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A printer is an output device that "converts electrical signals into printed characters and numbers."[1]

A printer is

[a] device that converts digital data to human-readable text on a paper medium.[2]

References[]

  1. Telex Corp. v. IBM Corp., 367 F. Supp. 258, 274 (N.D. Okla. 1973)(full-text), aff'd in part, rev'd in part, 510 F.2d 894 (10th Cir.)(full-text), cert. dism., 423 U.S. 802 (1975).
  2. NIST Special Publication 800-82, at B-6.
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