Hand Block Printing To print the design on the fabric, the printer applies colour to the
block and presses it firmly and steadily on the cloth, ensuring a good
impression by striking it smartly on the back with a wooden mallet. The
second impression is made in the same way, the printer taking care to
see that it fits exactly to the first, a point which he can make sure of
by means of the pins with which the blocks are provided at each corner
and which are arranged in such a way that when those at the right side
or at the top of the block fall upon those at the left side or the
bottom of the previous impression the two printings join up exactly and
continue the pattern without a break. Each succeeding impression is made
in precisely the same manner until the length of cloth is fully
printed. When this is done it is wound over the drying rollers, thus
bringing forward a fresh length to be treated similarly.
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