Usage note
打印用于描述将文字或图像通过打印机输出到纸张上的过程。
dǎ yìn yòng wù miáo dé jiān huà huò èr tú zì rú guāng qíng tōu dào zhǐ zhāng shàng de chéng jì.
Printing is used to describe the process of outputting text or images onto paper using a printer.
Context note
打印常用于办公室、家庭或学校等日常生活中，如打印作业、打印照片等。
dǎ yìn cháng yòng wéi gōng sī shì jì, jiā tíng huò xué xiào děng rì cháng shēn zhōng, rú dǎ yìn zuò yè、dǎ yìn piàn zhuǎn děng.
Printing is commonly used in offices, homes, or schools, such as printing homework and photos.
5 examples
我需要打印一些文件。
wǒ xū yào dǎ yìn yì xiē wén jiàn。
I need to print some documents.
打印机坏了，我得去修一下。
dǎ yìn jī huài le， wǒ dé qù xiū yí xià。
The printer is broken, I need to fix it.
妈妈让我打印作业。
mā ma ràng wǒ dǎ yìn zuò yè。
Mom asked me to print the homework.
我用打印机把照片打印出来。
wǒ yòng dǎ yìn jī bǎ zhào piàn dǎ yìn chū lái。
I used the printer to print out the photos.
这个文档需要重新打印。
zhè ge wén dàng xū yào chóng xīn dǎ yìn。
This document needs to be printed again.
5 mini stories
妈妈让我打印作业，我用电脑连接打印机。
mā ma ràng wǒ dǎ yìn zuò yè， wǒ yòng diàn nǎo lián jiē dǎ yìn jī。
Mom asked me to print the homework, I connected the computer to the printer.
爸爸把照片放在打印机上，按下按钮就打印出来了。
bà ba bǎ zhào piàn fàng zài dǎ yìn jī shàng， àn xià àn niǔ jiù dǎ yìn chū lái le。
Dad put the photo on the printer and pressed the button to print it out.
我需要打印一些文件，但打印机没有墨水了。
wǒ xū yào dǎ yìn yì xiē wén jiàn， dàn dǎ yìn jī méi yǒu mò shuǐ le。
I need to print some documents, but the printer is out of ink.
姐姐教我如何使用打印机，我很高兴能自己打印东西。
jiě jie jiào wǒ rú hé shǐ yòng dǎ yìn jī， wǒ hěn gāo xìng néng zì jǐ dǎ yìn dōng xī。
My sister taught me how to use the printer, I was very happy to be able to print things myself.
我们一起去打印店打印一些文件和照片。
wǒ men yì qǐ qù dǎ yìn diàn dǎ yìn yì xiē wén jiàn hé zhào piàn。
We went together to a printing shop to print some documents and photos.
Mini dialogue
打印作业
A
你能帮我打印这份文件吗？
Nǐ néng bāng wǒ dǎ yìn zhè fèn wénjiàn ma?
Can you help me print this document?
B
没问题，要打印几份？
Méi wèntí, yào dǎ yìn jǐ fèn?
No problem, how many copies do you need to print?
打印机坏了
A
打印机好像坏了，不能打印了。
Dǎyìnjī hǎoxiàng huài le, bù néng dǎ yìn le.
The printer seems to be broken, it can't print.
B
那我们去图书馆打印吧。
Nà wǒmen qù túshūguǎn dǎ yìn ba.
Then let's go to the library to print.
Related words and contrasts
related
复印
fùyìn
to photocopy
复印 makes a copy of a document, while 打印 prints from a computer.
contrast
手写
shǒuxiě
to handwrite
手写 is writing by hand, the opposite of machine 打印.