Process for printing or pad-dyeing cellulose/polyester mixed fabrics

摘要

A process for the pad-dyeing or printing of textile material consisting of cellulose and polyester fibers with fiber-reactive and dispersion dyestuffs which comprises printing or padding the textile material with a printing paste or padding liquor which contains besides the usual printing auxiliaries and the dyestuffs mentioned an alkali salt of the formic acid as well as carriers, levelling and/or dispersing agents, fixing the dyestuffs by dry heat at temperatures above 150 DEG C or by hot steam at temperatures above 140 DEG C, and completing the prints or pad dyeings in usual manner.