c. 1500, "person who prints books, etc.," agent noun from print (v.). As a mechanical device from 1859, originally in telegraphy. In the computer sense, from 1946. Printer's bible (c. 1702) so called from mistaken substitution of printers for princes in Psalm cxix:161, which led to the misreading:
Printers have persecuted me without a cause.
双语例句
1. computer consumables such as disks and printer cartridges
如磁盘、打印机墨盒之类的电脑耗材
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2. a daisy wheel printer
菊瓣字轮打印机
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3. Click on the printer icon with the mouse.
用鼠标点击打印机图标。
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4. the interface between computer and printer
计算机和打印机之间的接口
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5. The printer has left out two lines from this paragraph.
