offset printing

Meaning

Noun

  • 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.

Origin

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

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