# US 2013/0278672 A1 · Method for uv inkjet printer to generate irregular transparent matte particle surface and completed printing object thereof

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- Number: US 2013/0278672 A1
- Document ID: US20130278672A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/450,301
- Filed: 2012-04-18
- Published: 2013-10-24
- Earliest claimed: 2012-04-18
- Assignees: Great Computer Corporation
- Inventors: Chen-Chien TSAI; Chia-Shou Lai
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130278672A1

## CPC

- B41J 2/2114: {Ejecting specialized liquids, e.g. transparent or processing liquids (B41J2/211 takes precedence)}
- B41J 11/0015: {for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing (selective coating B41J2/2114)}
- B41J 11/00214: {using UV radiation}
- B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS

## Abstract

A method for an ultraviolet (UV) inkjet printer to generate an irregular transparent matte particle surface and a completed printing object thereof are provided. After a pattern is printed on a substrate, an inkjet module is enabled to perform first transparent ink spraying on an entire pattern region with UV lights on, so as to form a first transparent color layer on the pattern, and then perform second transparent ink spraying on an entire region of the first transparent color layer with the UV lights off. After the spraying, the inkjet module is enabled to move back and forth above all printing regions of the substrate with the UV lights on, so as to form a second transparent color layer having irregular transparent matte particles on the first transparent color layer.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for an ultraviolet (UV) inkjet printer to generate an irregular transparent matte particle surface, wherein an inkjet module of the UV inkjet printer is disposed above a substrate to move back and forth for pattern printing, and two sides of the inkjet module are respectively disposed with a UV light for curing inks sprayed by the inkjet module; the method comprising:
(a) enabling the inkjet module to print a pattern on the substrate;
(b) after the pattern is printed, enabling the inkjet module to perform first transparent ink spraying on the pattern, and turning on lateral UV lights of the inkjet module during said first transparent ink spraying to immediately cure the transparent ink sprayed on the pattern, thereby forming a first transparent color layer on the pattern;
(c) after the first transparent ink spraying, enabling the inkjet module to perform second transparent ink spraying on the first transparent color layer with the UV lights off;
(d) after the second transparent ink spraying, with inkjet spraying stopped, enabling the inkjet module to move back and forth above the substrate with the lateral UV lights on, so as to cure the transparent ink sprayed on the first transparent color layer, thereby forming a second transparent color layer having irregular transparent matte particles on the first transparent color layer.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein in Step (a), when the inkjet module performs printing, the lateral UV lights thereof are turned on to immediately cure the ink on the substrate.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method according to claim 2, wherein in Step (b), the inkjet module performs the first transparent ink spraying on an entire pattern region, and in Step (c), the inkjet module performs the second transparent ink spraying on an entire region of the first transparent color layer.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method according to claim 3, wherein in Step (a), the ink is a colored ink.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method according to claim 4, wherein in Steps (b) and (c), the inkjet module sprays the transparent ink on the printing region in a uniform spraying manner.

### Claim 6

A structure of a completed printing object of an ultraviolet (UV) inkjet printer, wherein an inkjet module of the UV inkjet printer moves back and forth above a substrate to print a pattern, and two sides of the inkjet module are respectively disposed with a UV light; the structure comprising:
a substrate;
a pattern layer disposed on a surface of the substrate;
a first transparent color layer, wherein the first transparent color layer is formed as follows: the inkjet module performs first transparent ink spraying on the pattern layer, and during said first transparent ink spraying, the UV lights of the inkjet module are turned on to immediately cure the transparent ink sprayed on the pattern layer; and
a second transparent color layer, wherein the second transparent color layer is an irregular transparent matte particle surface layer formed as follows: the inkjet module performs second transparent ink spraying on the first transparent color layer with the UV lights off, and after the second transparent ink spraying, with inkjet spraying stopped, the inkjet module moves back and forth above the substrate with the lateral UV lights on, so as in order to cure the transparent ink sprayed on the first transparent color layer.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The structure of a completed printing object of a UV inkjet printer according to claim 6, wherein the inkjet module uniformly performs the first transparent ink spraying on an entire pattern layer region, and performs the second transparent ink spraying on an entire region of the first transparent color layer.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The structure of a completed printing object of a UV inkjet printer according to claim 7, wherein the pattern layer is a colored pattern layer.