Lithographic imaging with constructions having mixed organic/inorganic layers

A method of printing comprising:

• a. providing a printing member fabricated according to steps comprising:
• i. depositing, onto a substrate, a mixture of a polymer precursor and a filler material comprising an inorganic compound, the polymer precursor and the filler being present in a ratio;
• ii. repeating step (i) a plurality of times with an increasing amount of filler relative to the polymer precursor, thereby producing a graded structure with the amount of filler increasing away from the substrate;
• iii. curing the polymer precursor;
• and
• iv. applying a layer over a surface of the structure, the layer and the surface having different affinities for at least one printing liquid selected from the group consisting of ink and an abhesive fluid for ink, the layer, but not the structure, being subject to ablative removal by exposure to laser radiation;
• b. selectively exposing, in a pattern representing an image, the printing member to laser output so as to ablate selected portions of the layer, thereby directly producing an array of image features;
• c. applying ink to the member;
• and
• d. transferring the ink to a recording medium.