at the size press and at the finish roll because moisture may cause the latex saturated paper layers to fuse block or stick in contrast the invention avoids excessive drying and allows the use of faster machine speeds with 8 moisture in the finish reel without blocking or sticking the following examples are provided to illustrate the invention not to limit it solid eaa primacor u00ae available from dow chemical co average m w u02dc 18000 is mixed with hot aqueous alkali 1 2 hr at 90 u00b0 c or more at a concentration of 35 solids of less to render the resin soluble the solubilized eaa is then mixed with softeners and cooled to the cooled mixture is added a sizing emulsion to yield the following compositions ______________________________________ dry weight______________________________________eaa primacor u00ae 30softenersstearic acid ethoxylate 23 to 40 mols 12 0lauryl alcohol ethoxylate 23 mols 1 6glyceryl monostearate 16 6polyhydric alcohol 20 8total softener 51bersize 6321 bercen inc melamine hydrophobe size 19 l00 ______________________________________ the composition is produced to have a solid content of about 40 eaa is solubilized in a mixture containing surfactants and softeners as described above in example 1 in place of the melamine hydrophobe size of example 1 a styrene maleic anhydride solution is prepared by dissolving sma in hot aqueous alkali at 60 u00b0 70 u00b0 c to form a solution at 20 40 solids bersize 6625 from bercen inc the relative composition of the saturant is the same as in example 1 other size agents that can be included in the saturant and applied at the size press include anionic nonionic paraffin wax emulsions bercen inc other softening agents for replacing some or all of the fatty alcohol or fatty acid ethoxylate softeners include fluorochemicals sulfonated.