Seeing Applications Through

Considering material and process

Ink laydown and tactile feel requirements are major considerations when choosing a screen material, but these specs can also show whether screen printing is indeed the appropriate process for a job.

Costenoble estimates 75 percent of all label screen printing applications can be satisified with a 10 micron laydown. "If a printer is trying to put down less than 8 microns, the application may be better suited for UV flexo," he advises, noting that printers can most easily justify screen as the process of choice if the desired ink deposit level is double typical UV flexo levels, which run 6 microns to 8 microns.