Ciba-geigy Ag

Ciba-geigy Corporation

Raymond Defago

Stefan Koller

Richard Peter

Urs Karlen

Hans Wilhelm Liechti

Hans-Joerg Angliker

Herbert Holzrichter

Werner Kneubuehler

Werner Kneubuhler

Carl Becker

Wolfgang Sutterlin

Arnulf Ruediger Lapple

Paul Schaffluetzel

Gerhard Back

Peter Loew

Visvanathan Ramanathan

Jaroslav Haase

Peter Moser

Zdenek Koci

Andres Schaub

Jacques E Wegmann

Bernard Hugelin

Hans-Jorg Angliker

Pierre Perrin

Rolf Bauerle

Hanspeter Hermann

Peter Franceschini

Gustaf Graff

Branimir Milicevic

Hansruedi Hoster

Arthur Schmutz

Sabahattin Guz

A process for computing a dyeing or printing recipe corresponding to a given shade, wherein a) a given shade in a FTa*b* colour space is defined, where FT is a depth of shade value which, irrespective of hue, defines points of equal colour strength which by definition lie in a plane of the FTa*b* colour space as defined, and a* and b* are values of the CIELab colour coordinate system, b) the FTa*b* colour space for each depth of shade plane is segmented into triangular levels by means of the a* and b* values of the dyes to be used for colour matching, c) in each defined depth of shade plane the given a* and b* values correspond to a specific ratio of the dyes of the suitable segment of the colour space, and d) the ratio of the dyes of the suitable segment is obtained by an iteration method. The process makes it possible to formulate dyeing and printing recipes accurately in accordance with a given reference shade.

Process for computing dyeing and printing recipes in accordance with a

There is disclosed a process for aftertreating cellulose and cellulosic materials printed with reactive dyes by treating said printed material with an aqueous liquor that contains at least one cationic assistant, at least one amphoteric and/or at least one cationic fluorescent whitening agent. The prints so obtained have very good washfastness, especially very good wetfastness, and the required degree of whiteness.

Process for aftertreating cellulosic materials printed with reactive dyes

The invention relates to a structurally viscous thickener which contains a copolymer of acrylic acid and acrylamide, a polyacrylic acid and optionally a solvent, emulsifiers, a neutralizing agent and a deaerator as additional components. The thickener may be in the form of a water-in-oil emulsion and is particularly suitable for use in printing pastes for dyeing and printing fibre material, especially textile fabrics.

Mixtures of a polyacrylic acid and a copolymer of acrylic acid and

The invention relates to novel aqueous formulations for dyeing and printing polyester/cellulose blends. In addition to containing at least one water-insoluble or sparingly water-soluble dye and at least one fibre-reactive dye, these formulations contain a non-ionic water-soluble cellulose ether, preferably hydroxyethyl cellulose. The formulations have a very good shelf life, do not recrystallize and do not form tacky deposits.

Aqueous formulations for dyeing and printing blended fabrics

The invention relates to aqueous low-viscosity printing inks which, in addition to containing at least one sublimable dye suitable for transfer printing and optionally further ingredients, also contains a mixture of at least one polyvinyl alcohol and a polyacrylate and/or a styrene acrylic copolymer. Such printing inks are suitable in particular for printing supports for transfer printing on gravure printing machines.

Aqueous printing inks for transfer printing containing polyvinyl alcohol

Transfer printing process on textile material is described with the use of a printing ink having an organic-aqueous base, which printing ink contains, in addition to at least one binding agent, at least one organic solvent and, optionally, water, an aqueous preparation of transferable dyestuffs or optical brighteners that are insoluble to difficultly soluble in water and have a particle size of less than 10.mu., which preparation has a low content of dispersing agent and a high concentration of dyestuff or of optical brightener, characterized in that this preparation contains at least 10 percent by weight of water, at least 30 percent by weight of a finely dispersed transferable dyestuff or optical brightener insoluble to difficultly soluble in water, and a mixture consisting of at most 10 percent by weight of an anion-active dispersing agent, at most 5 percent by weight of a nonionic dispersing agent, and at most 35 percent by weight of a hydrotropic agent, as well as, optionally, further additives.

Transfer printing on textile material

A transfer printing process for dyeing or optically brightening hydrophilic fibrous material and blends of hydrophilic and synthetic fibrous material with sublimable reactive disperse dyes or fluorescent brighteners, which process comprises the use of inert carriers that are treated with at least one reactive disperse dye or fluorescent brightener, which, during the heat treatment of the transfer printing process, has a vapor pressure higher than 10.sup.-5 Torr at temperatures above 160.degree. C., and treating the material to be printed with at least two compounds, one of which has a boiling point higher than 120.degree. C. and a solubility or dispersibility in water of at least 25 g/l at 25.degree. C., direct or with the aid of an auxiliary solvent or dispersant, and under the transfer conditions of the dyes or fluorescent brighteners is sparingly volatile, and the other is an acid acceptor, or with at least one compound that combines both functions simultaneously.

Transfer printing process for hydrophilic fibrous material or blends of

A dry heat process for dyeing and printing and optically brightening organic material which can be dyed with cationic dyes, which process comprises the use of electroneutral, deprotonized cationic dyes or fluorescent brighteners together with at least one indicator dye.

Dry heat process for dyeing and printing organic material which can be

The present invention provides useful new fibre-reactive disperse dyes of the formula (1) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents hydrogen or alkyl,

Methods for dyeing or printing using amino-anthraquinone reactive

Transfer printing process for dyeing or optical brightening of hydrophilic fibre material, synthetic fibre material, or mixtures of hyrophilic and synthetic fibre material with transferable dyestuffs or optical brighteners, characterized in that for dyeing or optical brightening inert temporary carriers are used which are treated with at least one transferable dyestuff or optical brightner, at least one solid compound which melts during the heat exposure of the transfer process and has a vapor pressure above 10.sup.-5 mm Hg at 150.degree. to 250.degree. C and, optionally, a binder which is stable below 230.degree. C.

Transfer printing process for hydrophilic, synthetic fibre material or

The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of prints which are fast to wet processings and sublimation on textile or non-textile sheets by means of the transfer printing process, wherein dyestuffs containing mercapto, hydroxyl and/or amino groups and applied to sheets by means of the transfer printing process are fixed by the action of isocyanates or masked isocyanates, which are applied to the sheets before, during, or after the dyestuff transfer.

Sublimation transfer and diisocyanate fixation of amino- or

In a dry heat process for dyeing and printing of organic material which can be dyed with cationic dyestuffs, the improvement wherein at least one transferable salt of a cationic dyestuff with an acid having a pK.sub.s value greater than 3 is used for dyeing and printing.

Amino-anthraquinone reactive disperse dyes

Object of the present invention are novel printing inks with organic solvents for sublimation transfer printing which contain a high concentration of very finely dispersed, transferable cationic dyes, and specifically;

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