A printer, used to produce physical copies of digital documents. Emoji

Objects

A desktop printer shown from a slight angle, featuring a paper tray and a slot where printed sheets emerge. It represents the hardware used to move files from a computer screen onto physical paper.

Usage Context

Widely used to discuss office work, document preparation, or the frustration of paper jams. It serves as a visual shorthand for printing tasks, homework, or paperwork, and is often paired with 📄 or 💻 to signal that a digital file is being turned into a hard copy.

History

Added in 2010 as part of Unicode 6.0, the printer emoji was adopted to reflect the shift toward office digitization. While the home printer has become less essential due to cloud storage, the icon remains a recognizable relic of the 90s and 2000s desktop computing era.

Details

Glyph

🖨

Unicode

U+1F5A8

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f5a8:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDDA8;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Objects

Subcategory computer

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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