Presstek manufactures and markets digital offset printing

Offset printing

Offset printing is a commonly used printing technique in which the inked image is transferred from a plate to a rubber blanket, then to the printing surface...

 solutions. Headquartered in Hudson, New Hampshire

Hudson, New Hampshire

Hudson is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 24,467 at the 2010 census.The primary settlement in town, where 7,336 people resided at the 2010 census, is defined as the Hudson census-designated place and is located at the junctions of New Hampshire...

, Presstek sells offset presses, computer-to-plate systems, and chemistry-free printing plates, as well as prepress

Prepress

Prepress is the term used in the printing and publishing industries for the processes and procedures that occur between the creation of a print layout and the final printing...

 consumables. In 2004, Presstek purchased the financially troubled A.B. Dick Company

A.B. Dick Company

The A. B. Dick Company was a major American manufacturer of copy machines and office supplies in the late 19th Century and the 20th Century.The company was founded in 1883 in Chicago as a lumber company by Albert Blake Dick...

. On March 5, 2010, Presstek sold off its Lasertel, Inc. holdings.