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Meanings of offset printing in English

Portuguese
offset

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

        offset
        Russian
        офсет
        Portuguese
        off-set
        Spanish
        offset
        Catalan
        òfset

        Printing technique where an inked image is transferred from plate to printing surface via a rubber blanket.

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                офсет
                Usage of offset printing in English
                1
                In fact, Roentgen's resolution is better than most types of offset printing.
                Wired
                2
                The Printing Equipment segment manufactures and sells offset printing machines and peripheral equipment, among others.
                Reuters
                3
                It offers its own "Saphira" line of consumables such as inks and coatings or blankets, rollers and offset printing plates.
                Reuters
                4
                He introduced offset printing into newspaper production, and his invention did more than anything since the Hoe steam press to change the face of journalism.
                The Irish Times
                5
                He is the owner of Cooper's Offset Printing on Germantown Road.
                My Life, My Tapes
                Translations for offset printing
                Catalan
                òfset