Silk-screened business cards

Silk—screen business cards are bright and durable

Silk-screen printing of business cards ensures rich colors and durability of images.

Advantages of silkscreen printing

Excellent quality, wear resistance, the ability to print on various materials.

Application areas

Business, personal contacts, events.

Manufacturing process

Stencil preparation, printing, drying and packaging.

Screen printing — a method of reproducing text and graphic images using a stencil, a printing plate through which printing ink penetrates the printed material in places corresponding to the printing elements (the ink spaces are opaque).

Шелкографией называют разновидность трафаретной печати, в которой в качестве формного материала используются специальные полиэфирные, полиамидные (нейлоновые) или металлические сетки частотой 4-200 нитей/см и толщиной примерно 18-200 мкм. Обычно пробельные элементы формируют непосредственно на сетке фотохимическим способом. Для изготовления печатной формы может быть использован как сухой плёночный фотослой (капиллярная плёнка), так и жидкая фотоэмульсия, высушиваемая на сетке после нанесения. В обычном состоянии фотослой смывается водой. В подавляющем большинстве случаев экспонирование проводится контактным способом. После экспонирования УФ-излучением фотослой полимеризуется и перестаёт смываться водой, за исключением участков, не подвергшихся облучению (закрытые изображением позитива). Смытые участки сетки становятся печатающими элементами.

Printing with appropriate inks can be carried out on almost all materials — paper, plastic, PVC, glass, ceramics, metals, fabrics, leather, etc. Inks can vary in the type of binder — aqueous, solvent (solvent-based), ultraviolet curing, plastisols (requiring temperature fixation).

Silkscreen printing is also used to print decals (decals on glass or ceramics) with or without subsequent firing, and to apply an erasable ("scratch") layer for lottery tickets and payment cards.

This method got its name "silkscreen printing" due to the patent of the screen printing process, issued in 1907 under the name Eng. Silk screen printing — "silk screen printing". It is believed that this method of printing originated in ancient times, but screen printing acquired its modern look in the middle of the last century. Due to the special features of the technology, silkscreen printing allows you to print on both flat and cylindrical surfaces. Nowadays, screen printing is used not only in the printing industry, but also in the textile, electronic, automotive, glass, ceramic and other industries.

One of the features of silkscreen printing is the ability to obtain a thick colorful layer from 8-10 microns to 1000 or more (for offset, the colorful layer is 1-2 microns) with impressive opacity and color brightness. Special effects can also be widely used — glitters (sequins), volumetric printing, imitation of velvet or rubber. Direct printing directly onto the surface to be sealed is possible, as well as transfer printing onto an intermediate medium with subsequent transfer to the product.