Keyboard manufacturing apparatus and method

A keyboard manufacturing method comprising:

• loading a keyboard to a keyboard manufacturing apparatus;
• spraying on the keyboard ink having a color identical to a specific color representing at least one of a letter, a symbol, a number and a pattern to be printed onto the keyboard;
• drying the ink sprayed on the keyboard using a hardener;
• and
• unloading the keyboard from the keyboard manufacturing apparatus.

A keyboard manufacturing apparatus comprising:

• a loader to load a keyboard;
• an unloader to unload the keyboard;
• a conveying unit move the keyboard from the loader to the unloader;
• a printing unit located above the conveying unit to print an image on the individual keys of the keyboard;
• wherein the printing unit comprises:
• an inkjet unit to print the image on the keys of the keyboard;
• and
• a hardening unit located on at least two sides of the inkjet unit;
• wherein the printing unit is able to move the inkjet unit and the hardening unit in a horizontal fashion allowing the printing unit to printing an image in one area of the keyboard and harden the image printed at a previous area of the keyboard, thus allowing the printing and hardening function to be carried out simultaneously.