1. A printing system comprising: at least one printing apparatus, said printing apparatus comprising: a printing member for selectively receiving ink comprising an ink receptive portion, said ink receptive portion comprising a plurality of ink receptive dots forming a pattern in a desired resolution and an ink repelling portion, said ink repelling portion comprising the entire area of said printing member except said ink receptive dots; at least one printing unit for applying ink onto said printing member in accordance with a pattern representing an image to be printed, thereby forming an ink image on a portion of said ink receptive dots; and a transfer system for transferring said ink image onto a printing substrate.