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
Words nearby photo-offset
photo spread,
photo story,
photo-,
photo-ageing,
photo-mount,
photo-offset,
photo-patch test,
photo-secession,
photoactinic,
photoactivation,
photoactive
British Dictionary definitions for photo-offset
photo-offset
noun
printing
an offset process in which the plates are produced photomechanically