Silk Screen Printing is a printing technique that uses a mesh to support an ink-stopping stencil. The attached stencil forms open areas of mesh that allows ink to be pressed through. A roller or flexi-blade is moved across the screen stencil, forcing ink past the woven mesh in the open areas creating a crisp image onto the ribbon.

Advantages:

• Creates a clear image that is very hard wearing
• Can print in pantone matched colours
• Can be used for multicolour printing
• Can be used to print onto very wide ribbon. e.g.. 300mm

Disadvantages:

• Initial silk screen set-up is quite costly
• Is primarily a manual printing process, resulting in a higher cost  than other printing methods
• Is a slow process, so turnaround time is longer