The most widespread printing technique. Simple, quick, cost-effective for smaller industrial orders too. This could mean 5000 name cards, even 25 different types, 200 units each. Books above 300 units, bottle labels above 3-5000 units. Printing is done with an aluminium-based, photosensitive plate. The offset printing form’s surface consists of two parts. Oil or water receptive areas.
The plate, ready for printing, is secured on one of the machines cylinder. Each turn the machine’s dampening system covers the water receptive, non-printing surface with water and the oil receptive surfaces with paint. After applying the paint, the plate comes into contact with the rubber blanket covered cylinder. This is where the design is transferred directly to the substrate. Offset printing is an indirect lithography. Lithography means that the plate, the printing and non-printing surfaces are parallel to each other but during production printing is done from one cylinder to another using a rotary technique.
The plate attached to the cylinder transfers the layout onto the substrate through a rubber blanket covered cylinder. The drawing is printed on the carrier through a rubber surface. Offset means indirect thus the name “offset printing”. Our company uses a variety of modern, high technical quality machines for production. The size, colour and inline finishing method (matte, glossy, offset and effect varnish) can be adjusted as requested.