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
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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
| Español | ófset |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 平版印刷 píngbǎn yìnshuā |
| Português | offset, ofsete |
| Français | impression en offset, offset |
| Deutsch | Offsetdruck |
| Italiano | stampa in offset |
| Русский | офсе́тная печа́ть ofsétnaja pečátʹ |
| עברית | אופסט offset, הדפסת פסט |
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