Patent ID: 6371017
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: B41F,B41M,H05K

Abstract:
A printing method comprising:delivering a printing paste into an opening portion of a stencil so as to retain the printing paste therein, wherein a viscosity of the printing paste is reduced as a temperature thereof is increased; heating a portion of the stencil, which defines the opening portion in which the printing paste is retained, so as to reduce the viscosity of the printing paste that is in contact with the heated portion of the stencil, wherein the stencil portion is heated after printing paste is retained in the opening portion of the stencil thereby permitting the printing paste to be easily separated from the stencil; and separating the printing paste, which is retained in the stencil, from the stencil so as to print the printing paste on an object on which a print is to be formed.