in fig4 woven 100 cotton fabric were printed in stripes with an aqueous printing paste with the same composition as in example 1 except for the thickener 15 starch derivative diatex sl was used instead of 6 carboxymethyl galactomannan diagum cw 12 the starch derivative is also know as british gum roasted starch the fabric was cut into small pieces of 0 4 g all covered 100 with print paste all experimental condition were identical to example 1 except for the ph in the first wash which was adjusted to 6 5 and the temperature of the first hot wash which was 70 u00b0 c instead of endo 1 4 u03b2 d mannanase 3 g l of three different commercial amylases were added to the first hot wash results were as follows ______________________________________ abs sub 667 wash no 1 wash no 2______________________________________no enzyme 0 48 0 93aquazyme 120 l 2 23 0 15aquazyme ultra l 2 30 0 15termamyl 60 l 2 37 0 17______________________________________ all experimental condition were identical to example 3 the effect of temperature in the first hot wash was evaluated on aquazyme ultra the results are given in fig5 no addition of enzyme and fig6 0 5 g l aquazyme ultra all experimental condition were identical to example 3 the effect of aquazyme ultra dosage and time in the first hot wash at 70 u00b0 c.