The diagram illustrates the process of lithography: a method used for printing newspapers. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where necessary.

The diagram illustrates the offset lithography method of newspaper printing, which is an indirect printing process that means that an

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is transferred, or offset, from one surface to another; it goes through several rollers before being successfully printed onto

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, the process starts with a rolling roller and concludes with drying with warm and cold air, transferring the

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in six steps. In the first stage of lithography, a roller of rotated

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passes through dampening rollers (a mixture of water and additives), which apply a fountain solution to the non-

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areas of the plates. Rollers

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distribute ink onto the plate so that it adheres to the

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area.

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we feed a sheet of

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into the press, position it between the blanket cylinder and impression cylinder, squeeze out the water, and transfer the inked

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onto the

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. After printing, dry the ink with cold air and place it on the delivery pile.