from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing Printing is a process for reproducing text and image, typically

from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing Printing is a process for reproducing text and image, typically with ink on paper using a printing press. It is often carried out as a large-scale industrial process, and is an essential part of publishing and transaction printing. So perhaps, printer is a device which does printing.