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Waterfast ink jet printing onto textiles is performed by treating the textiles with a polymer or copolymer of epihalohydrin prior to the ink jet printing process. A softener such as a tetraalkylammonium salt may also be used, as may be a cationic binder.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method of making a printed textile comprising the steps of:contacting said textile with a solution having total dispersed solid content of approximately 8% to approximately 35% by weight comprising (1) approximately 4% to approximately 25% weight solids epihalohydrin co

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method of making a printed textile comprising the steps of:contacting said textile with a solution having total dispersed solid content of approximately 8% to approximately 35% by weight comprising (1) approximately 4% to approximately 25% weight solids epihalohydrin copolymerized with polyalkylene polyamine and (2) approximately 4% to approximately 10% weight solids softener comprising a quaternary ammonium salt in a ratio of approximately 1:1 to approximately 2.5:1 epihalohydrin copolymerized with polyalkylene polyamine to quaternary ammonium salt;drying said textile so as to form an ink acceptor layer on a surface of said textile; andejecting ink droplets onto said surface of said textile.