0 a method of printing in which an image is put on a rubber sheet before going on to the paper or object being printed --
Offset lithography uses a chemical process in which an image is chemically applied to a plate (generally through exposure of photosensitive layers on the plate material).
Each of these works contains as many as or more than 60 prints employing techniques of photogravure, spit-bite, collage, cutting, scratching, silkscreen, offset lithography and hand-building.
In the late 1880s offset lithography was used to print designs on tinplate.
Most books, indeed all types of high-volume text, are now printed using offset lithography.
Multi-color screen printed and offset lithography printed graphics are used to produce products with higher quality graphics than available with other decorating methods.
Although larger printing businesses of the period adopted the modern process of offset lithography, the new technology arrived slowly to rural areas.
In the late twentieth century, the process known as offset lithography made color printing cheaper and less-time consuming for the artist.
Today, offset lithography is responsible for over half of all printing using printing plates.
