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teleprinter|ˈtɛlɪˌprɪntə(r)|
[f. tele- + printer.]
A telegraph instrument for transmitting telegraph messages as they are typed on a keyboard and printing incoming ones.
1929Telegr. & Teleph. Jrnl. Dec. 42/1 The first Teleprinters to be tried in this country were produced by the Morkrum Corporation under the proprietary name of ‘The Teletype’. 1932Times Educ. Suppl. 6 Aug. p. i/4 A service of teleprinters will be opened in London on August 15. 1933Post Office Guide 138 This service is afforded by..the teleprinter, which is a special kind of telegraph instrument operated by a keyboard closely resembling that of an ordinary commercial typewriter, working over the telephone exchange system. 1939Daily Tel. 18 Dec. 12/4 (Advt.), Applicants who are not trained teleprinter operators should possess a typing speed of at least 30 words per minute. 1942R.A.F. Jrnl. 27 June 22 One tribe of Grand Gremlins lives behind typewriter and teleprinter keys. 1957Technology Apr. 68/4 Pushing a button then causes the positions of film-holder and lens to be punched on teleprinter tape. 1959Times Rev. Industry Sept. 34/1 The teleprinter is not a substitute for a telephone. 1964M. McLuhan Understanding Media (1967) ii. xxv. 263 The teleprinter and the wireless made it possible for orders from the highest levels to be given direct to the lowest levels. 1978R. V. Jones Most Secret War xviii. 148 Grant's interpretation was circulated by teleprinter. Ibid. xviii. 150 The teleprinter room into which the messages came was immediately across the corridor from my own.
Hence (as a back-formation) ˈteleprint v. trans., to send or print (a message, etc.) by teleprinter; ˈteleprinted ppl. a.
1971H. Wilson Labour Govt. xxvi. 519 On Saturday, 30 March, I was told on the telephone that a very long telegram was coming in from Washington and would be teleprinted to me at Chequers. 1973G. Talbot Ten Seconds from Now iv. 44 Sheets of teleprinted news ‘tape’ from the clattering machines. 1980Daily Tel. 4 Aug. 3/3 Some piece of international news,..important enough to rate a teleprinted ‘flash’. 1981Sci. Digest Aug. 50/2 Blood samples and X-rays are taken, and the lab data is teleprinted to the team. |