Method for finishing a furniture item and machine tool

Abstract

A method is described for finishing a furniture item comprising or consisting of: a top panel, a bottom panel, and two side walls assembled to form a shell delimiting a compartment with an access opening; the top panel, the bottom panel, and the two side walls each having a front edge in the assembled furniture item, such front edges forming the perimeter of the opening and having a substantially flat surface; Said surface of the front edges of the top panel, bottom panel, and side walls are decorated or colored by running over it—or passing over it—with a printing head to deposit a dye there.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.