GB/T 9851.6-2026 Vocabulary of graphic technology—Part 6:Terms for permeographic printing English, Anglais, Englisch, Inglés, えいご
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ICS 13.220.10
CCS H 57
National Standard of the People's Republic of China
GB/T 9851.6-2026
Replaces GB/T 9851.6-2008
Vocabulary of graphic technology - Part 6: Terms for permeographic printing
印刷技术术语 第6部分：孔版印刷术语
Issue date: 2026-01-28 Implementation date: 2027-02-01
Issued by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China
the Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative References
3 Basic Terminology
4 Platemaking
5 Printing
6 Troubles (Faults/Defects)
7 Typical Applications
7.1 Textile Printing
7.2 Transfer Paper (Film) Printing
7.3 Panel Printing
7.4 Solar Cell Printing
7.5 Electronic Circuit Printing
7.6 Membrane Switch Circuit Printing
7.7 Passive Component Printing
7.8 Other Applications
Bibliography
Index
Graphic Technology - Terminology - Part 6: Terms for Stencil Printing
1 Scope
This document defines the terms involved in stencil printing technology and its application.
This document applies to production, teaching, scientific research, technical exchanges, etc., within the field of stencil printing technology and its application areas.
2 Normative References
This document has no normative references.
3 Basic Terminology
3.1
permeographic printing
A printing method where the printing medium passes through the open areas of the printing forme, forming image and text information on the substrate.
3.2
screen printing
A type of permeographic printing (3.1) where the open areas of the printing forme are in the form of apertures.
3.3
fabric printing
A type of screen printing (3.2) where the open areas of the printing forme are formed by fibrous materials.
4 Platemaking
4.1
screen mesh
Screen printing (3.2) material, woven from warp and weft threads, having uniform openings.
4.1.1
screen mesh count
The number of openings per unit length of the screen mesh (4.1).
4.1.2
breaking elongation ratio
The ratio of the elongation at break to the original length when the screen mesh (4.1) is stretched in the warp or weft direction.
4.1.3
screen mesh thickness
The maximum perpendicular distance between the two surfaces of the screen mesh (4.1).
4.1.4
aperture width
The larger of the maximum perpendicular distances between two adjacent warp threads and between two adjacent weft threads of the screen mesh (4.1).
4.1.5
aperture area
The area of a single mesh opening in the screen mesh (4.1).
4.1.6
aperture percentage
The ratio, over a defined area, of the total aperture area to the total area of the screen mesh (4.1).
4.1.7
theoretical ink volume
The product of the screen mesh thickness (4.1.3) and the aperture area (4.1.5).
4.2
screen frame
A closed frame device used to secure the screen mesh (4.1).
4.3
stretching mesh
The process of tensioning the screen mesh (4.1) and fixing it onto the screen frame (4.2).
4.4
stretched mesh plate
The assembly consisting of the screen mesh (4.1) after stretching and the screen frame (4.2).
4.5
indirect photosensitive film
A sheet material with a photosensitive coating layer that can be completely peeled away from its base material.
4.6
screen stencil
The assembly consisting of the stretched mesh plate (4.4) and the layer of imageable material.
4.7
photosensitive film
The layer of imageable material adhered to the stretched mesh plate (4.4).
4.8
stencil film
An independent sheet material with open image/text areas, or an image/text layer with open areas adhered to a base material.
4.9
screen forme
An imaged screen stencil (4.6), or the assembly of a stretched mesh plate (4.4) and a stencil film (4.8), or the assembly of a screen frame (4.2) and a stencil film (4.8).
4.9.1
direct screen making
A method of making a screen forme (4.9) by first forming a screen stencil (4.6) through solidifying an imageable material layer on the stretched mesh plate (4.4), and then processing it.
Note: The imageable material layer can be a layer formed by coating photosensitive emulsion, or other adhered imageable material layers such as polyimide film used for laser imaging.
4.9.2
indirect screen making
A method of making a screen forme (4.9) by adhering a pre-imaged stencil film (4.8) onto the stretched mesh plate (4.4).
4.9.3
computer to screen
digital plate making
A method of making a screen forme (4.9) by directly imaging digital image and text information onto the screen stencil (4.6).
4.9.4
cylinder screen forme
A cylindrical, metallic screen forme (4.9).
4.10
stencil opening area
The total sum of the areas of the mesh openings on the screen forme (4.9) that allow the printing medium to pass through.
4.11
screen forme tension
The internal tensile force existing within the screen forme (4.9), perpendicular to any cross-section parallel or perpendicular to the printing direction, equal in magnitude and opposite in direction, acting on both sides of the section.
5 Printing
5.1
off-contact distance
The maximum perpendicular distance between the printing side (5.8) of the screen forme and the substrate during the printing process.
5.2
squeegee
A device that forces the printing medium through the open areas of the screen forme (4.9) onto the substrate.
5.3
squeegee area
The area on the screen forme (4.9) over which the squeegee (5.2) travels.
5.4
squeegee angle
