My experimental digital printmaking mangles elements of handpulled processes including screen and block printing with a form of xerography. Both multifunction inkjet and laser printers are used in the processes as required. Here descriptions of some of my methods.

CMYK Prints: I mask a digital image into a number of colour plates which could number between 3 and 12+. Each colour is broken down into its CMYK ratios. Each colour is built up individually by layering ink over the top of the prevuious pass thus mixing the colour on the paper.

C or M or Y or K Prints: I mask a digital image into a number of tonal plates which could number between 3 and 12+. A colour is selected from either cyan, magenta, yellow or black and a percentage colour depth is chosen, usually around 10%. Only that colour at that percentage is printed each time. Light areas receive one layer of ink, dark areas receive multiple layers of ink.

Digital Block Printing: Similar to block, screen printing and my CMYK prints, an image is masked and separated into number of digital plates, one for each colour which could be anything from 3 to 12+ different colours. Each colour plate is printed separately with the same piece of paper being placed back in the draw ready for the next colour to be printed. The this type of digital print inherrently contains analogue registration error.

Object Overprints: Object prints entails placing an object on the scanner bed, copying then placing the paper back in the draw ready for the next object to be scanned.

Image Overprints: A digital image is printed once then scanned onto a second sheet of paper. The copy is then scanned onto the original. The over printed original is then scanned onto the copy until original and copy are Indistinguishable. Some images remain true to their orientation while others my end up rotated.