Editing Drypoint (section)

==Printing processes==
[[File:Pablo Picasso, 1909, Two Nude Figures (Deux figures nues), steel-faced drypoint on Arches laid paper, 13 x 11 cm.jpg|thumb|[[Pablo Picasso]], 1909, ''Two Nude Figures'' (''Deux figures nues''), steel-faced drypoint on Arches laid paper, 13 x 11 cm, printed by Delâtre, Paris, published by [[Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler]]]]
Printing is essentially the same as for the other intaglio techniques, but extra care is taken to preserve the burr. After the image is finished, or at least ready to proof, the artist applies ink to the plate with a dauber.  Too much pressure will flatten the burrs and ruin the image. Once the plate is completely covered with a thin layer, a small scraper or card is gently used to remove excess ink. Then, a [[tarlatan]] cloth tightly wrapped in a spherical shape will be used to wipe away excess ink, by slowly yet firmly rubbing the smooth side of the sphere on the plate in small circular motions. Paper (typically pages from old phone books) may be used for a final wipe of the lightest areas of the image.  Some printmakers will use their bare hand instead to wipe these areas.  Once the desired amount of ink is removed, the plate is run through an [[etching press]] along with a piece of dampened paper to produce a print.

A dampened paper may be produced by soaking a piece of printing paper, or any other papers that are slightly water-absorbent but are not water soluble, into a tray of water for about 5 minutes. Afterwards, the paper is laid onto a towel and dabbed dry. The moist paper allows ink to be drawn out from the burred lines of the plate when it is pressed into it.

===Hand-wiping techniques===
Drypoint wiping techniques vary slightly from other intaglio techniques.  Less pressure is applied to achieve desirable lines, because the burrs forming the image are more fragile than etched or engraved lines, but also because the ink rests on the plate surface, instead of pressed down into indentations.  Also, because of the characteristics of the way the burrs catch ink, the direction of the wiping matters.  Ink tends to pile up in the lee of the burr during the application of the ink and wiping with the tarlatan, so if the printer wipes in the direction of the lines with their hand, they may remove most of the ink, leaving a light gray line.  However, if they wipe perpendicularly to the line, they can actually increase the pile of ink on the other side of the line, darkening the printed line.