Decorated ceramic and glass articles, process for their manufacture and ceramic dye compositions for carrying out the process

A process for manufacturing a decorative ceramic or glass article in which a ceramic dye composition (toner) is applied onto a transfer means, the transfer means coated with the ceramic dye composition is applied onto the ceramic or glass article and, after removal of the transfer means, the ceramic dye composition is combined with said ceramic or glass article by baking, wherein said ceramic dye composition consists of fine particles of ceramic pigments, a binding medium resin and optionally one or more additives selected from the group consisting of a charge control agent, a flowability improving agent, magnetic particles, and carrier particles, said ceramic pigments being present in the ceramic dye composition in an amount of from 10 to 70 wt. %, and wherein the ceramic dye composition is applied onto the transfer means by means of an electrophotographic reproduction process (electrocopying process).