Floor covering material and method for manufacturing same

A method for manufacturing a floor covering material, wherein this floor covering material comprises at least a foamed layer, a printed decor provided thereon and a transparent wear layer, wherein the printed decor represents a plurality of panel-shaped or tile-shaped elements, wherein at the edges of said represented elements, first and second lowered edge regions are formed, which both form at least a portion of the circumference of the respective element, wherein the method comprises at least the following steps:

• providing a layer to be foamed;
• providing an inhibitor on the layer to be foamed at the location of a second edge region to be formed, and foaming the layer to be foamed;
• providing a printed decor on the layer to be foamed or already foamed;
• providing a transparent wear layer on the printed decor;
• mechanically embossing the already foamed whole at the location of a first edge region to be formed.

A method for forming a floor or wall covering material, wherein this covering material comprises at least a foamed layer and a printed decor provided thereon, wherein the method comprises at least the following steps:

• providing a layer to be foamed, preferably on a liner or carrier;
• providing a foaming inhibitor or foaming promoter on the layer to be foamed and foaming the layer to be foamed, for example, by means of a printing technique via one or more rollers or via an ink jet or valve jet;
• providing a printed decor on the layer to be foamed or already foamed;
• mechanically impressing the already printed whole and preferably already foamed whole.