A 1909 German textbook on operating the machines used to make printed cotton fabrics, written mainly as a teaching guide for trade continuation schools. It covers cotton spinning, weaving (including the Northrop loom, shedding mechanisms, reduced threading and weave drafts), and then the finishing and printing processes: singeing, mercerizing, bleaching, roller printing, engraving of copper rollers, steaming, reserve and discharge printing, indigo dyeing, soaping and finishing. It includes operating rules for each machine, plates of printing faults and 42 printed fabric samples.