A method of producing a dental restoration by jet-printing, including jet-printing one or more layers of a dental restoration using a ceramic slurry, jet-printing a coloring solution onto the one or more layers, and applying a fixing solution for fixing the coloring solution.

Process for treating a porous dental zirconia block with a coloring solution, the process comprising the steps of providing a porous dental zirconia block having two opposing surfaces, surface U and surface L, treating the upper surface U of the porous dental zirconia block with a coloring solution A.sub.1, wherein the coloring solution is provided with a volume VA.sub.1, turning the porous dental zirconia block around, treating the lower surface L with a coloring solution A.sub.2 which is provided with a volume VA.sub.2. wherein the coloring solutions A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 comprise a solvent and coloring ions, wherein the volume of at least one of the coloring solutions A.sub.1 or A.sub.2 is applied in portions, wherein the following condition is met: Vo=V.sub.AX, with x2, with Vo being the overall amount of coloring solution used to infiltrate the porous dental zirconia block.