Also known as screen-printing or serigraphy, this technique uses
a stencil to create sharp-edged images for multiple prints. The
stencil is created on a screen that itself is created from a
porous fabric (like silk, polyester or nylon) held taut by a
frame made of metal or wood. The designer creates the stencil on
the screen by treating the fabric with an emulsion to block
areas of a design that are not to be printed. Ink is then pushed
through the screen using a fill bar (like a squeegee) and the
ink penetrates the screen in the unblocked areas (the stencil).
The silkscreen process is relatively inexpensive and is used
extensively for posters, tee-shirts and works of art. There are
many different methods for silkscreening, but the basic
principle is always the same. Traditional Offset Press The
traditional offset printing technique dominated the printing
scene up until the late Twentieth Century when digital
technology emerged as a key player. The traditional offset
system involves transferring (offsetting)