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The most common method of printing, which
uses smooth printing plates. It works on the
principle of lithography, that grease and
water repel one another. The printing plate
is prepared using a photographic technique,
resulting in a type image which attracts
greasy printing ink. On the printing press
the plate is wrapped around a cylinder and
wetted and inked in turn. The ink adheres
only to the type area, and this image is then
transferred via an intermediate blanket
cylinder to the paper.