1. The business of producing printed material for sale or distribution
   "The printing of newspapers has declined with the rise of digital media"
    
2. Reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication
   "The newspaper used a high-speed printing process to produce thousands of copies each hour";
   - printing process
    
3. (printing) all the copies of a work printed at one time
   "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies";
   - impression
    
4. Text handwritten in the style of printed matter
   "His neat printing was easy to read"

1. Reproduce text or images for public distribution
   "This news should not be printed";
   - publish
    
2. Reproduce by printing
   "The newspaper printed 100,000 copies of the special edition";
   - impress
    
3. Make into a print
   "print the negative"
    
4. Write as if with print; not cursive
   "The child carefully printed her name on the form"

Derived forms: printings

Type of: business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise, create, make, produce, publication, reproduce, write, writing

Encyclopedia: Printing, Publishing and Media Workers