Abstract: In accordance with at least one exemplary embodiment, the present disclosure provides advantages and alternatives over the prior art by providing a printing blanket containing a printing surface and a multi-ply woven fabric. The multi-ply woven fabric contains at least two woven plies, each of the woven plies having warp yarns in the warp direction and weft yarns in a weft direction perpendicular to the warp direction interwoven with the warp yarns. The woven plies are integrated through combined portions formed by interlacing warps and wefts among different woven plies within the multi-ply woven fabric.