Definition of "photo-offset" []

• A method of offset printing using photomechanical plates. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "We had a linotype machine and a hand letterpress, then we bought a small photo-offset press."
• "We were able to put real-looking type into nice pictures and started doing books – photo-offset illustrations and letterpress type."
• "_Index to New Zealand Periodicals_ -- The 1956 issue of the index, the first for which the National Library Service has accepted the responsibility of publication, was printed by photo-offset and distributed."