Method for Producing Printing Stencils, Particularly for Screen Printing Methods, and a Stencil Device

A method for producing printing stencils for use in filling at least one contact hole formed in a printed-circuit board, the method comprising:

• reproducing a pattern artwork on a stencil which corresponds to an arrangement of contact holes on the printed-circuit board;
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• producing the pattern artwork reproduced on the stencil in the same working process as the at least one contact hole on the printed-circuit board.

A stencil device for use in filling at least one contact hole formed in a printed-circuit board, comprising:

• a printing stencil, a pattern artwork being reproduced on the stencil which corresponds to an arrangement of contact holes on the printed-circuit board, the pattern artwork of the stencil being made of at least one hole which is produced in the same working process as the contact hole.