v.
    - produce (books, newspapers, etc.) by a mechanical process involving the transfer of text or designs to paper. 
▸produce (text or a picture) in such a way.
 ▸publish.
 ▸produce a paper copy of (information stored on a computer).
 ▸produce (a photographic print) from a negative.
 - write clearly without joining the letters.
 - mark with a coloured design or pattern. 
▸make (a mark or indentation) by pressing something on a surface or soft substance.
 - fix firmly or indelibly in someone's mind.
 
n.
    - the text appearing in a book, newspaper, etc. 
▸the state of being available in published form.
 ▸
[as modifier]
 relating to the printing industry or the printed media.
 ▸informal a newspaper.
 - an indentation or mark left on a surface or soft substance by pressure. 
▸
(prints)
 fingerprints.
 - a printed picture or design. 
▸a photograph printed on paper from a negative or transparency.
 ▸a copy of a motion picture on film.
 - a piece of fabric or clothing with a coloured pattern or design. 
▸a pattern or design of this type.
 
 
  Phrase
  
    - in print
  - (of a book) available from the publisher.
 - in published form.
 
  - out of print
 (of a book) no longer available from the publisher. 
   
  Derivative
  
    - printability n.
  - printable adj.
 
   
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. preinte ‘pressed’, fem. past part. of preindre, from L. premere ‘to press’.