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Printed

Printed means that a document is in the state of having been produced as a physical copy by printing.

In plain English

This describes a document that has been turned into a physical copy. It refers to the state after printing has produced that copy, rather than to a document that exists only in digital form.

In context

Here, it communicates that the physical document has already been produced by printing.

Situation
Following passport, visa, residence, border, and immigration-document administration
What it communicates
labels the physical document as already produced

Meaning limits

This sense does not by itself establish anything beyond the existence of a printed physical copy.

Examples

“She filed the printed contract in the cabinet and emailed the digital version later.”

Core meaning

“Keep the printed receipt with the returned item.”

In context

  • physical Broader Term

    A printed document is physical, but physical does not say that it was produced by printing.

  • digital Contrast

    Digital identifies electronic form, while printed identifies a physical printed copy.