gutenberg - German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468)
   same as: pressman
2. (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing (synset 104011143)
   referred to in: computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
   is a type of:

   • computer peripheral, peripheral, peripheral device - electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer
   • printer, printing machine - a machine that prints
   subtypes: dot matrix printer, dot printer, matrix printer - a printer that represents each character as a pattern of dots from a dot matrix
3. A machine that prints (synset 104010851)
   is a type of: machine - any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
   subtypes:

   • addressing machine, addressograph - a printer that automatically prints addresses on letters for mailing
   • character printer, character-at-a-time printer, serial printer - a printer that prints a single character at a time
   • electrostatic printer - a printer that uses an electric charge to deposit toner on paper
   • impact printer - a printer that prints by mechanical impacts
   • line printer, line-at-a-time printer - printer that serves as an output device on a computer; prints a whole line of characters at a time
   • page printer, page-at-a-time printer - a printer that prints one page at a time
   • printer - (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing
   • thermal printer - a printer that produces characters by applying heat to special paper that is sensitive to heat
   • typesetting machine - a printer that sets textual material in type
   same as: printing machine

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