Friday Fact—Offset Lithography

March 12, 2010 at 7:00 am (Print Industry, Printing) (, , , , , , , )

Offset Lithography (aka “Offset”), invented in 1796 by Bavarian author Alois Senefelder, is a printing technique where the inked image is transferred (or “offset”) from a plate to a rubber blanket, then to the printing surface. The most common offset presses include the Sheet-fed Press, the Web Press and some Digital Presses.

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