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Printer emoji 🖨️

🖨️ is the printer: a desktop printer with a page. It means printing — documents, boarding passes, the office printer that never works, 3D printing — and “printing…

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What the printer 🖨️ emoji means

🖨️ is the printer: a desktop printer with a page. It means printing — documents, boarding passes, the office printer that never works, 3D printing — and “printing money” in crypto jokes. Added in Emoji 1.0 (2015) with a variation selector. Office set: 📠 fax, 💻 laptop, 📄 page.

Unicode name: printer · U+1F5A8 U+FE0F · Emoji 0.7 (original set) · group: Objects.

IN A MESSAGEprinter jammed again 🖨️ 3 minutes before the meeting, classic

How people use it

  • Printing: documents, tickets, photos
  • Office life: printer struggles
  • 3D printing: makers
  • Money printer: crypto memes

Compare the options

EmojiNameNotes
printerU+1F5A8 U+FE0FPrinting
fax machineU+1F4E0Fax
laptopU+1F4BBComputer
page facing upU+1F4C4Document
desktop computerU+1F5A5 U+FE0FDesktop

Questions people ask

What does 🖨️ mean?

A printer — printing documents, office life.

Is there a 3D printer emoji?

No; 🖨️ is used.

Why does 🖨 look grey?

It needs its variation selector; copy 🖨️ from this page.

About this guide

Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.

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