Inkjet printing partially imaged panels with superimposed layers

A method of making a panel, said panel comprising a substrate sheet partially imaged with a print pattern, said print pattern subdividing the panel into a plurality of discrete printed areas and/or a plurality of discrete unprinted areas, a design being superimposed on or forming a part of said print pattern, said design comprising a design layer, said print pattern comprising a base layer, said method comprising the steps of:

• (i) providing a digital inkjet cylindrical printer comprising a cylindrical drum to support said substrate sheet and an array of inkjet printheads,
• (ii) locating said substrate sheet onto said cylinder,
• (iii) rotating said cylindrical drum,
• (iv) inkjet printing said substrate sheet while said cylinder is rotating with a first layer, said first layer comprising one of said design layer and said base layer,
• (v) then printing a second layer, said second layer comprising the other of said design layer and base layer, both said design layer and said base layer being located within said print pattern, said base layer comprising a light-reflective background layer to said design layer.

A method of making a panel, said panel comprising a substrate sheet partially imaged with a print pattern, said print pattern subdividing the panel into a plurality of discrete printed areas and/or a plurality of discrete unprinted areas, a design being superimposed on or forming a part of said print pattern, said design comprising a design layer, said print pattern comprising a base layer, said method comprising the steps of:

• (i) providing a digital inkjet cylindrical printer comprising a cylindrical drum to support said substrate sheet and an array of inkjet printheads,
• (ii) locating said substrate sheet onto said cylinder,
• (iii) rotating said cylindrical drum,
• (iv) inkjet printing said substrate sheet while said cylinder is rotating with a first layer, said first layer comprising one of said design layer and said base layer,
• (v) then printing a second layer, said second layer comprising the other of said design color and base layer, both said design layer and said base layer being located within said print pattern,
• wherein said base layer comprises white ink.

A panel comprising a substrate sheet partially imaged with a print pattern, said print pattern subdividing the panel into a plurality of discrete printed areas and/or a plurality of discrete unprinted areas, a design being superimposed on or forming a part of said print pattern, said design comprising a design layer, said print pattern comprising a white base layer and another base layer, said print pattern comprising a primary print pattern and a secondary print pattern, wherein a cross-section can be taken through said panel comprising said sheet and alternate printed portions and unprinted portions, said printed portions comprising a plurality of primary print pattern portions and a plurality of secondary print pattern portions, and wherein each of said plurality of primary print pattern portions comprises a part of said base layer having two outer edges and a part of said another base layer having two outer edges, wherein said two outer edges of said part of said base layer are located within said two outer edges of said part of said another base layer, wherein in one of said primary print pattern portions said part of said design layer extends over only part of said width between said two outer edges of said part of said another base layer, wherein a plurality of said plurality of secondary print pattern portions comprise other parts of said base layer having two outer edges and are devoid of said another base layer, and wherein said base layer comprises inkjet ink spatter in a random pattern.