ABSTRACT
Printing is localized dyeing and has been popular from the beginning of the civilization for ornamentation of textiles like dress materials and furnishing materials. Block printing and stencil printing are popular for the beautification of textile materials. Block printing is tedious in terms of block making and the slow speed of the printing process. However, block printing is still in use in isolated locations for its artistic demand. Stencil printing is obsolete now, but it has given birth to another method: screen printing. Screen printing may be manual or mechanized. This chapter deals with manual methods of printing.
