Patterning method and method for manufacturing liquid crystal display device using the same

A method for manufacturing an LCD device comprising:

• preparing a first substrate and a second substrate;
• forming a pattern on the first substrate;
• and
• forming a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates,
• wherein forming a pattern on the first substrate comprises:
• preparing a printing plate having recesses and lands;
• dropping a pattern material into the recesses of the printing plate using at least one precision nozzle to form the pattern material in the recesses of the printing plate,
• stopping said dropping a pattern material into the recesses before a height of the pattern material formed in each recess reaches one-half a depth of the recess in order to prevent coating of lands of the printing plate,
• rolling a printing roller on the printing plate to print the pattern material in a recess of the printing plate onto the printing roller, wherein the printing roller comprises a blanket of Si-based resin, having elasticity, adhered to a surface thereof;
• and
• rolling the printing roller on the first substrate to print the pattern material on the printing roller onto the first substrate.