An inkjet ink for a glass substrate can enable formation of an aesthetic image with high concealability on the surface of the glass substrate. The inkjet ink disclosed here can include: an inorganic solid including an inorganic pigment that develops a color except for black and a glass frit; a monomer component having a photocuring property; and a photoinitiator. In the inkjet ink, a volume ratio of the inorganic solid in a case where an ink total volume is 100 volume % can be 35 volume % or less, a volume ratio of the inorganic pigment in the case where a total volume of the inorganic solid is 100 volume % can be 15 volume % or more and less than 90 volume %, and a volume ratio of the inorganic pigment to the photoinitiator can be 11 times or less.

A free radical UV curable inkjet ink set includes a free radical UV curable primer containing: one or more photoinitiators; a mixture of at least two monomers according to Formula (I): ##STR00001##
wherein n represents an integer 0 or 1, k represents an integer selected from the range of 0 to 3, and R represents hydrogen or phenyl; 0.0 to 4.0 wt % of a polyfunctional monomer; 0.0 to 2.0 wt % of an organosilane coupling agent; and 0.0 to 10.0 wt % of a N-vinyllactam monomer; and one or more free radical UV curable inkjet inks containing: a colour pigment; one or more photoinitiators; and at least 50.0 wt % of one or more monoacrylate monomers; wherein the mixture of at least two monomers according to Formula (I) includes 3.0 to 50.0 wt % of a first monomer having n=1 and R representing phenyl and 35.0 to 90.0 wt % of a second monomer having n=0 and R representing phenyl.

A method for manufacturing an engineered stone, the method including: providing a mixture comprising at least a stone or stone like material and a binder; compacting the mixture; curing the binder; and further comprising printing a printed pattern on at least a top surface of the engineered stone.

A method of inkjet printing a colour image including a metallic or pearlescent colour includes the steps of applying on part of an ink receiver a layer containing a pearlescent or metallic pigment having a volume mean particle size of at least 3.0 μm as measured by laser diffraction; and inkjet printing on part of the layer containing the pearlescent or metallic pigment a layer with a white inkjet ink containing a white pigment having an average particle size between 250 and 400 nm as measured by differential centrifugal sedimentation.

Glass printing machine with continuous glass transport comprising a loading station (1), viewing means (2) or a mechanical positioning system, a printing bridge (3), and an unloading station (4), where the machine comprises an upper level (9) arranged above a lower level (10), with a series of carriages (11) running continuously driven by linear motors (6) in one direction on the upper level (9) and in the opposite direction on the lower level (10); to achieve this change of direction, a first vertical drive (7) in the loading station (1) lifts the carriages (11) from the lower level (10) to the upper level (9) and a second vertical drive (8) in the unloading station (4) lowers the carriages (11) from the upper level (9) to the lower level (10). Achieving a machine with a precision of less than 0.1 mm that can be used for large loads.

A UV curable inkjet ink contains at least one free radical photoinitiator and at least 30 wt % of a mixture including 0 to 45 wt % of a polymerizable oligomer, at least 5 wt % of a polyfunctional propoxylated acrylate and at least 20 wt % of a monofunctional ethoxylated methacrylate according to Formula (I):

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with n representing an integer of 1 to 4 and R representing an alkyl group; the weight ratio of the polyfunctional propoxylated acrylate over the monofunctional ethoxylated methacrylate is less than 1.60; and all the weight percentages wt % are based on the total weight of the UV curable inkjet ink.

A method for manufacturing laminated glass articles includes the steps of inkjet printing an image with one or more inkjet inks on a first glass sheet; jetting and at least partially curing a curable sealing agent on three edges of the first glass sheet on the side for the inkjet printed image; aligning a second glass sheet with the first glass sheet on the side of the first glass sheet carrying the at least partially cured sealing agent and the inkjet printed image; applying a liquid curable adhesive resin composition into an interspace between the first and second glass sheets; and curing the liquid curable adhesive resin composition until a solid adhesive layer is obtained.

An ink contains water, a coloring material, a resin, two or more types of organic solvents, and a surfactant, wherein the ink is horizontally discharged to a substrate.

This disclosure describes substrate(s) having a three-dimensional (3D) feature formed thereon and methods of forming the features. One method involves applying a first layer of UV-curable material on a surface of the glass container around a circumference of the container and curing the first layer of UV-curable material to produce a first cured material layer that forms at least a portion of a first 3D feature. The method further comprises applying a second layer of UV-curable material on the surface of the glass container, spaced apart from the first 3D feature, around the circumference of the container, and curing the second layer of UV-curable material to produce a second cured material layer that forms at least a portion of a second 3D feature. The portion of the glass container between the first and second 3D features has a circumference less than that of the first or second 3D features.

A method for manufacturing a bullnose tile comprising the steps of: providing a ceramic tile that comprises a base body made of a ceramic material, wherein the base body has a main surface and a bullnose edge; providing a decorative layer on top of said bullnose edge, by inkjet printing a curable ink to form a dcor; curing said curable ink; wherein said curable ink, after printing, is in direct contact with the ceramic material of the base body.