What is the difference between silk screen and offset printing?
Silk screen printing is accomplished by pushing ink through a fine screen that has the image of the artwork on it. Offset printing is a process of transferring the ink from an inkwell onto a rubber transfer blanket and then onto the optical media. Both are good printing methods with their respective strong points. Silk screen printing puts more ink onto the optical media. This large volume of ink produces bright vibrant images. But the fine mesh of the screen can obscure minor artwork details. Offset printing is very good at producing an image that shows fine details like a photograph. But the printing method applies less ink than silk screening. So the image is less vibrant than silk screening.
