Today, Silkscreen is mainly used for the production of self-adhesive labels for cosmetics, pharmaceutical and outdoor applications. This is commonly found in a UV Flexographic combination press.

The screen process has the ability to print a smooth, controllable thick layer lay-down of ink and to provide durable, high quality labels where good ink coverage required for resistance to weather, moisture, chemicals and abrasion. Besides, it prints a good opaque white image, something which other label printing processes find it difficult to achieve.