OFFSET PRINTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does offset printing mean? 

• OFFSET PRINTING (noun)
  The noun OFFSET PRINTING has 1 sense:

1. a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper

  Familiarity information: OFFSET PRINTING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OFFSET PRINTING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

offset; offset printing

Hypernyms ("offset printing" is a kind of...):

printing; printing process (reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "offset printing"):

photo-offset; photo-offset printing (a method of offset printing using photomechanical plates)

letterset printing (image is transferred from a relief type plate to a roller)