Print plate, a spacer-printing apparatus having the print plate and a method of printing a spacer by using the print plate

A spacer-printing apparatus comprising:

• a print plate comprising:
• a surface including a central region and a peripheral region surrounding the central region;
• a panel print section including a plurality of panel spacer recesses disposed in the central region;
• and
• an alignment print section including a plurality of alignment spacer recesses disposed in the peripheral region, the alignment spacer recesses being spaced apart from each other;
• an alignment plate disposed adjacent to the print plate;
• a print roller that rolls on the print plate and the alignment plate to print spacers received in the alignment spacer recesses of the print plate onto the alignment plate to form an alignment mark on the alignment plate;
• and
• a position-storing unit disposed over the alignment plate, the position-storing unit storing a position of the alignment mark.

A method of printing a spacer, comprising:

• forming an alignment mark including a plurality of spacer dots on an alignment plate;
• storing a position of the alignment mark;
• aligning a target substrate by using the position of the alignment mark;
• and
• printing spacers received in panel spacer recesses of a print plate onto the target substrate.