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machine à imprimer

Definitions of machine à imprimer
  1. noun
    a machine that prints
    synonyms: imprimante
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    types:
    imprimante par caractère, imprimante sérielle
    a printer that prints a single character at a time
    imprimante électrostatique
    a printer that uses an electric charge to deposit toner on paper
    imprimante matricielle
    a printer that prints by mechanical impacts
    imprimante ligne
    printer that serves as an output device on a computer; prints a whole line of characters at a time
    composeuse
    a printer that sets textual material in type
    imprimante laser
    electrostatic printer that focuses a laser beam to form images that are transferred to paper electrostatically
    télex
    a character printer connected to a telegraph that operates like a typewriter
    machine à écrire
    hand-operated character printer for printing written messages one character at a time
    imprimante matricielle
    an impact printer in which each character is represented by a pattern of dots made by wires or styli
    type of:
    appareil, automate
    any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
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