Process for the dyeing and printing of cellulose-containing textile materials

Claim 1

A process for the continuous dyeing and printing of textile material consisting of or containing cellulose fibers, with water-insoluble azo dyestuffs produced on the fiber, which comprises padding the fiber material with an aqueous solution which contains a 2-hydroxy-naphthalene-3-carboxylic acid phenyl amide, an alkaline agent and an alkali metal nitrite, cross-padding the material thus impregnated, under conditions of room temperature, with a second aqueous bath or printing with a printing paste containing a solution, a dispersion or an emulsion of a 4-amino-diphenyl amine as well as an acidic agent, and bringing about the formation of the azo dyestuff by diazotizing and coupling by a drying process, if desired with the aid of an elevated temperature, a subsequent passage of the dyeings and prints through a hot sodium carbonate solution or both said elevated temperature and sodium carbonate treatment steps.