CMYK Laser Cut Woodblock Print

[@234930]

Even though you know how it works it's just mind blowing to see it work

[@DiodePress]

It really is!

[@michelhv]

Very cool process, some of the first halftones were also printed in letterpress. It was crisp and could be easily combined with text blocks. Intaglio (héliogravure) halftones were used for higher quality quality/volume for a long time. When planographic processes like offset lithography took off, they replaced almost everything until digital. Both typography and halftone images were now photographic process and the Linotype machines for composing text were scrapped. But people complained because optical typography systems were not as good. So now you’re starting the cycle again with your digital letterpress four-colour halftones!

[@DiodePress]

Ha! It’s all just a big circle!

[@michelhv]

@@DiodePress Or a small dot. Like halftone.

[@dpmakestuff]

Damn that's nice work! Thanks for sharing your process.

[@DiodePress]

appreciate it! I’m looking forward to trying again with what I’ve learned!

[@davebauerart]

Nostalgia and printmaking go great together. Excellent explanation of the process.

[@DiodePress]

Thanks, it was a fun trip down memory lane!

[@PeterKNoone]

Super Awesome! Congrats on the kid!

[@DiodePress]

Thanks!

[@justintimeforonce]

This is so cool!

[@DiodePress]

It was a really fun project, thanks for checking it out!

[@dansegarra-t3i]

That’s so cool

[@dataroman8111]

It is beautiful work. I have just started my adventure with laser and wood print. I have one big concern. How you clean wood after printing? Different way for oil base and different for water soluble?

[@jayc853]

Nice work! I've been wanting to do a single layer black & white print using this method for a while but didn't know how to go about prepping the files. What size of halftone dot do you find works the best? Do you just convert your channels to bitmaps or do you have a better method? Any advice would be much appreciated, cheers!

[@zacharysearcy]

what angle did you use for your halftones?

[@DiodePress]

I used black 45, yellow 0, magenta 75, cyan 15, freq. 55 was the best print quality I got with the materials I used.

[@zacharysearcy]

@@DiodePress 55 is nice. I’ve got a 10W diode and so far I’ve landed on 2500mm speed at 100% power with 1 pass. I don’t have great ventilation so I am trying to keep my burn time low. What’s weird is figuring out the frequency when my laser/line ends up at around .2mm in width…figuring out the equation of my image size/dpi/freq/laser width has been challenging.