An offset lithography printing press and method wherein dampening structure applies a thin moisture layer directly to a blanket cylinder to facilitate separation between the blanket cylinder and paper or other printable sheet material when passing through a nip between the blanket cylinder and an impression cylinder.
The inking system of an offset lithography press incorporates certain rollers running at different speeds. The hard rollers do not oscillate and the form rollers and the soft transfer rollers of the inking system oscillate endways.