photo-offset

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

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 or without object)

, pho·to-off·set, pho·to-off·set·ting.

1. to print by photo-offset.

photo-offset

noun

1. printing an offset process in which the plates are produced photomechanically

Word History and Origins

Origin of photo-offset¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

No typesetter had the technological means to exactly reproduce Schmidt’s design, so the writer simply published a photo-offset of his typewritten pages, which remained generously pockmarked by his cross-outs and edits.

From The New Yorker

Index to New Zealand Periodicals—The 1956 issue of the index, the first for which the National Library Service has accepted the responsibility of publication, was printed by photo-offset and distributed.

From Project Gutenberg