offset press

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offset
verb[T]
uk
/ˌɒfˈset/us
/ˌɑːfˈset/
to balance one influence against an opposing influence, so that there is no great difference as ...
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press
noun
uk
/pres/us
/pres/
newspapers and magazines, and those parts of television and radio that broadcast news, or reporters and photographers who work ...
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A waterless press resembles a conventionaloffsetpress, except the dampening system might be missing.
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This negative could then be used to expose the photosensitized printing plate for anoffsetpress.
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In 1971, the newspaper moved to its current location and began using anoffsetpress.
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Churchoffsetpressruns in the same building.
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Theoffsetpressand intaglio press were combined to produce this issue in sheets bearing one horizontal plate number.
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Afterwards hi-speed 4-colour weboffsetpresswas introduced.
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Due to its huge popularity, in 1981 weboffsetpresswas installed.
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It's ideally used with anoffsetpressor pigment-based inks in an inkjet printer.
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In 1966, the newspaper switched to anoffsetpress.
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As part of the move, a newoffsetpresswas installed.
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Construction of a modern, 24000 sqft newspaper publishing plant, which featured a newoffsetpress, was begun at once, and was completed, equipped and occupied within a year.
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Inking is controlled by keys very much similar to anoffsetpress.
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The school provided training in letterpress, gravure, and offset presses, ink mixing, camera, stripping, platemaking, color separation, and bindery operations.
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The plant mainly consists of letterpresses and several small offset presses.
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Direct imaging (digital) offset presses are waterless, with no dampening system.
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Not until the 1980s had a majority of newspapers switched to offset presses that reproduce photos with fidelity on better, whiter paper.
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This was done to allow larger illustrations such as schematics, to switch printing to offset presses, and respond to advertisers desire for larger ad pages.
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Digital offset presses are also called direct imaging presses, although these presses can receive computer files and automatically turn them into print-ready plates, they can not insert variable data.
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Today this technology is used in photocopy machines, laser printers, and digital presses which are slowly replacing many traditional offset presses in the printing industry for shorter runs.
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