printing

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1 [uncountableU]TCN the act or process of making a book, magazine etc using a machine that puts ink onto paper 印刷（术）

the invention of printing

印刷术的发明

the printing industry

印刷业

a printing error

印刷错误

2 [countableC]TCN an act of printing a number of copies of a book 〔书的〕一次印刷

The first printing of her book was 10,000 copies.

她那本书首印一万册。

3. [uncountableU] a method of writing when you write each letter separately rather than joining the letters of a word 印刷体〔一种书写方法〕

Examples from the Corpus

printing• printing technology• An optional gateway function to other terminals and personal computers is included, as is a printing function.• A modest investment in design and printing can produce extremely impressive and high quality materials.• Are there any printing firms out there who will help us?• Under the 1643 ordinance to control printing, Bachilor was appointed one of the twelve divines empowered to license books of divinity.• Other new features in this version are automatic envelope printing, and an easier route to mail merge, called Smart Merge.• The use of three-dimensional shapes for printing gives opportunity for the shapes themselves to be compared and discussed.• The book is in its fourth printing.• The division's business is in microfilming computer output and laser printing.

From Longman Business Dictionary

printingprint·ing /ˈprɪntɪŋ/ nounCOMMERCE

1[uncountableU] the work of producing books, newspapers etc on a machine that puts words, numbers, pictures etc onto the surface of paper

Thomson is a printing and publishing concern.

The firm has access to printing and typesetting facilities throughout the UK.

2[countableC] the act of printing a number of copies of a book

The book is already in its fourth printing (=it has been printed four times).

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