Digital printing on a textured wood-based substrate
OwnerBen Skooginventor
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Abstract
A system and related methods for high-resolution digital printing on textured wood-based substrates, including, but not limited to, plywood, wood planks, oriented-strand board (OSB), laminated strand lumber (LSL), laminated veneer lumber (LVL), paper board, and various forms of engineered wood. A high resolution scan of the board or image to be duplicated is obtained and stored electronically. It may be modified with the addition of custom images. The image is then printed on one or more substrates in a production line. Physical texture and depth may be added by varying the thickness of the ink applied.
Claims13
A method of duplicating the appearance of a board on a manufactured wood substrate, comprising:
- obtaining a high resolution scan of the board to be duplicated;
- storing the board scan data in an electronic data file;
- providing one or more manufactured wood substrates;
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- printing, using a large scale production printer, the board scan data in ink on a surface of said one or more manufactured wood substrates.
A manufactured wood board product, comprising:
- a manufactured wood substrate with at least one surface;
- a high resolution scanned image of aged or weathered board printed in high definition on said at least one surface;
- wherein the printed image is varied in thickness to correspond to high and low features in the aged or weathered board;
- wherein the aesthetic and textural features of the aged or weathered board are duplicated on the substrate surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.