Screen Printing

Abstract

© 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Screen printing is a stencil-based process; it consists of closed nonimage areas and open-image areas. It is based on the principle of squeezing the ink through open areas of the mesh onto the printing substrate. Of all printing techniques, screen printing has the widest range of applications. Paper, textile, polymers, glass, or any other solid material can be printed using screen printing. Different characteristics of these materials demand different ink types to be used, but the principle remains the same. In this chapter, the fundamentals of screen printing, stencil/plate making, printing process, and a short overview of screen printing industry are presented.