3 Differences Between UV and Screen Printing

As a new star in the printing market, UV printing is increasingly outstanding. On the other side,  traditional printing methods, for example, screen printing is always an important part of the printing industry. At least for now, it’s still necessary. So, what’s the difference between UV printing and screen printing technology? There are 3 main aspects.

1.Cost
Traditional screen printing needs film plate-making, print cost is more expensive. It needs volume production to reduce cost. There’s no way for printing short amount or single products. And the dots of screen printing can’t be eliminated.
UV print no need such complicated plate-making process, only need simple picture processing, calculate all data then print directly with software. It could not only print one piece of material but also make mass production. With overall printing, the cost is only $1-2 sqm/h, which can extremely save time and cost.

2.Printing process
Screen printing is more complicated. Based on original design, it needs to choose plate-making and working process according to different media.
However, the process of digital UV printing is easier than screen printing. It only needs to put media on machine platform, fix position, choose the image and edit it in software, then you can start printing. The most important is that the printing process of different materials is the same, except for primer treatment for some special materials.

3. Printing effect
The color fastness by screen printing is not good. It is easy to be scratched off, also none water-proof, and need to air dry for some time.
UV printing has more colors. It has unique matching color management which allows you to print vivid color without making color modulation yourself. Besides, the finished products are water-proof, anti-scratch, wear resistance (the degree is determined by the quality of UV printing ink used). Moreover, the material is not restricted if the print size and unevenness is under allowable range.

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