teleprinter

American  

[tel-uh-prin-ter] / ˈtɛl əˌprɪn tər /

noun

1. a teletypewriter.

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teleprinter British  

/ ˈtɛlɪˌprɪntə /

noun

1. US name: teletypewriter.  a telegraph apparatus consisting of a keyboard transmitter, which converts a typed message into coded pulses for transmission along a wire or cable, and a printing receiver, which converts incoming signals and prints out the message See also telex radioteletype

2. a network of such devices, formerly used for communicating information, etc

3. a similar device used for direct input/output of data into a computer at a distant location

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Etymology

Origin of teleprinter

First recorded in 1925–30; Tele(type) + printer

Example Sentences

That day they were on shift as teleprinter operators in the operations room.

From BBC

At 18, she joined the Women’s Royal Naval Service, popularly known as the Wrens; for a time, she operated the teleprinter in an English country mansion from which the Normandy landings were being planned.

From New York Times

They suspected a mole, and had it not been for a tip from the French, who discovered a bug in their teleprinters, they might have never discovered the mole was in their machines.

From New York Times

He jumped on the truck when the company received word, via teleprinter, of a working fire on Southern Boulevard in the Bronx.

From New York Times

Mr Hagedorn, who was serving in the US Army at the time in the Panama Canal Zone, sat at a desk near to his base's teleprinter.

From BBC