printout

American  

[print-out] / ˈprɪntˌaʊt /

Or print-out

noun

Computers.

printouts plural

1. output produced by a printer, generally on continuous sheets of paper.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• printouts
  plural

Etymology

Origin of printout

First recorded in 1950–55; noun use of verb phrase print out

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

printout printouts

They gave her a black-and-white printout of the image instead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

“The next time I went to get my oil changed, I took a printout of that panorama and was going to show it to them and ask, ‘Do you know anything about this?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

Trump’s post Thursday appeared to be a photograph of a printout, which was labeled “Council of Economic Advisers.”

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

During the chorus of their 1988 music video for “A Little Respect,” composer Vince Clarke hands vocalist Andy Bell a tiny printout of the word “RESPECT.”

From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2025

Nancy stuffed the printout of Deirdre's photo back into her pocket.

From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene

Why not make big printouts of the digital collages and call it a day?

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026

Accredited witnesses are handed a copy and paper printouts of the tallies are also transported to the CNE by the military.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2024

As Vatican officers passed around printouts of the pope’s speech to the participants, he added some brief off-the-cuff remarks and led a prayer and a blessing.

From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024

That was understood to mean pasting into them printouts of the published results and methodology or omitting contrary details that challenged the paper’s conclusions.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 12, 2023

Humming a chipper tune, Mr. Curtain shot over to the printer and began sorting through the printouts.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart