Offset printing Offset printing is a common printing technique in which the inked image is transferred from a plate to a rubber blanket and then to the printing surface. When used in combination with the lithographic process, which is based on the repulsion of oil and water, the offset technique employs a flat image carrier. Wikipedia Rotary press: 1843 Printing press: c. 1440 Lithography: 1796 Solid ink printing: 1987 Hot metal typesetting: 1884 Digital printing: 1991 Laser printing: 1969 #Cust

Color Printing History: Lithographs, Offset Printing, CMYK

Nurtle on Instagram: "This is a letterpress printing machine, a mechanical printing system that dominated commercial print for decades before offset and digital methods took over. Letterpress works using relief printing, meaning ink is applied to raised type or plates and then pressed directly onto paper. The rotating ink disk spreads ink evenly, while the rollers carry it to the type before pressure transfers the design. This process creates a slight physical impression in the paper, something