The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word PRINTING
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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What does PRINTING mean?
PRINTING verb- To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine; often used with out or off: print out, print off.
- To produce a microchip (an integrated circuit) in a process resembling the printing of an image.
- To write very clearly, especially, to write without connecting the letters as in cursive.
- To publish in a book, newspaper, etc.
- To stamp or impress (something) with coloured figures or patterns.
- To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.
- To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.
- To display a string on the terminal.
- To produce an observable value.
- The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology.
- Material that has been printed.
- All the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch.
- Written characters that are not joined up.