the mixture is applied to the screen a blade or squeegee then forces the mix through the openings in the screen applying the mixture to the substrate the screen is removed and the substrate is then processed through the remaining steps such as magnetizing the dispersion and curing the screen is then placed atop another substrate and the process is repeated for another article in yet another embodiment of the invention a stencil is prepared with surfaces raised in the desired pattern the mixture is applied to the stencil and the stencil is then pressed onto the substrate transferring the mix to the substrate in the desired pattern if desired the stencil may be placed onto a roll such as a coating roll substrates may then be coated by passing them over a bed above which the coating roll passes thereby coating the substrates the mix is replenished on the coating roll by a second roll which passes through a reservoir of a mix of the particles and a resin thus substrates may be coated in what resembles a conventional coating process with one sided or two sided coating the magnets so formed may be used on only one side of a given substrate or on both sides in another embodiment of the invention discrete magnets may be adhered to the substrate with an adhesive similar to the resins above it will be readily understood that one advantage of the invention is that the magnets so formed may be dimensionally small for example with the same or similar height and width dimensions measured in a few thousandths of an inch the finer the magnets the greater will be the ability of this method and apparatus to achieve.