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Why Silkscreen?
figure a. silkscreenius maxximus
How Does Silkscreen Printing Work?
figure b. extreme closeup of the silkscreen mesh ink is forced through to the sticker substrate below

Why Silkscreen?

Silkscreen printing is an incredibly high end method with which to print stickers. As far as sticker printing goes, silkscreen is simply the best the way to produce an extremely high caliber, high quality sticker. Once you begin to understand the silkscreen process and see the results of the printing medium, you will quickly realize that in terms of quality, there is no contest when we compare silkscreen printing to digital printing

How Does Silkscreen Printing Work?

Silkscreen printing is essentially a stenciling technique, where a design is imposed on a screen of silk or other fine mesh, with blank areas coated with an impermeable emulsion. Ink is forced through the mesh with a squeegee onto the printing surface, which in our case is an adhesive backed vinyl. The result is an extremely thick, weatherproof, waterproof sticker with an effective outdoor capability that is measured by years. (The outdoor capability of a digitally printed sticker of the same design is measured by weeks.)

The History of Screen Printing...

Screen printing first appeared in China about 1000 years ago, but we're gonna defer to Wikipedia for this one...

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