Friday, August 21, 2009

Screen Printing (Sablon)

Screen Printing
Screen printing (sablon) is a printing technique that uses a woven mesh (screen) to support an ink-blocking stencil. The attached stencil forms open areas of mesh that transfer ink as a sharp-edged image onto a substrate. A roller or squeegee is moved across the screen stencil, forcing or pumping ink past the threads of the woven mesh in the open areas.