Silk-screen stencil for printing onto a photovoltaic cell

Stencil for a screen-printing system, comprising slits (22, 23) in a central printing zone (13), forming a pattern to be printed, which comprises, in a peripheral deforming zone (14), at least one aperture (32) including at least one rectilinear aperture (32) lying parallel to a slit (22) in the central printing zone, which at least one rectilinear aperture (32) is placed in each of the two lateral parts of the stencil, which parts are oriented in the direction of this slit (22) in the central printing zone and positioned on either side of this slit (22) in the central printing zone, the aperture (32) in the peripheral deforming zone (14) having an area leading the peripheral deforming zone (14) to have a greater tendency to deform than the central printing zone (13), and being intended to cause this peripheral deforming zone (14) to deform under the effect of a stress applied to the stencil while reducing deformation of the central printing zone (13).