line printer

line print·er

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [lahyn prin-ter]
- /laɪn ˈprɪn tər/
- /laɪn ˈprɪntə(r)/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [lahyn prin-ter]
- /laɪn ˈprɪn tər/

Definitions of line printer words

noun line printer a printer that produces an entire line of output at a time. 1
noun Definition of line printer in Technology (printer) A printer that prints one entire line at a time. Print quality is low compared with a laser printer. Line printers typically use sprocket feed and wide fanfold paper. Line printer speed is usually measured in lines per minute (lpm). 1200 lpm is a good rate for a line printer like a 3205 m5. 66 lines per page is typical, giving 18 pages per minute (ppm). This assumes all upper case, if a mixed case print train is used, throughput is halved. By comparison, a fast laser printer can output 100+ ppm 1
noun line printer an electromechanical device that prints a line of characters at a time rather than a character at a time, at speeds from about 200 to 3000 lines per minute: used in printing and in computer systems 0
noun line printer a high-speed computer printer that prints an entire line at a time, rather than single characters 0
noun line printer (computing) A high-speed impact printer, most often used by older mainframes, that prints an entire line in a single operation. 0

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Origin of line printer

First appearance:

before 1950

One of the 5% newest English words

First recorded in 1950-55

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Parts of speech for Line printer

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line printer popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 73% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for line printer

noun line printer

laser printer — Computers. a high-speed printer that uses a laser to form dot-matrix patterns and an electrostatic process to fuse metallic particles to paper a page at a time: capable of producing a variety of character fonts, graphics, and other symbols.
dot-matrix printer — device: prints using matrix dots
thermal printer — a printer that produces output by selectively heating a heat-sensitive paper (thermal paper) in patterns corresponding to the characters to be produced.

All 3 Synonyms of line printer