photo-offset

photo-offset
/foh'toh awf"set', -of"-/, n., v., photo-offset, photo-offsetting.
n.
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.
v.t., v.i.
2. to print by photo-offset.
[1925-30]

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