The main features and advantages of screen printing

Screen printing is a printing method that has gradually emerged after 1970 and has been widely used around the world. Benefiting from its own advantages and a wide range of applications, up to now, screen printing has many advantages, and has developed into a printing method that is inseparable from production in various industries. Some of its advantages are Incomparable to other printing methods, there are generally the following advantages:
1. Not limited by the size and shape of the substrate
The big difference between screen printing and general printing is that it can not only print on a flat surface, but also print on special surfaces, curved surfaces, spherical surfaces, concave surfaces, and convex surfaces. Almost all shapes can be printed with silk. web for printing. Screen printing is the preferred printing method for printing all kinds of irregular shapes, such as square rectangles made of plastic or metal, as well as circles, cones, ovals, etc.
Different sizes and different types of substrates can be printed in different ways, and can even be printed by hand, relying on the feel of the printer to ensure the quality of printing and the uniformity of graphics and texts, so it can affect the quality of the substrate during printing. There are no requirements for size and shape, and all can be printed. This makes the printing method of screen printing greatly expand the scope of printing substrates.
Screen printing can not only be printed on small objects. Many large-scale advertising posters, curtains and other large-scale outdoor advertisements we can see are realized by screen printing. Embossing, gravure and offset printing commonly used in printing are generally limited by mechanical equipment. The maximum size that can be printed is the size of a full sheet of paper. No matter how large it is, it cannot be printed. Then the size of the screen frame during screen printing can be Self-control, can be large or small, can print
The maximum size can reach 12 square meters or even larger, which proves that screen printing is more advantageous than other printing methods at least in printing size. When the size and shape of the substrate are not limited, it provides a wider space for the designer’s design, for example, works with large format and strong visual impact can be printed. Or printing a combination of shapes and patterns on special shapes to convey design concepts, which is better than a simple plane, which is equivalent to three-dimensionalizing our graphic design.

2.The layout is soft and the printing pressure is small. It is suitable for printing on various materials.
The screen printing plate is soft and elastic, and the printing pressure is smaller than other methods, and whether it is manual printing or mechanical printing, the printing pressure can be adjusted according to the actual substrate, which is a “soft and hard” printing method. , Because of the softness of the screen layout and the adjustability of the printing pressure, it can print on some materials that are easily broken and damaged by pressure, such as ceramics and glass, compared to other printing methods. It is no exaggeration to say that screen printing can be printed on almost all substrates except air and water. Printing on soft or hard special shapes has been a problem that has plagued the printing industry for many years. The emergence of screen printing has solved this problem, because it can be printed on soft materials such as leather cover cloth, and can be printed on special shapes. It meets people’s needs for printing on different soft and hard materials. Since the emergence of screen printing, people can not only print on silk fabrics
After brushing, it can also be printed on some fragile materials, such as glass and ceramics, which fully shows the advantages of screen printing for printing on fragile objects with less pressure.