Abstract: For the transference of dyes from paper onto textile fabrics, using a heated press at a temperature between 80.degree. to 120.degree. C at a pressure of up to 10 lbs. per square inch, and for a period not exceeding 10 minutes, whereafter the printed fabric or material is removed from the press, washed and dried, it is proposed to preliminarily treat the textile fabric with a padding material comprised of citric acid and/or potassium hydrogen sulphate and a printing paste thickener.

Abstract: For the fixation of dyes and other chemicals in textile fibres, however formed or combined, such fibres are conveyed through a closely confining tube located between electrodes by which a radio frequency energy field is created in the tube, the packing of the tube with such fibres being sufficiently dense to ensure that, when heated by the energy field, the tube and its contents form a partially self-sealing pressure chamber whereby the rate of reaction of the dye or chemical on the fibres is accelerated. Various embodiments of apparatus for the performance of such a fixation process on fibres of different forms and combinations are also shown.