Definition

Noun A printer that prints an entire page as a single unit in one operation, rather than printing line by line or character by character. This category typically includes modern laser printers and LED printers.

Usage

The term is used to classify printers based on their printing method and output speed. It contrasts with line printers (which print a whole line at once) and character printers (which print one character at a time).

Examples

• Noun:
  • For the office, we need a fast page-at-a-time printer to handle high-volume reports.
  • Laser printers are common examples of page-at-a-time printers.

Advanced Usage

• The term is primarily technical and used in specifications, comparisons, or discussions about printer technology and performance.
• It emphasizes output efficiency for full-page documents.

Variants and Related Words

• Page printer: A more common synonym for page-at-a-time printer.
• Laser printer: A dominant type of page-at-a-time printer using a laser and electrostatic process.
• LED printer: A type of page-at-a-time printer similar to a laser printer but using an LED array.

Synonyms

• Page printer
• Non-impact printer (when referring to common page-at-a-time technologies like laser printing)

Antonyms

• Line printer
• Character printer (e.g., dot-matrix printer, daisy-wheel printer)

Noun

1. a printer that prints one page at a time