The name of screen printing, which has been used for more than 30 years, called for the resurrection of screen printing. For the first time, what is the necessity of it?
Screen printing is the mainstream of stencil printing. Screen printing began during the First World War. It came from the English silk screen process printing, and was translated into a screen from the silk screen.
Because of its easy production method, simple printing equipment and good copying effect, the printed matter printed is very popular among the people. Since the 1970s, it has become a new army in the printing industry in China and has developed rapidly. The English name currently used is screen proces printing, or simply screen printing.
For a long time, in the process of making a photolithographic plate, the screen used for screening was translated into a screen, so screnprinting appeared to be confused with it, and the name of its material was called screen printing.
In the early 1970s, it was very unscientific to feel that the screen used for screening was translated into a screen. According to the Kanxi Dictionary, people on the version must have pictures and pictures that can be transferred onto other things. The screen used for screening is just a piece of glass with a mesh, which is placed in front of the photographic film for photography. It functions to decompose the image, instead of directly transferring it to the substrate, so it cannot be called a “version. "Given its texture is glass, we boldly proposed to rename the screen version that has long been used to be a "screen", and soon gained resonance from people in the industry.
Let's look at the term screen printing. The term is a composite of screen and printing words. When viewed from the open, the screen is only used as a plate for screen printing. It does not mean the meaning of the printing plate. The screen must pass through. Only a few processes can become printing plates, ie screens. Originally, printing was divided into letterpress printing, lithographic printing, gravure printing, etc., which were all based on the theory of printing introduction and named after its layout structure. Therefore, it was thought that the screen printing structure was a net and was renamed as screen printing. More scientific, with the letterpress, lithography, intaglio juxtaposition together, the screen is more smooth than the screen. When writing, embossing, plain printing, gravure printing, and screen printing are also more desirable. The silk screen printed in the media is really incredible.
In the mid-1980s, a Taiwanese printing delegation visited, among which Prof. Zhao Renrong asked me questions. The theory of the printing method was named after the layout structure. Why screen printing should be called silk screen printing? At the time, I had the same feeling. However, due to the long-term use of screen printing, no answer was given. It now appears that you should make up your mind to change this popular name.
I hope to start from the print media, although it will delay for some time, but I believe that under everyone's consensus, screen printing will be recognized by the industry.
Reprinted from: Screen Printing
