Editing Printer (computing) (section)

{{Short description|Computer peripheral that prints text or graphics}}
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[[File:HP Laserjet 5 DN 1.jpg|thumb|[[HP LaserJet 5]] printer]]
[[File:Nintendo PocketPrinter.JPG|thumb|The [[Game Boy Printer|Game Boy Pocket Printer]], a [[thermal printer]] released as a peripheral for the [[Nintendo]] [[Game Boy]]]]
[[File:Epson Wide Carriage 9-pin printer - with legal paper 8.5x14.jpg|thumb|This is an example of a wide-carriage [[dot matrix printer]], designed for {{convert|14|in|adj=on}} wide paper, shown with {{convert|8.5|x|14|in|adj=on}} legal paper. Wide carriage printers were often used in the field of businesses, to print accounting records on {{convert|11|x|14|in|adj=on}} [[tractor-feed paper]]. They were also called "132-column printers".]]
[[File:Printer.ogv|thumb|A video showing an [[Inkjet printing|inkjet printer]] while printing a page]]
In [[computing]], a '''printer''' is a [[peripheral]] machine which makes a durable representation of graphics or text, usually on [[paper]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/printer|title=Printer - Definition of printer by Merriam-Webster|work=merriam-webster.com|access-date=6 August 2017|archive-date=18 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818221053/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/printer|url-status=live}}</ref> While most output is human-readable, bar code printers are an example of an expanded use for printers.<ref name=BarCo>{{cite web
   |title=0271-2834-MTDC; Assembling a Bar-Code Tracking System
   |url=https://www.fs.fed.us/t-d/pubs/htmlpubs/htm02712834/page03.htm
   |quote=Printers designed to print bar-code labels ...
   |access-date=3 April 2019
   |archive-date=1 June 2017
   |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601172309/https://www.fs.fed.us/t-d/pubs/htmlpubs/htm02712834/page03.htm
   |url-status=live
   }}</ref> Different types of printers include 3D printers, inkjet printers, laser printers, and thermal printers.<ref>{{cite web    |url=https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/p/printer.htm    |title=What is a Printer?    |work=computerhope.com    |access-date=3 April 2020    |archive-date=21 February 2020    |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221203714/https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/p/printer.htm    |url-status=live    }}</ref>