chain printer

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   an impact printer that carries the type slugs by links of a revolving chain

   Broaderimpact printer

   Partschain

Questions about chain printer

What does chain printer mean?

chain printer means "an impact printer that carries the type slugs by links of a revolving chain".

Is chain printer a common word?

chain printer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.