“halayen firinta” ba daidaitaccen kalma ba ne a cikin harshen Ingilishi. "Printer" yana nufin na'urar da ke samar da kwafin rubutu ko hotuna na zahiri ko na dijital. “Character” gabaɗaya yana nufin harafi, lamba, alama, ko wani abu na rubutaccen harshe.Ta yiwu a yi amfani da “halayen firinta” wajen kwatanta nau’in firinta wanda ya ƙware wajen buga haruffa, kamar haka. a matsayin ɗigo matrix printer ko thermal printer. Koyaya, ba tare da ƙarin mahallin ba, yana da wahala a faɗi tabbataccen abin da kalmar ke nufi.