Imprinter

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A machine utilized to create impressions on surfaces by applying pressure in order to transfer images or designs is known as this
2. A tool designed to create raised marks or patterns on materials by pressing or stamping
3. An apparatus used to form embossed images or impressions on surfaces through applied pressure

Etymology: Printing presses, bookbinding tools and seal-makers all depended on a simple idea: press something hard into a surface and it keeps the shape. The word "imprinter" follows that idea almost literally. It is built from "imprint," which came into English from Old French "empreindre," itself from Latin "imprimere," meaning "to press into." The Latin verb combined "in," meaning "into," with "premere," "to press," so an imprint is literally something pressed in. The English verb "imprint" entered the language in Middle English as "emprinten," borrowed through Old French, and it first meant to mark something by pressure, as a seal leaves its design in wax. The ending "-er" is the common English suffix that turns a verb into a noun for a person or thing that performs the action. An imprinter is therefore the thing that does the pressing: a machine or device that stamps a raised or sunken design into paper, leather or metal.

Synonyms: printer, stamper, marking machine, labeler, embosser