drum printer

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   a line printer in which the type is mounted on a rotating drum that contains a full character set for each printing position

   Broaderline printer

Questions about drum printer

What does drum printer mean?

drum printer means "a line printer in which the type is mounted on a rotating drum that contains a full character set for each printing position".

Is drum printer a common word?

drum 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.