English Explanatory Dictionary

offset printing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Printing by the offset process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket (“offset cylinder”) and from there to the printing surface.

Word forms

offset printing

Etymology

The inked image is offset (“transferred”) from the metal printing plate to the printing surface via a rubber blanket.

Synonyms

offset offset lithography
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