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Offset printing
noun
Definitions
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. uncountable
- 2 a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper wordnet
Etymology
The inked image is offset (“transferred”) from the metal printing plate to the printing surface via a rubber blanket.
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