miniprintern.
/ˈmɪnɪˌprɪntə/, U.S. /ˈmɪniˌprɪn(t)ər/ A small printing device. Originally, a proprietary name for: a small machine for printing tickets.
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miniprinter1949
1949 Railway Gaz. 6 May 510/2 The equipment exhibited by Westinghouse Garrard Ticket Machines Limited at..Olympia, includes... The Westinghouse mini-printer,..with four or six printing units.
1980 Business Week (Nexis) 7 Apr. 82 l Howard blames quality problems with purchased semiconductor components for the delays in production of the company's new line of miniprinters.
1991 Photographer Aug. 36/3 Their miniprinter was the first automated equipment to find its way into many photographic laboratories.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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