How Offset Printing Works – Making Offset Printing Work
Offset printing is a technique during which an inked image is transferred, or “offset” from a plate to a rubber blanket, then to a printing surface. Offset printing is often combined with lithographic printing, which uses the repulsion of oil and water to produce a flat image carrier. This is often referred to as offset lithography.
Offset lithography is the most common type of color printing for high-volume jobs. Now we’ll discuss in more detail how offset printing works and the advantages to using it.