offset printing

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offset printing

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

noun

  1. uncountable 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.

    Similar: offset, offset lithography

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noun offset printing

Españolófset
中文平版印刷 píngbǎn yìnshuā
Portuguêsoffset, ofsete
Françaisimpression en offset, offset
DeutschOffsetdruck
Italianostampa in offset
Русскийофсе́тная печа́ть ofsétnaja pečátʹ
עבריתאופסט offset, הדפסת פסט

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@misc{offset_printing_2026,
  title = {offset printing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/offset%20printing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}