Although warmly received and easily mechanized in the factory, its initial output of 3,600 items per hour could not match that of offset printing, another technique developed in the forties, which could turn out hourly over 10,000 sheets.
這種所向披靡的本領，是絹印受商界歡迎的主要原因，然而網版印刷機雖已機械化，但為適應不同形體的印刷物，每小時三千六百件的印刷速度，比起同時間內能印一萬張以上的滾筒式平版印刷機，仍然教人遺憾。