printable, a.
(ˈprɪntəb(ə)l)
[f. print v. + -able.]
Capable of being printed; fit to be printed.
| 1837 Carlyle Fr. Rev. III. iv. iv, Such ground-scheme,..still legible and printable, we shall now..present to the reader. 1862 Temple Bar Mag. V. 293 Lemaire..called him names not printable in these prim days. 1891 J. D. Campbell in Athenæum 31 Oct. 583/3 Talfourd had printed..all in the letters that was printable in 1837 and 1848. |
b. Capable of being printed from. rare.
| 1885 Manch. Exam. 22 June 5/7 Of all the modern methods of producing printable plates, heliogravure stands undoubtedly pre-eminent. |