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.

   Synonym: offset

   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