"printer-friendly" meaning in English

See printer-friendly in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more printer-friendly [comparative], most printer-friendly [superlative]
Etymology: From printer + friendly. Etymology templates: {{com|en|printer|friendly}} printer + friendly Head templates: {{en-adj}} printer-friendly (comparative more printer-friendly, superlative most printer-friendly)
  1. (computing, printing) Of a document or layout, suitable for printing, without any extraneous formatting, images, etc. Synonyms: print-friendly Translations (that can be printed out): printvriendelijk (Dutch), utskriftsvennlig (Norwegian Bokmål), yazıcı dostu (Turkish)
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