Method for producing a same pattern using a simple print and device thereof
AssigneeFlooring Technologies Ltd.
InventorFrank Oldorff
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Abstract
A method for producing a pattern, in particular a wood pattern, on the face of a woodbased-material board. The pattern is preset with the aid of a digital data set and applied to the woodbased-material board via an intaglio printing process. The pattern is covered with at least one synthetic resin layer and pressed with the woodbased-material board. The digital data set is used to produce a sample print by use of an inkjet printing process, which print is used to compare with the pattern print on the woodbased-material board in terms of optical appearance. The materials and/or printing conditions used in the pattern printing and the sample printing are coordinated with one another.
Claims18
A method for producing a same pattern comprising a plurality of image points on respectively one side of two different base materials from an original digital data set comprising:
- printing a pattern on one side of a first base material as a sample print with an inkjet printer;
- covering the pattern with a synthetic resin layer;
- pressing the first base material with the pattern and the synthetic resin layer;
- printing the pattern on one side of a second base material by use of a print roller with a raster in an intaglio printing process;
- covering the pattern on the second base material with a synthetic resin layer;
- pressing the second base material with the pattern and the synthetic resin layer, wherein
- the original digital data set controls the inkjet printer and produces the print roller so that a number of image points per unit area on the first base material essentially corresponds to a number of image points per unit area on the second base material and a size of the image points and nozzle spacings of the inkjet printer are coordinated with a size of screen dots and raster sizes in the intaglio printing process, and identical printing liquids are used for the printing of the pattern on the first base material and the second based material.
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