Lasercut Lino Process

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 01:24:42 -0700

Process for block printing onto lino

My first attempts at laser-cutting a linoleum block of an original illustration last year didn’t go well.

However after a lot of time spent (and test paper wasted :0) I’ve found a few things that improved the print process over 4 iterations:

Linoleum size and treatment

I tested on earlier different versions but finally bought 9"x12" linoleum. It’s hard to find this pre-mounted but it’s important that it’s mounted to a block and flattened so that it doesn’t curl, for a few obvious reasons (the laser has a focus field of < a few mm, and printing also would suffer if it wasn’t flat).

Illustration on errorbesque

Lasercut Lino Process

Process for block printing onto lino

Linoleum size and treatment