hard copy

n. A document made using paper or other durable media that is in human-readable form. ComputingA printout.

Notes

Hard copy1 is distinguished from data on an ephemeral medium, such as a text on a computer screen. It generally implies a human-readable format, as distinguished from machine-readable format such as a floppy disk, but may be used to include microfilm. - Hard copy2 connotes paper.