Thickening agent is a substance when it was using to increase viscosity of an aqueous solution but other properties were not substantially modifying. it had major roles in textile printing process via adjust the print paste viscosity. transfer dye and auxiliaries into fabric. Thickening agent type starch had used in textile printing but it was a troublesome production also high cost. In this research had and feasible study to placement of dry Dioscorea hispida Dennst for textile printing processes such as direct dye and reactive dye printing on cotton woven fabric acid dye printing on nylon woven fabric and disperse dye on polyester woven fabric. The results found dry Dioscorea hispida Dennst successfully applied used as thickening agent stable time to collected as 3 days. The textile printing quality and viscosity propertied equivalent as the industrial thickener at 10% of weight print paste (owp). The steam fixation applied for direct dye and reactive dye printing at 100c for 10 minutes and gor flue fixation foracid dye and disperses dye and disperses dye printing at 150c for 5 minutes. The printed quality was good at rubbing fastness true color appearance. Theresidual paste was removed completely in washing off process.

The objective of this research was to study the feasibility for producing the dry Dioscorea hispida powder as a thickener. The product was investigated in their properties the compatibility with dye and chemicals in print paste color appearance by indicated with color hue value the time durability storage the residual substance after washing treatment and the color fastness in washing and rubbing methods. The results shown the dry Dioscorea hispida powder was used as thickener that it was the good characteristic like the famous textile printing thickener as alginate. The dry Dioscorea hispida powder thickener was 10%w/w had the equivalent viscosity as 8%w/w alginate. It had 3 days stability storage and good compatibility for direct dye reactive dye acid dye and disperse dye print pastes. The color appearances were corresponding with owned hue in color index databases. The thickener was completely in washing process. And the washing and rubbing fastness were good to excellent.