Manroland GB transfers post-press to Friedhelm International

Printing press manufacturer manroland Great Britain, and Friedheim International, a leading supplier of finishing, converting and packaging machinery, have today announced the transfer of the UK sales and service representation for guillotine and binding systems manufacturer, Wohlenberg, and Baumann handling equipment, from manroland GB to Friedheim International. Read more ….

Printing & Prepress Basics

… this article will discuss offset lithography printing specifically, which is the more standard means of producing most any printed work in mass quantities. Read more …

Society doesn’t need newspapers

Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable, a great post by Clay Shirky.

How To: Build your own letterpress

A tutorial written by Steven LECKART @ BoingBoing

Can good design save the newspaper?

Jacek Utko is an extraordinary Polish newspaper designer whose redesigns for papers in Eastern Europe not only win awards, but increase circulation by up to 100%. Watch his talk @ TED …

Stora Enso sells to Google

Stora Enso has signed an agreement to sell the buildings and most of the Summa Mill site in Finland to Google Group of Companies for approximately EUR 40 million. The sale is expected to close by the end of the first quarter 2009. Read more …

The Atlas of Early Printing

The Atlas of Early Printing depicts the spread of printing through Europe in the fifty years following the European refinement of the tools and process to make impressions from movable type cast in metal.

Hello world!

Welcome to Offset Text, a blog about printing industry in general and specially about offset printing.

Offset printing is a commonly used printing technique where the inked image is transferred (or “offset”) from a plate to a rubber blanket, then to the printing surface.