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print on demand

print on demand noun: a system of printing very small runs of a document as required, especially by using computer technology.

Noun

print on demand (uncountable)

  1. A system of printing very small runs of a document as required, especially by using computer technology.
    • This list omits print-on-demand books run off from electronic copies of the 1903 edition available on the Internet.2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 489

Forms of print on demand

alternative formprint-on-demand
alternative formPOD

Questions about print on demand

What does print on demand mean?
Print on demand means a system of printing very small runs of a document as required, especially by using computer technology.
What part of speech is print on demand?
Print on demand is a noun.

Words near print on demand in the dictionary

  1. print media
  2. print money
  3. print newspaper
  4. print newspapers
  5. print off
  6. print on demand
  7. print out
  8. print outs
  9. print pic
  10. print run
  11. print runs

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