Patent ID: 6230619
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: B41F,B41M,H05K

Abstract:
A printing method comprising:positioning an object in a printing position below a stencil;moving the object upwardly until an upper surface of the object is in contact with a lower surface of the stencil;supplying a printing paste to an upper surface of the stencil;delivering the printing paste to a printing paste receiving portion of the stencil by a printing paste delivery device so that the printing paste contacts a specified area of the object via the printing paste receiving portion;heating the stencil by induction heating after the printing paste is delivered to the printing paste receiving portion of the stencil; andseparating the printing paste, which has been received in the printing paste receiving portion of the stencil, from the stencil so as to print the printing paste on the object, wherein the separation operation occurs after the induction heating operation.