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# printer

noun (printer, printers)

«printer» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A printer is a machine that prints words and pictures on paper from a computer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/printer/#m1)
2. A printer is also a person or company whose job is printing books, newspapers or posters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/printer/#m2)
3. A 3D printer builds solid objects layer by layer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/printer/#m3)

### In the lessons

In school maths: a machine printing pages at a rate (pages per minute); time = pages ÷ rate; two printers working together add their rates; sheets of paper in the tray. In everyday life: printing homework, out of ink, a paper jam. In history: the printing press made books cheap. Phrases: «printer ink», «paper jam», «3D printer», «laser printer».

### Examples

- A printer prints 15 pages a minute. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/printer/#x1)
- Two printers work together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/printer/#x2)
- The printer has 200 sheets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/printer/#x3)
- How long to print 90 pages? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/printer/#x4)
- The printer has run out of ink. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/printer/#x5)
- There's a paper jam in the printer again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/printer/#x6)
- Our school 3D printer made a plastic dinosaur. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/printer/#x7)
- Send the photo to the printer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/printer/#x8)

### Note

Countable: «a printer». Maths: a rate: time = pages ÷ rate. Trap: two printers together add their rates (15 + 15 = 30 pages a minute), so the time halves.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «printer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/printer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«printer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/printer.html) on Mova free.