Using Off Contact in Screen Printing
Once the squeegee is pulled across the mesh, off-contact immediately lifts the screen mesh away from the substrate as the squeegee is moved the across the stencil, resulting in a good print. If you have a press with an “off-contact” adjustment, it is a simple matter to set it precisely at the height that you want. Just turn the knob and watch the screen raise or lower. You can “feel” the amount of off-contact by pressing down on the mesh.
