Prints are produced by sketch a symphony on a plane called a matrix. Then by different kinds of methods, the image is printed on paper. These methods may engage the use of one or another kind of printing press and ink, or the image may be conveyed by pressing the paper by hand onto the inked shell of the matrix and rasping.

Good-looking handmade papers have delicate outline printed on them. They are printable on most laser printers and some photocopiers. Ink jets and simmer jets will infrequently bleed over the facade fibers. Patterned papers are created by fleeting the web of paper through rollers scratched with the outline on the papermaking machine. For linen or collide patterns the rollers may be enfolded with the fabric itself.