ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with the chemistry (recipe) and the sequence of operations in traditional tool- and machine-based (block, screen and roller) textile printing. The recipes and sequence of operations in printing of cotton, wool, silk, nylon, polyester and acrylic fabrics are discussed in detail. The colorants used are acid, metal-complex, vat, solubilized vat, reactive, azoic, cationic and disperse dyes.
