Printer is an unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States.
The community is named after John Printer Meade, a pioneer citizen.
The community is located on Kentucky Route 122 at the western terminus of Kentucky Route 2030.
1981 Allen shooting On October 16, 1981, a mass shooting occurred, when 70-year-old William Bevins shot eight people at an auto parts store near Allen, Kentucky, killing five and wounding three others. Bevins then returned to his home in Printer, where he was arrested. The shooting was sparked by a dispute with one of the victims.
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