non-printingadj.
/nɒnˈprɪntɪŋ/, U.S. /nɑnˈprɪn(t)ɪŋ/ That does not print or is not printed; spec. (a) Printing designating an area of a plate that does not transfer ink to the paper when printing; (b) Computing designating a character in a text which either does not manifest or is represented as a blank space when the text is printed.
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1843 E. Palmer Glyphography (ed. 2) 8 The depth of these non-printing parts of the block must be in some degree proportionate to their width.
1915 Publ. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 14 598 The remaining 23 [adding] machines..represent largely small, inexpensive, non-printing devices.
1946 W. L. Hayes in H. Whetton Pract. Printing & Binding xxv. 287/1 The printing surface stands in relief, that is, above the surrounding non-printing area.
1967 E. Chambers Photolitho-Offset iii. 32 The conversion film covering the nonprinting areas of the relief image remains opaque or unclarified.
1990 H. Andralojc et al. Microsoft Word (ed. 2) 59 At the prompt show non-printing symbols: tap N (for None).
1997 Creative Technol. May 9/1 New tools include..a new grid option for setting non printing grids to which objects can be snapped.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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