Screen printing is a very similar technique to pad printing. With screen printing you can print directly on to an object using a screen. The screen serves as a stencil indicating the surfaces to be printed on. This method consists of filling the stencil with ink in the desired shape, then trimming the edges to hone the shape sought.
The drawbacks of screen printing? Printing is not fast because the machine’s action is quite slow and the stencil needs to be changed for each file, demanding special handling and a lot of adjustment of settings and fits. In addition, this technique releases noxious gases from the ink so precautions must be taken, such as wearing a protective mask. This is not the case with digital printing. Lastly, with screen printing it is not always possible to print small details.
Nevertheless, screen printing enables printing on large substrates and the ink does not have any problem sticking because the ink layer is thick.