An ink residue lifting and transfer mechanism is provided on a printing mechanism of a screen printing machine to pneumatically horizontally drive an ink reclaiming blade, so that the ink reclaiming blade is in complete contact with a scraper of the printing mechanism to hold ink residue after one printing in a space contained between the closely contacted scraper and the ink reclaiming blade, preventing the ink residue from dripping off from the scraper to the screen plate to smudge the printed object in the course of ink reclaiming. And, the ink residue is lifted and transferred by the closely contacted scraper and ink reclaiming blade to an initial position for reuse in the next printing without being wasted. Therefore, an improved accuracy of printing can be achieved at reduced cost.