and 88 9 g water both 50 50 cotton polyester and 100 cotton interlock fabrics weighing approximately 5 2 oz sq yd were used for treatments samples were treated on one side with the thickened solution containing hexamethoxymethyl melamine crosslinking agent by screen printing the fabric through a10xx mesh screen after printing the fabric was dried for 5 minutes at 100 u00b0 c the add on was about 4 9 the samples were transfer printed with transfer printing paper containing disperse dye on a heat transfer machine with a 15 u00d7 15 inch platen printing conditions were 204 u00b0 c for 30 seconds reflectance measurements of the samples that were printed with a transfer printing paper containing a black dyestuff formulation are shown in table i table i______________________________________ photovolt reflectance colorationsample initial 5 washings initial______________________________________100 cotton 5 0 9 0 deep100 cotton control 14 1 32 7 light50 50 c pe 5 8 6 3 deep50 50 c pe control 12 0 14 2 dull______________________________________ these results demonstrate that the affinity of cellulose containing fabrics is significantly increased by pretreating the fabrics with the thickened solution containing 5 hexamethoxymethyl melamine and that durability of the prints to washing is good a thickened solution was prepared such that in each 100 g there were 10 g hexamethoxymethyl melamine 0 2 g p toluene sulfonic acid 0 5 g triethylamine 0 1 g 2 amino 2 methyl 1 propanol 2 5 g butoxy triglycol 7 5 g 2 propanol 78 65 g water and 0 5 g carboxy vinyl thickener.