Types of fabric printing method 

-Screen printing: It is a method where prints are hand transferred directly onto the fabric via a mesh/screen/film. " In screen printing, a stencil of design is made out of porous nylon fabric. The areas which does not have prints are covered and then the screens are placed on the fabrics and a wooden squeegee is used to work the color through the porous screen to the fabric. " (sewguide,2018) 

Direct printing: printing directly onto the surface of the fabric with dyes/pigments. 

Discharge printing: removing colors from specifics areas from an already dyed fabrics by applying appropriate chemicals.

Resist printing: Involves applying a special resist paste on the fabric in patterns and then dyeing the fabric so that the areas with that resisted the applied paste will become the base color . Eg. Batik and tie dye.

10 best Textile Printing Techniques - Sew Guide 2018, Sew Guide. viewed 4 November 2018, <https://sewguide.com/printing-on-fabric/>.