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page printer

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noun

  1. Computers. a high-speed, high-resolution printer that uses a light source, as a laser beam or electrically charged ions, to print a full page of text or graphics at a time.

Etymology

Origin of page printer

1895–1900, for an earlier sense

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That should be left up to the display device, whether that display device is a page printer or a screen display device.

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