Tile edge systems and methods

A method of manufacturing a bullnose tile, comprising:

• providing a tile, wherein said tile is a fired ceramic tile comprising an undecorated base and a decoration;
• comprising a color and pattern cutting or milling the tile to form a bullnose edge, wherein the cutting or milling provides a cut revealing the undecorated base;
• transporting the tile to a single printing station;
• printing multiple print layers of print media on the bullnose edge with the printing station comprising an inkjet printer with print heads that are disposed at an angle between 30 degrees and 60 degrees to a top surface of the tile, the multiple print layers matching one or both of the color and pattern of the decoration;
• transporting the tile to a single curing station and curing the print media by ultraviolet (UV) radiation to provide the bullnose tile, the step of curing the print media comprising curing all layers of the multiple print layers together after all layers of the multiple print layers are applied;
• after curing the print media, transporting the bullnose tile to a coating station and applying a radiation curable clear protective coat on the bullnose tile;
• curing the radiation curable clear protective coat by UV radiation to provide a finished bullnose tile;
• transporting the finished bullnose tile to a sorting and/or packaging station immediately after the step of curing the radiation curable protective clear coat;
• and
• sorting and/or packaging at least one finished bullnose tile,
• wherein the multiple print layers are layers of inks comprising organic and/or inorganic pigments, and wherein the inks comprise cyan, magenta, yellow and black ink.