offset printing

English

Etymology

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

Noun

offset printing (uncountable)

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.

   Synonyms: offset, offset lithography

   Hypernym: planography

Translations

offset printing

Chinese: Mandarin: 平版印刷 (zh) (píngbǎn yìnshuā) Czech: ofset (cs) m Dutch: offsetdruk (nl) Finnish: offsetpaino (fi) French: impression en offset f, offset (fr) m German: Offsetdruck (de) m Hebrew: אופסט (offset), הדפסת פסט Hungarian: ofszet (hu), ofszetnyomás (hu) Irish: seach-chur m Italian: stampa in offset f Norwegian: offsettrykk n Portuguese: offset (pt) m, ofsete (pt) m Russian: офсе́тная печа́ть (ofsétnaja pečátʹ) Scottish Gaelic: leac-sgrìobhadh m Spanish: ófset Swedish: offsettryck n Turkish: ofset (tr)

Further reading

• offset printing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia