Product manufacturers may wish to consider laser marking as an alternative to screen printing (also called silk screening) when looking to permanently mark a surface such as with a bar code, a serial number, a logo, or calibration settings. Depending on the application, laser marking and screen printing each have their pluses and minuses — although for most applications laser marking is faster, cleaner, easier to set up, more precise and more adaptable than screen printing.
To learn more, download our tech brief, "Laser Marking vs. Screen Printing."