26984 words

printing

6 definitions • 8 examples
1
the activity or business of producing writing or images on paper or other material with a machine:

Examples:

She runs her own printing business.
2
the number of copies of a book that the publisher has produced:

Examples:

The publishers produced a first printing of 2,500.
4
A printing is the number of copies of a book printed at one time:

Examples:

[ C ] The first printing will be 25,000 copies.
5
the activity or business of producing writing and images on paper or other material with a machine:

Examples:

All information is correct at the time of printing.
We import large quantities of paper for the printing of textbooks.
colour/digital printing
a printing business/firm/plant
6
a number of copies of a particular book, newspaper, etc. that are produced at one time:

Examples:

a printing of 10/600/75,000, etc. copies Her latest novel has been published in a printing of 500,000 copies.

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