print this off or out?

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thomas615

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Are both correct? - print this off and print this out?

Can you print this off and put it in the file?

or

Can you print this out and put it in the file?
 

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You realize you can just say "print this" without anything else, right?

I say "print out."
I've come to learn that these are often the things with regional variations.
 

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You could hear all of them in BrE- off suggests doing something quickly to me.
 

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You could hear all of them in BrE- off suggests doing something quickly to me.

It doesn't suggest the same to me. "I'll print those leaflets off later tonight".
 

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I would say "out" unless I was talking about mass production. Then it might be "print off."
 

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As you see, thomas, there is no definitive answer to this question.
 
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