Screen Printing - Attractive, Versatile

For the most part, Costenoble said, screen units are being added to flexo presses, which have seen significant improvements in the last few years. But combination printing, in general, is seeing major growth with the aid of screen. "In developed label markets especially, there is a big wake up of hybrid presses today, and a move away from dedicated single-process printing," he said. "We at Stork Prints see a big move to flexo and rotary screen printing in-line. The flexographic process has enjoyed many quality improvements in recent years. One of the reasons for this is the development of enhanced plates and sleeves and, in the last 18 months, the arrival of direct laser engraving as a means of creating the image in one single pass."