Transferring inked image from a plate to a rubber blanket, then to the printing surface is offset printing.

Sometimes the image is inscribed on a flat material in such a way that the image absorbs ink from ink rollers while the non-printing area absorbs water. With this method, the non-printing area is kept ink-free, and the image you want to print retains the ink. Text that is printed using offset printing has marked differences like sharp type edges, clear outlines, and the absence of paper surrounding ink dots. This requires tremendous skill and attention to detail. We use German-made state-of-the-art Heidelberg equipment, known across the world for the quality of their workmanship.

Our team has wide-ranging experience producing top-quality marketing materials with the ultimate in definition, color matching, and reproduction. Offset printing begins with an initial pre-press stage where digital files are broken down into their color separation, and laser etched on decoded aluminum plates. Offset printers then load these plates into a roller technically known in the printing world like a plate cylinder.

When the cylinders revolve, operators dampen the non-image area of the image with water from the dampening system. Machine operators then pass a vegetable oil-based ink through a series of rollers into the image area of the plate. They then offset the image to another cylinder with a rubber blanket which makes the image clearer and sharper. Paper loaded into the start of the press is separated by jets of air to ensure that only a piece travels at a time. Users of this method slip the paper horizontally between the blanket cylinder and the impression cylinder before the paper is passed on to the next unit to receive the next color. After the pass through each group, the machine piles it up at the end of the press, and each layer is separated with powder so that the image can dry adequately.