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Printer

In modern times, the word printer commonly refers to a computer printer. Formerly, it referred to persons who operated printing presses.

Someone who makes artistic prints, usually by hand in limited runs, is known as a printmaker.

Famous printers:

Johann Gutenberg
John Baskerville
Jodocus Badius
Henry Estienne
William Caxton
Benjamin Franklin
Aldus Manutius

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