teleprintern.
/ˈtɛlᵻprɪntə/, U.S. /ˈtɛləˌprɪn(t)ər/ Now chiefly historical.
An electrical device resembling and similar in operation to a typewriter, used for transmitting and receiving text-based messages to and from other such devices over a network or direct communication link, and for printing received messages. Cf. telex n. 1.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > telegraph > [noun] > types of > printing telegraphs
printing telegraph1841
telotype1850
printer1859
pantelegraph1860
magneto-printer1883
typo-telegraph1888
teletyper1895
telecryptograph1904
teletype1904
teletypewriter1904
Creed1911
teleprinter1911
teletypesetter1928
telex1968
1911 Athens (Ohio, U.S.) Daily Messenger 27 Jan. 5/3 The teleprinter is a simple little instrument with a key-board like a typewriter, which can be fixed to any telegraph or telephone installation.
1932 Times Educ. Suppl. 6 Aug. p. i/4 A service of teleprinters will be opened in London on August 15.
1959 Times Rev. Industry Sept. 34/1 The teleprinter is not a substitute for a telephone.
1978 R. V. Jones Most Secret War xviii. 148 Grant's interpretation was circulated by teleprinter.
2012 E. Conwall Incarnation xxi. 222 Maps of every part of the world covered the walls. Teleprinters clattered with incoming messages.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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