offset printing

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

offset printing
    n 1: a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed
         cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper [syn:
         {offset}, {offset printing}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

offset printing \off"set print"ing\, n. (Printing)
   A printing technique in which a lithographic image on an
   inked metal or stone plate is transferred first to a rubber
   sheet (usually on a cylinder) before transfer to the paper.
   Called also {offset lithography}.
   [PJC]