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OFFSET PRINTING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
Synonyms:
offset; offset printing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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)
