If your business involves screen printing on metal, then based on your application and your know-how, you may be using solvent-based inks and/or UV inks. But do you know which type of ink is best suited for your product and the type of metal youre printing Do you know why your UV ink is successful sometimes but fails at other times Do you know why a conventional solvent-based ink seems to perform where a UV ink seems to fail This article will attempt to answer these questions and explore the use of UV screen-printing inks on metal versus solvent-based inks. To explain these answers, it will address the following areas: the substrate (coatings) the inks performance parameters required the market (past, present, and future)