job printer
Definition
Noun: A "job printer" is a person or business that specializes in printing small, miscellaneous items such as business cards, flyers, letterheads, envelopes, or other short-run commercial printing jobs, rather than large-scale projects like books or newspapers.
Usage Examples
- (A printer who handles custom, small-scale orders.)
- (A professional focused on varied, short-run printing tasks.)
Advanced Usage
- "to run a job printer": to operate a small printing shop that handles a variety of custom orders.
- After retiring, she decided to run a job printer from her home workshop. (She managed a small-scale printing business for diverse items.)
Variants and Related Words
- Job printing (noun): the activity or trade of printing miscellaneous items.
- Job printing was once a common trade in small towns. (The business of producing various print jobs.)
Synonyms
- Commercial printer: a printer that handles business-related printing tasks.
- Small-scale printer: a printer focused on limited quantities of diverse materials.
Related Idioms
- "a job printer's shop": a workshop or store where such printing is done.
- The sign outside read "Smith's Job Printer's Shop – We Print Anything." (A place for custom, small-run printing.)