the etched cell the steel substrate 84 would then serve as the electrical contact four basic substantially identical imaging units designated as 16 a 16 d are shown in fig2 more or less imaging units may be used if it is desired to create monochrome prints two or three color spot color prints or process color prints with four or more color separation images with or without additional spot color separations each of the imaging units 16 a 16 d includes an ink jet device 18 that selectively jets ink in an image wise fashion on to the tim anilox roller 12 thereby creating a positive image in the cells 14 on the surface of the respective tim 12 the image is thereafter fractionated and transferred to an intermediate member 20 which is preferably compliant by an electrical field although any suitable intermediate member known in the electrophotographic art is suitable for use in this invention a preferred intermediate member 20 has a volume resistivity between 1 u00d7 10 8 and 1 u00d7 10 11 ohm cm and is preferably compliant the intermediate member 20 could be a roller or a web if it is a roller then the support layer is preferably a conducting cylinder aluminum steel core and the thickness of the compliant layer is preferably greater than 1 mm and less than 15 mm if the intermediate member is a web then the support material is preferably a plastic material such as polyimide polyester or polycarbonate.