Meaning

Alternative spelling of mopey..

Definitions by Sense

1. Alternative spelling of mopey.
2. To print more than one copy of a document using a computer printer rather than printing one original and copying it with a separate machine.
3. One of the multiple original copies printed from a single original.

Example Sentences

In all those cases where the hog is mopy and chilly looking I would, after the first stage of lowering the pulse has passed, recommend a teacupful of a strong infusion of the leaves of dogwood or the same quantity of a strong cold infusion of boneset.

She's that altered, nothing interests her; and she's so pale and mopy looking, always going down to the cemetery.

And because I was so quiet and mopy my stepdaddy Winn would get great kicks out of tickling me till I almost had a spasm.

Mopy is a term HP [Hewlett-Packard] has coined to talk about a new paradigm to address the current printing/coping^([sic]) trend. Mopying is a term describing the process of creating multiple original prints, or "mopies" on a laser printer.

[…] "mopying" - making a document and copying it many times - had become common.

Some offer a function called mopying. Instead of printing one original and then making copies on a copying machine, you get several originals of the document (or high-quality copies).

Some people value the crisp appearance of mopies or find it time- consuming to operate both printers and copiers.

Hewlett-Packard says that the LaserJet was also the first printer that could print multiple original documents (now known as mopies), and was the first personal laser printer to hit the 1,200-dpi resolution barrier.

Word Forms

• mopier
• mopiest
• mopies
• mopying
• mopied

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When Should You Use Mopy?

Use mopy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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