There are standards covering artwork generation, screen meshes and inks etc.
BS ISO 12637-5:2001 Graphic technology. Multilingual terminology of printing arts. Screen printing terms Current £32.00 £64.00 BS ISO 12647-5:2001 Graphic technology. Process control for the manufacture of half-tone colour separations, proof and production prints. Screen printing Current £32.00 £64.00 BS ISO 2846-4:2000 Graphic technology. Colour and transparency of ink sets for four-colour-printing. Screen printing Current £32.00 £64.00 However the final result will have much to do with your original design and artwork quality in the first place though. It will also depend on your own acceptability criteria which only you can define. If you have a viable artwork design the screened item should be as perfect as the artwork if screened on an ideal medium, but there are many variables: If you: have tiny print (text<1.5mm) then you might expect it to get blobby. are printing on a textured paint finish then you may get bleed and don’t expect to reproduce fine detail well. are printing closer to an edge it may be difficult to execute have small features they may not reproduce well you have large screens which need to align with many holes you might need to re-think and maybe break it into several pulls especially if the screen is concentric to a hole. I think there are too many factors there to be able to produce a generic standard – don’t you? Regards, Chris ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Denomme, Paul S. Sent: 05 April 2005 20:44 To: Emc-Pstc Discussion Group Subject: Industry Silk Screen specification This may be bit a bit off topic for this group, but does anyone know of an industry specification that dictates silk screen quality acceptability standards as it may relate to sheet metal printing as well as printed circuit board printing ? I have done a lot of searching on the internet and I could not find anything. I went to global Engineering and performed a search and although it listed several specifications, none of the specifications were what I was looking for. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Paul Denomme Viasystems Richmond, VA The information contained in this communication and its attachment(s) is intended only for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, or exempt from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify [email protected] and delete the communication without retaining any copies. Thank you. Translations of this available: Traduction disponible chez: Traducciones disponibles en: Vertalingen beschikbaar bij: http://www.viasystems.com/dynamic_page.asp?page_symbol=email_footer ____________________________________________________________________ This message (including any attachments) may contain confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose. If you are not the intended recipient, delete this message. If you are not the intended recipient, disclosing, copying, distributing, or taking any action based on this message is strictly prohibited. This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
