Liquid crystal display element manufacturing method and screen plate used therein

A manufacturing method for a liquid crystal display element that comprises a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal material contained therebetween, and multiple resin bodies that contribute the regulation of the gap between the substrates, said method including the steps of:

• placing on one of the substrates on which resin bodies are to be formed a screen plate in which are formed multiple resin body forming holes;
• placing on the screen plate a resin material by which to form resin bodies;
• and
• moving the squeegee relative to the screen plate in a direction transverse to the width of the squeegee while keeping the squeegee in pressure contact with the screen plate using a prescribed pressure in order to extrude the resin material onto the substrate on which resin bodies are to be formed through the resin body forming holes of the screen plate, so that resin bodies are formed on the substrate,
• wherein the resin body forming holes of the screen plate have varying pitches and/or diameters from the center area of the screen plate that corresponds to the squeegee center area in the direction of the squeegee width to the edge areas of the screen plate that correspond to the squeegee edge areas in the direction of the squeegee width, such that the resin bodies formed on the substrate will have a uniform pitch and/or height.