A decorative sheet includes a fiber base material and a first pattern. The first pattern decorates a surface of the fiber base material. The first pattern is formed by a resin portion made of resin. The resin portion adheres to the surface of the fiber base material. In the first pattern, a height of the resin portion from the surface of the fiber base material changes on the surface of the fiber base material.

A decorative sheet includes a fiber base material and a first pattern. The first pattern decorates a surface of the fiber base material. The first pattern is formed by a resin portion made of resin. The resin portion adheres to the surface of the fiber base material. In the first pattern, a height of the resin portion from the surface of the fiber base material changes on the surface of the fiber base material.

A concave and convex pattern forming apparatus, includes a pattern forming unit that forms a pattern with a transparent infrared absorbing material on a surface of a foam body that is foamed by heating; and an irradiation unit that irradiates, with infrared rays, the surface having a pattern formed by the pattern forming unit.

The present invention relates to a method of forming a surface covering for example wallpaper or a floor covering and an apparatus for forming a surface covering, in which a surface covering raw material is supplied, the surface covering raw material comprising a substrate and a resin layer comprising a resin and a carrier liquid, the resin being dispersed in the carrier liquid and being capable of gelling or curing with the carrier liquid. A pattern is then applied to the resin layer by inkjet printing, and the surface covering raw material with the pattern formed on the resin layer is heated to gel or cure the resin layer to thereby prepare a surface covering.

An ink application method is provided. In the method, an ink is discharged to an object by an inkjet method, to apply the ink to the object. The object includes a base material and a gel layer overlying the base material, and the gel layer includes a vinyl chloride resin and a plasticizer. The ink is an oil-based ink. When a free induction decay curve of the object obtained by a pulse NMR method is separated into two curves respectively derived from a hard component and a soft component, the curve derived from the hard component accounts for 35% to 40% of the free induction decay curve, and the curve derived from the soft component has a spin-spin relaxation time of from 30.0 to 45.0 ms when obtained by a Hahn echo method.

An ink application method is provided. In the method, an ink is discharged to an object by an inkjet method, to apply the ink to the object. The object includes a base material and a gel layer overlying the base material, and the gel layer includes a vinyl chloride resin and a plasticizer. The ink is an oil-based ink. When a free induction decay curve of the object obtained by a pulse NMR method is separated into two curves respectively derived from a hard component and a soft component, the curve derived from the hard component accounts for 35% to 40% of the free induction decay curve, and the curve derived from the soft component has a spin-spin relaxation time of from 30.0 to 45.0 ms when obtained by a Hahn echo method.

A printable media comprising a supporting substrate, including fibers, having an image side and a non-image side, which contains an image receiving layer coated on the image side of the supporting substrate. The image receiving layer comprises pigment fillers, polymeric binders and ink optical density enhancement agents. Also disclosed is a method for producing the textured media.

A printable media comprising a supporting substrate, including fibers, having an image side and a non-image side, which contains an image receiving layer coated on the image side of the supporting substrate. The image receiving layer comprises pigment fillers, polymeric binders and ink optical density enhancement agents. Also disclosed is a method for producing the textured media.

A printable media comprising a supporting substrate, including fibers, having an image side and a non-image side, which contains an image receiving layer coated on the image side of the supporting substrate. The image receiving layer comprises pigment fillers, polymeric binders and ink optical density enhancement agents. Also disclosed is a method for producing the textured media.

A printable media comprising a supporting substrate, including fibers, having an image side and a non-image side, which contains an image receiving layer coated on the image side of the supporting substrate. The image receiving layer comprises pigment fillers, polymeric binders and ink optical density enhancement agents. Also disclosed is a method for producing the textured media.