printing

Universal Words noun 1 [U] the act of producing letters, pictures, patterns, etc. on sth by pressing a surface covered with ink against it: the invention of printing * the printing trade * fabric / colour printing * production and printing costs 2 [C] the act of printing a number of copies of a book at one time: The book is in its sixth printing. 3 [U] a type of writing when you write all the letters separately and do not join them together