CPC B41M 1/12 (2013.01) [B41N 1/247 (2013.01); B41N 1/248 (2013.01)] | 23 Claims |
1. A method of screen printing an image on a substrate comprising the steps of:
providing a printing screen having a printing side and a squeegee side opposite the printing side, and having a pattern of screen openings delimited by bridges and crossing points;
providing an imaged lacquer layer having open areas defining the image to be printed on the printing side of the printing screen; and
forcing ink paste through the printing screen and the imaged lacquer layer from the squeegee side of the printing screen to the printing side thereof onto the substrate,
wherein:
the image to be printed comprises pixel based design elements;
the printing screen has a pattern of screen openings that are oriented in a parallelogram raster; and
the open areas of the imaged lacquer layer representing the pixel based design elements are arranged in an orthogonal raster.
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