This is because the process of making batik printing is like a patterned printing emblazoned on a sheet of cloth. And many batik lovers will refuse the printing category to enter in part of batik, because the making process does not use malam or through the process of batik. Instead, directly use a tool called print that has been given a motif with a certain color to produce a batik style as desired.
Although using batik style, but this is only the motive and not the real batik. But, now many batik craftsmen who "outsmart" it and make batik printing as one of batik art. The trick that is by combining it with the type of batik tulis or batik stamp. And this makes this type of batik combination to be part of batik although in it the process of making also use the printing process.
Wax Batik with stamp
For the type of batik or batik stamp, the use malam is very dominant or main. This is so that the motive or any style made by batik artists can be perfect and varied. The function malam is to protect certain parts from being included or protected during the coloring process. As we know, malam has a conflicting nature of the material used for coloring. Where malam contains oil while the dye contains water. Although united, these two parts still can not be one because of the opposite nature. And this is what makes the part covered with malam will not be exposed to color even though it will be dipped many times on the dye.