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?
 
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.
 
You could hear all of them in BrE- off suggests doing something quickly to me.
 
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".
 
I would say "out" unless I was talking about mass production. Then it might be "print off."
 
As you see, thomas, there is no definitive answer to this question.
 
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