thermal printer

American  

noun

Computers.

1. a printer that produces output by selectively heating a heat-sensitive paper thermalpaper in patterns corresponding to the characters to be produced.

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thermal printer British  

noun

1. computing another name for electrothermal printer

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Etymology

Origin of thermal printer

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

They are in virtually all of your commonly used household electronics, your eyeglass lenses, your furniture and even on any commercial receipts that come from a thermal printer.

From Salon

Back in the day, Nintendo’s official solution was a small thermal printer accessory called the Game Boy Printer which could attach to the handheld via its link port.

From The Verge

And when the operator of the Yayagram receives a text message, it’s printed off using a built-in thermal printer.

From The Verge

It then looks up these items in the dataset produced by Google’s Quick, Draw! project and prints them out using a thermal printer.

From The Verge

Additional ticket stock and a thermal printer were allegedly found at Davey’s home.

From Washington Times

Related Words

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