Thick coating is possible. Thick coating makes colors more vivid, finish more opaque and lightfastness better. As printing pressure is small, it is possible to print on fragile matters. As the stencil is soft, it is possible to print on hard materials such as glass and metal as well as soft materials such as paper and fabrics. The stencil is cheap, which is the advantage in case of production of small quantity.
Production cost is higher.
Reproducibility and precision are slightly inferior to other ways of printing. Applications Screen printing are being used for various substrates in various fields. Ink does not adhere to some kinds of substrates with other printing methods. Screen printing can be used on some of these substrates. Automobile meters , CDs , parts of electric appliances, membrane switches , liquid crystal display, automatic vendors, name plates, print circuit boards , thick ICs.