WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

desktop publishing
    n 1: (computer science) the use of microcomputers with graphics
         capacity to produce printed materials

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

desktop publishing
desktop publisher
DTP

    (DTP) Using computers to lay out text and
   graphics for printing in magazines, newsletters, brochures,
   etc.  A good DTP system provides precise control over
   templates, styles, fonts, sizes, colour, paragraph formatting,
   images and fitting text into irregular shapes.

   Example programs include FrameMaker, PageMaker, InDesign
   and GeoPublish.

   (http://cs.purdue.edu/homes/gwp/dtp/dtp.html).

   Usenet newsgroup: news:comp.text.desktop.

   (2005-03-14)