Printing inks for transfer printing

Claim 1

In a process for transfer printing of acid-modified textile fiber materials wherein a dyestuff is applied to a temporary carrier web and subsequently transferred to the textile material by being pressed against the textile and heated to cause the dyestuff to sublime and be adsorbed by the textile material, the improvement which comprises employing a printing ink consisting essentially of (a) as a dyestuff intermediate a dyestuff base which can be sublimed at 160°-240° C, of the formula ##STR18## wherein R 1 and R 2 represent an alkyl or conjointly with the C atom by which they are linked form a carbocyclic ring; R 3 denotes hydrogen alkyl, cycloalkyl or aralkyl; R 4 denotes hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, aryl, aralkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, aralkoxy, alkylamino, dialkylamino, arylamino, aralkylamino, acylamino, sulphonamido, carbonamido, alkoxycarbonyl, acyl, nitrile or halogen; R 5 denotes hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxycarbonyl, or nitrile; R 6 and R 7 denote hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, aralkoxy, acylamino, dialkylamino or alkylmercapto; or R 6 and R 7 conjointly form a heterocyclic structure; and B represents CH, N, or C-alkyl; (b) a practically anhydrous neutral organic solvent; and (c) a neutral resin which is soluble in this solvent.