Printing : (noun)
1: text handwritten in the style of printed matter
2: the business of printing
3: reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication
[syn: printing process]
4: all the copies of a work printed at one time; "they ran off
an initial printing of 2000 copies" [syn: impression]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Print \Print\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Printed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Printing.] [Abbrev. fr. imprint. See Imprint, and Press
to squeeze.]
1. To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea,
etc., into or upon something.
A look will print a thought that never may remove.
--Surrey.
Upon his breastplate he beholds a dint, Which in
that field young Edward's sword did print. --Sir
John Beaumont.
Perhaps some footsteps printed in the clay.
--Roscommon.
2. To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or
mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.
Forth on his fiery steed betimes he rode, That
scarcely prints the turf on which he trod. --Dryden.
3. Specifically: To strike off an impression or impressions
of, from type, or from stereotype, electrotype, or
engraved plates, or the like; in a wider sense, to do the
typesetting, presswork, etc., of (a book or other
publication); as, to print books, newspapers, pictures; to
print an edition of a book.
4. To stamp or impress with colored figures or patterns; as,
to print calico.
5. (Photog.) To take (a copy, a positive picture, etc.), from
a negative, a transparent drawing, or the like, by the
action of light upon a sensitized surface.
Printed goods, textile fabrics printed in patterns,
especially cotton cloths, or calicoes.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Printing : \Print"ing\, n.
The act, art, or practice of impressing letters, characters,
or figures on paper, cloth, or other material; the business
of a printer, including typesetting and presswork, with their
adjuncts; typography; also, the act of producing photographic
prints.
Block printing. See under Block.
Printing frame (Photog.), a shallow box, usually having a
glass front, in which prints are made by exposure to
light.
Printing house, a printing office.
Printing ink, ink used in printing books, newspapers, etc.
It is composed of lampblack or ivory black mingled with
linseed or nut oil, made thick by boiling and burning.
Other ingredients are employed for the finer qualities.
--Ure.
Printing office, a place where books, pamphlets, or
newspapers, etc., are printed.
Printing paper, paper used in the printing of books,
pamphlets, newspapers, and the like, as distinguished from
writing paper, wrapping paper, etc.
Printing press, a press for printing, books, newspaper,
handbills, etc.
Printing wheel, a wheel with letters or figures on its
periphery, used in machines for paging or numbering, or in
ticket-printing machines, typewriters, etc.; a type wheel.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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PRINTING. The art of impressing letters; the art of making books or papers
by impressing legible characters.
2. The right to print is guaranteed by law, and the abuse of the right
renders the guilty person liable to punishment. See Libel,; Liberty of the
Press; Press.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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