Among the first to discover this versatility was the postwar American electronics industry, which used the process to color and thus distinguish the myriad of wires then being installed on circuit boards.
這項特質首先被美國在二次大戰後，運用於電路板的製作上。早期電路配線由錯綜複雜的電線組成，體積龐大、纏繞不清，科學家於是運用絹印技術，將電路圖印在銅箔片上，再經腐蝕，即可導電，不但製作速度加快，也不易出錯。