'offset-printed' originates from English, specifically the compound of 'offset' (in printing) and 'print/printed', where 'offset' refers to the transfer of ink off the printing plate onto a rubber blanket and then onto paper.

'offset' as a printing term developed from the transfer technique used in lithography; the phrase 'offset printing' emerged in the late 19th to early 20th century with the rise of commercial rotary presses, and 'offset-printed' followed as an adjective describing items produced by that process.

Initially, 'offset' conveyed the idea of setting off or transferring; over time, in printing it came to specifically mean the indirect transfer of ink via a blanket, and 'offset-printed' now denotes items produced by that method.