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Printout not easy to reproduce? (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hard copy

'printout' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'not easy to reproduce?' is the wordplay.
'not easy' becomes 'hard' ('hard' is the opposite to 'easy').
'to reproduce?' becomes 'copy' (copying is a kind of reproducing).
'hard'+'copy'='HARD COPY'

(Other definitions for hard copy that I've seen before include "printed version" , "Text that is typed or printed on paper" , "PC paper?" , "Computer files printed out on paper" , "Computer output printed on paper" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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