The difference between screen printing and screen printing is screen printing in which screen material is used as plate support body, screen printing technology is called screen printing in printing industry, and screen printing is called screen printing in textile printing and dyeing industry. Although both of them are screen printing in English, they are not easy to change because of the clear distinction between them in China. The common feature between printing and printing is printing. Although there are many differences in their production process, equipment and printing materials, the basic principle of printing, plate material and plate making process are similar or consistent. Due to the wide coverage of screen printing, which is distributed in all walks of life, it is difficult to count the types and varieties of production and processing. At the same time, due to the industry barrier and lack of communication for a long time, the development of silk screen printing in different industries has a certain stage.

Silk screen printing originated from ancient China, with a history of about 2000 years. It began to be used in the mass production of textile silk printing in the mid-1950s. The industrial production of screen printing developed relatively late and started in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Screen printing covers a wide range of areas. This paper mainly introduces the application, technical characteristics and textile printing technology of screen printing.

Application of screen printing

As a professional processing technology screen printing, in the planned economy period, the industry boundaries are very clear. After the reform and opening up, gradually broke this boundary, various industries have applied screen printing in related products, thus forming a special industry shared by all walks of life. Its characteristic is that the enterprise scale is not big and very dispersive, which can be roughly summarized into the following aspects.

1) Screen printing of knitwear. Information shows that in the international screen printing industry, textile screen printing accounts for more than 50%, which involves clothing, accessories, bedding, indoor decoration, sanitary products, shoes and hats, as well as flags and publicity materials.

2) Circuit board and membrane switch. It is a rising star of screen printing. Our country began to develop it in the 1960s. With the rapid development of electronic industry and the increase and innovation of application parts, this industry develops rapidly and covers a wide range. It can be said that all kinds of electronic products can not do without screen printing.

3) Plastic products. Including soft plastic and hard plastic, common children's toys, prepared bags and daily necessities and some containers, such as bottles, cans, boxes, etc.