Compare screen and digital printing by substrate, artwork, colors, quantities, versions, finishing, variable data, and service requirements. This answer is written for purchasing and engineering teams comparing custom identification options. If your application raises a related question, our team can review the details with you.
Screen printing transfers ink through a prepared screen, while digital printing produces the image from a digital file without a separate screen for each printed image. Both can support industrial graphics, but the better approach depends on the substrate, artwork, colors, quantity, version count, detail, finishing, and service requirements of the finished part.
Process selection should follow the application rather than a general assumption that one method is always more durable, faster, or more economical. The same artwork can behave differently when material, finish, geometry, or exposure changes.
Compare the two available paths on the Digital Printing page.
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