Offset printing in delhi INDIA, in commercial printing in delhi INDIA, widely used printing technique in which the inked image on a printing plate is printed on a rubber cylinder and then transferred (i.e., offset) to paper or other material. The rubber cylinder gives great flexibility, permitting printing on wood, cloth etc.
Offset printing was invented at the beginning of 20th century in response to increased requirements for the printing speed. So far used lithographic method could not make enough copies and required to be improved. The first references to the offset printing showed up already at the end of the 19th and at the beginning of 20th century the first offset machines appeared.