photo-offset

[foh-toh-awf-set, -of-]

pho·to-off·set

[foh-toh-awf-set, -of-] noun, verb, pho·to-off·set, pho·to-off·set·ting.
noun
1.
a method of printing, based on photolithography, in which the inked image is transferred from the metal plate to a rubber surface and then to the paper.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
2.
to print by photo-offset.

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Origin:
1925–30
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photo-offset
 
n
printing an offset process in which the plates are produced photomechanically

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