There are many types of printing used on fabrics.

Screen printing is one of these printing. Screen printing has its origin in stenciling. The screens are made by strtching fine mesh fabric, polyster, silk or nylon over a frame. Areas where dye is required on the fabric are blocked. A seperate screen is necessary for each shade. The fabric to be printed is firmy attached to a long table then each screen is accurately positioned registered onto the cloth. Dye paste is poured into the screens and squeezed through the mesh with a rubber blade, aqueezee. Flat bed printing allows the production of very large scale patterns but is relatively slow. Screens can also be made in cylinderical form.

The dye paste is fed through from the centre of the screen. Rotary screens are placed on a printing frame., usually running from the lightest shades to the darkest colors. Actually screen printing is the type of printing in which dye is forced through screens with an impremeable coating on all areas not a part of design, a diff screen is used for each color. Slower than a roller printing but permits larger designs and brighter colors. Can be used successfully for knits too. 

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