photo-offset

[ foh-toh-awf-set, -of- ]
/ ˌfoʊ toʊˈɔfˌsɛt, -ˈɒf- /

noun

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.

to print by photo-offset.

Origin of photo-offset

First recorded in 1925–30

British Dictionary definitions for photo-offset

photo-offset

noun

printing an offset process in which the plates are produced photomechanically