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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ronterry, post: 1339534, member: 28569&quot;]Hey guys since there is considerable interest, and the all to often misidentified offset I will try to give the skinny on what offset is.</p><p>To put it simply offset is the die clash of the paper world. It&#039;s what happens when a sheet fails to feed into the press for any number of reasons and causes the ink from the plates to be transferred to the opposing roller. When a sheet is fed into the press it gets the normal pressing on one side and a reverse image on the opposite side from the feed roller. In the case of a back to face, a normal pressing is done on the first or back printing the reverse is printed on the front. 72 hours later the 2nd printing is done on the front on top of the early mistake. Hence the term offset. Typically the ink from the feed roller gets used up after about 10 sheets, and gets weaker and weaker as each sheet gets feed in the press.</p><p>A partial is when a fold over, tear, or jam that only causes the exposed area of the plate to be applied to the roller.</p><p>So on a back to front the regular printing is printed on top of the error, and on a front to back the error is printed on top of the regular printing.</p><p>Let me know if any of this makes any since, cause I&#039;m tring to type all of this on a tablet away from my computer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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