Not to be confused with Print Screen or screen painting.
This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations.(November 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
A silk screen design
Part of a series on the
History of printing
Techniques
Woodblock printing
200
Movable type
1040
Intaglio (printmaking)
1430
Printing press
c. 1440
Etching
c. 1515
Mezzotint
1642
Relief printing
1690
Aquatint
1772
Lithography
1796
Chromolithography
1837
Rotary press
1843
Hectograph
1860
Offset printing
1875
Hot metal typesetting
1884
Mimeograph
1885
Daisy wheel printing
1889
Photostat and rectigraph
1907
Screen printing
1911
Spirit duplicator
1923
Dot matrix printing
1925
Xerography
1938
Spark printing
1940
Phototypesetting
1949
Inkjet printing
1950
Dye-sublimation
1957
Laser printing
1969
Thermal printing
c. 1972
Solid ink printing
1972
Thermal-transfer printing
1981
3D printing
1986
Digital printing
1991
v
t
e
Screen printing is a printing technique where a mesh is used to transfer ink (or dye) onto a substrate, except in areas made impermeable to the ink by a blocking stencil. A blade or squeegee is moved across the screen to fill the open mesh apertures with ink, and a reverse stroke then causes the screen to touch the substrate momentarily along a line of contact. This causes the ink to wet the substrate and be pulled out of the mesh apertures as the screen springs back after the blade has passed. One colour is printed at a time, so several screens can be used to produce a multi-coloured image or design.
Traditionally, silk was used in the process. Currently, synthetic threads are commonly used in the screen printing process. The most popular mesh in general use is made of polyester. There are special-use mesh materials of nylon and stainless steel available to the screen-printer. There are also different types of mesh size which will determine the outcome and look of the finished design on the material.
The technique is used not only for garment printing but for printing on many other substances, including decals, clock and watch faces, balloons, and many other products. Advanced uses include laying down conductors and resistors in multi-layer circuits using thin ceramic layers as the substrate.
Screenprinting is a printing technique where a mesh is used to transfer ink (or dye) onto a substrate, except in areas made impermeable to the ink by...
Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template. The earliest non-paper products involving printing include...
reduced by rotating the screens in relation to each other. This screen angle is another common measurement used in printing, measured in degrees clockwise...
linocuts. Screens made of silk or synthetic fabrics are used for the screenprinting process. Other types of matrix substrates and related processes are...
Digital printing is a method of printing from a digital-based image directly to a variety of media. It usually refers to professional printing where small-run...
methods of image reproduction were developed, including lithography, screenprinting and photocopying. Hand stencils, made by blowing pigment over a hand...
A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring...
Offset printing is a common printing technique in which the inked image is transferred (or "offset") from a plate to a rubber blanket and then to the...
write') is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone)...
printing equipment suitable for defining patterns on material, such as screenprinting, flexography, gravure, offset lithography, and inkjet. By electronic-industry...
not printed using the screenprinting technique anymore. Plastisol or water-based inks are applied to the shirt through mesh screens which limits the areas...
Look up screen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Screen or Screens may refer to: Screenprinting or silkscreening, a printing method Big screen, a nickname...
3D printing or additive manufacturing is the construction of a three-dimensional object from a CAD model or a digital 3D model. It can be done in a variety...
Dot matrix printing, sometimes called impact matrix printing, is a computer printing process in which ink is applied to a surface using a relatively low-resolution...
Thermal printing (or direct thermal printing) is a digital printing process which produces a printed image by passing paper with a thermochromic coating...
Woodblock printing or block printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in...
Daisy wheel printing is an impact printing technology invented in 1970 by Andrew Gabor at Diablo Data Systems. It uses interchangeable pre-formed type...
Print Gocco process was a variant of screenprinting; Print Gocco housed both the screen-making and screen-printing elements within one compact footprint...
Relief printing is a family of printing methods where a printing block, plate or matrix, which has had ink applied to its non-recessed surface, is brought...
Laser printing is an electrostatic digital printing process. It produces high-quality text and graphics (and moderate-quality photographs) by repeatedly...
street cleaning devices, which were introduced as early as 1911. In screenprinting, a squeegee is used to spread ink evenly across the back of a stencil...
English; moveable type in British English) is the system and technology of printing and typography that uses movable components to reproduce the elements of...
strong light. This quality is used in photographic screen-printing. In screen-printing a fine screen of bolting silk or similar material is stretched taut...
interlaced images must be absolutely correct during the lithographic or screenprinting process to avoid "ghosting" and poor image definition. The combined...
Global Information
