noun
printing
Producing text or images on a surface, or a particular run of copies.
The publisher orders a second printing after the book sells out.
Etymology
The older idea of pressing produced the sense of making impressions in ink. Printing names the process and also a group of copies made in one production run.
More examples
- Color printing costs more than black-and-white printing.
- This shop specializes in printing on cotton fabric.
- Later printings of the cookbook correct several errors.
Forms
Similar words
- reproduction
- Copying an original, including through methods other than printing.
- impression
- Specifically a batch of copies, not the printing process.