Offset printing

Offset printing is a type of printing that is done with the use of inks on a metallic plate, built by an aluminum alloy, the plate is moistened with ink in the spaces that are covered with a greasy material which rejects water and the rest of the plate is wet to absorb the water and reject the excess ink, this is how everything that wants to print is passed under pressure to a rubber blanket where the image or photograph of the plate is received to transfer them to the medium that is want.

Offset printing is used regularly with the INKED technique where the figure or image is transferred from plates to a rubber blanket and then onto paper. The process of offset printing is a lithographic technique that is based on the repulsion of oil and water.

There is a wide variety of offset printing supplies, including press ink, dampening systems, blankets, powders, and more.

Offset printing allows printing large and medium runs in a short time, with very good quality, with the use of “rotary” machines that have the ability to print “all colors”.

In Esmar Supplies we give you fabulous information related to printing in general and offset printing in particular so that you know details, history, techniques, printing system and processes of this wonderful world of printing!