Methods and systems for stencil printing

A stencil printing system comprising:

• a stencil comprising a stencil shell having a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface, the stencil shell comprising one or more apertures extending from the first major surface to the second major surface, the stencil being a rotary stencil or a flatbed stencil;
• a gasket layer on the first major surface of the stencil shell, wherein the gasket layer comprises a pattern of apertures in registration with the one or more apertures of the stencil shell;
• a substrate including a major surface in contact with the gasket layer;
• an applicator disposed adjacent to the second major surface of the stencil shell, configured to dispose a coating material onto the second major surface of the stencil shell to allow at least some of the coating material to fill in the one or more apertures of the stencil shell and the one or more apertures of the gasket layer and contact the major surface of the substrate;
• a curing mechanism configured to at least partially cure the coating material in contact to the major surface of the substrate at a curing zone where the major surface of the substrate is in contact with the first major surface of the stencil shell;
• a shield structure adjacent to the second major surface of the stencil shell and facing the curing zone;
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• a separation mechanism positioned downstream of the curing mechanism, configured to separate the major surface of the substrate from the first major surface of the stencil shell after the coating material is at least partially cured by the curing mechanism, wherein a pattern of the coating material that is at least partially cured is formed on the major surface of the substrate.