"network printer" meaning in English

See network printer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: network printers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} network printer (plural network printers)
  1. (computing) A printer that receives its print jobs through a print server, as opposed to processing print jobs directly. Categories (topical): Computing

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