How to Use printer in a Sentence

printer

noun
  • I need a new printer for my office.
  • The manuscript was sent to the printer yesterday.
  • Benjamin Franklin was originally a printer.
  • At 6 o’clock, the doors open just as the menus come out of the printer.
    Marcus Crowder -, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The committee’s budget bill, more than 1,000 pages, now goes to the printer.
    Dallas News, 16 Mar. 2023
  • This mini printer is small enough to fit in a purse, sling bag, or back pocket.
    Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Unplug the printer, then find the Reset button on the back or bottom.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Or call the mother ship overhead and put in an order for its 3D printer.
    Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 26 Jan. 2023
  • And then there’s the challenge of convincing consumers to buy a drink printer.
    Michael Wolf, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • There’s nothing wrong with a printer as a piece of hardware, for instance.
    Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Alquist is a construction firm that buys or leases the printers.
    Jim Morrison, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024
  • If you've been burned by high refill prices from other printers, the ET-2800 lacks that sticker shock.
    K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 11 July 2023
  • From the story: With access to online models and a 3D printer, the group — which didn't even know if their plan would work — hit a home run.
    Camille C. Knox, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2023
  • Along with the guns, ammunition and hit list, the brothers' owned a 3D printer that was seized by police.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The home was constructed by using 46-foot-wide robotic printers that pipe out the shape of the walls with a concrete mix called Lavacrete.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 28 July 2023
  • Get more done with deals on a Dell laptop, Canon printer, and Roborock vacuum.
    PCMAG, 13 Jan. 2023
  • And on July 19—a scant two days after the issue had been shipped off to the printer, a mere 10 weeks since Adele had passed away—Carmen died too.
    Jennifer Senior, The Atlantic, 23 Aug. 2023
  • After working on the hand for about a week, the students used the school’s LulzBot 3D printer to create a prototype.
    Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Many of you are on an endless quest to own the best printer or figure out the right tips to make your printers work as intended.
    Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 18 July 2023
  • The first entails packaging up the 3D printer and shipping it back, just like a return.
    Josh Hendrickson, PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Scale this recipe and get a printer-friendly, desktop version here.
    Ellie Krieger, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Or that a felon fleeing the scene of a bank robbery could take out the power lines just as the printer is spitting out the last tax form for signature.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • Another son, Jethro Lazenby, also died as the book was going to the printer.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2023
  • When the first copies of Texas Monthly’s debut issue came back from the printer, founder Michael Levy worried the magazine might not make it to the next year.
    Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Upstairs is a shop with machines such as 3D printers and laser cutters.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
  • This pen combines the technology of a 3D printer with the simplicity of a pen to create works of art that come to life.
    L. Daniela Alvarez, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Then, roll printer paper into a cone and stick it into the jar, placing the narrow opening down.
    Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Each character and blank space on the page had its own tiny metal stamp that the printer slotted into a wooden frame.
    V.m. Braganza, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Custom millwork transformed the space—now there’s hidden storage for a printer and files (and even linens), and a floating shelf and desk.
    Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 5 July 2023
  • The device employs thermal inkless printing, which is quick, but the printer can only print in black and white.
    Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2023

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