promotion of exceptionally high levels of ink transfer from the imaging device components to the image receiving media a variable data digital lithographic image forming system more broadly is a system that is configured for lithographic printing using specially formulated lithographic inks and based on digital image data which may be variable from one image to the next promoting ink transfer rates heretofore unachievable in conventional lithographic image forming e g on an order of 90 or greater and in cases 95 or greater an imaging member surface and particularly a reimageable surface of an imaging member as discussed above generally has a tailored topology which may be a micro roughened surface structured to retain a uniform layer of dampening fluid in non image areas following imaging of a deposited layer of the dampening fluid with an imaging device hillocks and pits that constitute the micro roughened surface enhance the static or dynamic surface energy forces that may attract and u201c pin u201d the dampening fluid to the reimageable surface this u201c pinning u201d reduces the tendency of the dampening fluid being forced away from the reimageable surface by roller or other pressure nip action at an ink transfer nip for example the reimageable surface of the imaging member as mentioned generally above plays multiple roles in the variable data digital lithographic image forming process these roles may include 1 wetting the imaging surface with a uniform layer of dampening fluid 2 pinning the uniform layer of dampening fluid with respect to the imaging surface 3 creation of a latent image through image wise.