so... when I have some documents on my PC and I want to have them in the paper-form I can use both printand print out without any difference in meaing, right?
for instance:
I would like to print out files a, b and c I'd like to print files a, b and c
the same meaning, right? or can they differ in some way? what I don't quit
. Out as an adverb for a phrasal verb has a number of meanings. Here, perhaps 'completely', as in run out, test out or 'to a distance/extent' as in spread out, stretch out. I picture it to myself, however, as physically coming out of the computer and printer. .
They're basically the same, but I think "print out" suggests that you want to have a physical copy of something as opposed to just a copy on your computer. "I don't want to read that whole essay on a screen. Can you print it out for me?"