Screen printing can be used in the manufacturing of street signs, outdoor signs, banners, backlight and frontlight panels. Both for solid prints as well as halftone dots, for short runs or for thousands of prints.

Self adhesive prints for all kinds of surfaces, temporary or permanent, for decoration, advertisement or instruction purposes. From small labels up to fleet markings.

This is an extensive field of applications. For printing flags, t-shirts, garments, towels, tablecloth, sheets, linen and caps. For soft touch or thick prints. High density prints can be used for visual purposes (decoration, lenticular and holographic effects) or functional purposes (as for gripping gloves or antiskid socks). Besides all the direct printing applications already mentioned, screen printed transfers are used for t-shirts and caps, using either sublimation or plastisol inks.

The uses of screen printing are as wide as imagination allows. In this market it is used for printing rulers, key holders, pens, cups, trays, balloons and many other gadgets. On any material, shape or size.

This is an important market with a wide variety of applications. When reading a vial of liquid injectable medicine, one sees the level of detailed printing that can be achieved by the screen printing process. Many other types of packages can be printed by this process, such as perfume, deodorant and shampoo bottles, cardboard boxes, pallets, wooden boxes, plastic bags among others.

In this market, screen printing is widely used to complement offset printing. It is used for higher quality results such as more vivid permanent colors, thicker deposits of ink, more flexibility regarding to the types of substrates and variety of printable inks and materials. Screen printing is found in artwork production, leaflets, paper signs, credit cards, CDs and DVDs, thick prints on business cards, invitations, corporate stationery and general printing. A growing application is high gloss UV varnishing.

In this area of high levels of quality, the use of screen printing is also widely spread. It is found in printed circuit boards (conductive, masks, solder resist, peel-off and legends), membranes, magnetic cards, LCDs, dials for digital and analogical equipment, etc.

The use of screen printing provides gains in quality and productivity. For the deposition of many materials, woth conductive or insulating properties, adhesives and resins for many purposes. Found in the production of engine gaskets, mechanical seals, ovens, refrigerating thermal circuits, etc.

The results of some prints in this area can be considered pieces of art. Ceramic tiles and flooring can be printed directly, using coarser or finer meshes depending on the deposition and effects desired. For decorative or functional purposes (such as in antiskid tiles). Porcelain objects such as dishes, cups and pots can all be decorated in an indirect manner with printed decals.

In a growing market one can find screen printing in drinking glasses, jars, ovens, mirrors, car windshields, rearview mirrors, defrosting windows among others. Agabê manufactures another product that adds to the versatility of screen printing: Matt Glass is a screen printable glass etching paste. For simulating visual effect of sandblasting, with higher quality, speed, repeatability at a lower cost.

Creativity and good taste keep bringing new applications all the time. Screen printing is used on metallic, glass, plastic, textile and paper surfaces, in many sizes, shapes and colors. For appliances, panels, home and office decoration, among other possibilities.