Printing screen and method for imaging the same

A printing screen, comprising:

• a printing material side and a squeegee side of the printing screen;
• a screen-shaped fabric layer acting as a carrier structure, said screen-shaped fabric layer including fabric threads each having a fabric thread diameter;
• and
• an imaged stencil layer connected to said fabric layer and provided with passages, each respective passage forming a continuous channel and having an opening on said printing material side and an opening on said squeegee side;
• said opening on said printing material side being smaller than said opening on said squeegee side;
• said opening on said squeegee side having a width being greater than said fabric thread diameter;
• and
• said opening on said printing material side having a width being at most equal to said fabric thread diameter.