Wednesday, November 11, 2015

What's Silk Screen Printing & Screen Printing

Shade printing and silkscreen printing are actual in agreement Craft and commercial Craft processes. Over a thousand years ago the Chinese used stretched-out hair as the screen material for the process. Later, in the 16th and 17th centuries, the Japanese improved this method and used silk fibers for the screen material. European and American printers adopted screen printing in the 19th century, and the technique has since been modernized.



The stenciled Shade defines where the ink Testament pass, and accordingly how the equal Testament arrive. To adoption deeper than one colour, the development must be repeated with different ink or dye.


Silkscreen Printing


Silkscreen printing, also known as serigraphy (seri is Greek for silk), is an older method of print making originally used by the Japanese and Chinese. The main difference between silkscreen printing and screen printing is that silk is used for the screen material.


History


The Chinese were the first to develop a form of screen printing. These two relatively inexpensive methods let on the printer to print for a array of applications, such as signs, posters, advertisements and pictures.

Screen Printing

Screen printing uses ink, a Shade, a squeegee and other Accoutrement to cause an carbon copy. A squeegee is used to pass the ink nailed down a stenciled Shade. Today, synthetic fabrics such as nylon or polyester are used for the screen.