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photo-offset|ˌfəʊtəʊˈɒfsɛt|
[f. photolithography + offset.]
A planographic printing process in which a photographic negative is used as the basis of the printing surface; also called photolitho offset. Also attrib. Cf. offset n. 10 b.
1926F. B. Wiborg Printing Ink ix. 122 During the last few years a number of photo-offset processes have been perfected... By means of some of these processes it is now possible to photograph a design directly upon the surface of a prepared metal plate, and then to mechanically etch the plate for printing. 1947R. Messner Selling Printing & Direct Advertising vi. 140 Both the simplest black-and-white pieces and the most elaborate productions in many colors may thus be ‘photo’ ‘offset’ lithography. 1957Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Dec. 780/3 The time is surely ripe for general agreement upon a standard set of [bibliographical] terms designed to cover modern processes, including the now commonly used method of photo-offset reproduction. 1970O. Dopping Computers & Data Processing xxiii. 377 Multiple copies can be produced by means of carbon, stencil, offset, or photo offset. 1976Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 4 Sept. 7/1 The Folio Society..does not mass-produce huge editions by photo-offset. |