Offset printing

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 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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