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US 10,500,787 B2Granted
Shaped article
AssigneeMimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.
InventorsKunio Hakkaku, Hirofumi Hara
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Abstract
A shaped article formed by multilayer lamination technique is provided and comprising: a decorative layer, wherein the decorative layer has an ink density thereof filled by a supplementary ink in a part of the decorative layer in which a decorative ink alone is insufficient to meet a predetermined ink density.
Claims13
A shaped article, comprising:
- a plurality of layers, provided by using inkjet printing, and the plurality of layers is stacked in a layering direction,
- wherein the plurality of layers comprises:
- a light reflective layer;
- a transparent layer;
- and
- a decorative layer made of a decorative ink,
- wherein the decorative ink is a colored UV-curing ink,
- the transparent layer is disposed between the light reflective layer and the decorative layer, and the decorative layer, the transparent layer and the light reflective layer are arranged in a plane perpendicular to the layering direction, and
- a part where the decorative ink alone is insufficient for a height of the decorative layer is filled by a transparent supplementary ink.
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A method for manufacturing a shaped article, the method comprising layering a plurality of layers using inkjet printing in a layering direction, the plurality of layers comprising:
- a light reflective layer;
- a transparent layer;
- and
- a decorative layer made of a decorative ink,
- wherein the decorative ink is a colored UV-curing ink,
- the method comprising:
- forming the transparent layer between the light reflective layer and the decorative layer, and the decorative layer, the transparent layer and the light reflective layer are arranged in a plane perpendicular to the layering direction, and
- filling a part where the decorative ink alone is insufficient for a height of the decorative layer by a transparent supplementary ink.
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A shaped article, comprising:
- a plurality of layers, provided by using inkjet printing, and the plurality of layers is stacked in a layering direction,
- wherein the plurality of layers comprises:
- a light reflective layer;
- and
- a decorative layer made of a decorative ink,
- wherein the decorative ink is a colored UV-curing ink, and
- the decorative layer and the light reflective layer are arranged in a plane perpendicular to the layering direction, and
- a part where the decorative ink alone is insufficient for a height of the decorative layer is filled by a transparent supplementary ink.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.