The present invention provides a process for manufacturing a decorative article, typically in the form of a sheet or web, by providing the substrate with a pore pattern layer which is then dried using a first energy curable water-based ink or coating composition which is essentially free of a curing or cross-linking agent and contains a repellant and subsequently applying a topcoat layer over the pore pattern layer using a second energy curable water-based ink or coating composition which is also essentially free of a curing or cross-linking agent.

A manufacturing method of decorative laminates includes the steps of: a) printing an ink acceptance layer by jetting droplets having a volume of 1 to 200 nL onto a paper substrate; b) forming a decorative layer by jetting ink droplets having a volume of up to 30 pL of one or more aqueous pigmented inkjet inks onto the dried ink acceptance layer; and c) heat pressing the decorative layer into a decorative laminate; wherein the ink acceptance layer contains an inorganic pigment P and a polymeric binder B in a weight ratio P/B larger than 1.5.

A manufacturing method of decorative laminates includes the steps of: a) printing an ink acceptance layer by jetting droplets having a volume of 1 to 200 nL onto a paper substrate; b) forming a decorative layer by jetting ink droplets having a volume of up to 30 pL of one or more aqueous pigmented inkjet inks onto the dried ink acceptance layer; and c) heat pressing the decorative layer into a decorative laminate; wherein the ink acceptance layer contains an inorganic pigment P and a polymeric binder B in a weight ratio P/B larger than 1.5.

A capsule placed on a beverage bottle. The capsule includes a capsule material layer and at least two layers of security ink on the capsule material layer. Each of the at least two layers has a different chemical composition. At least one layer of the at least two layers includes a first composition having flakes exhibiting full reflection of light received at a predetermined wavelength.

Implementations of methods of screen printing an image may include printing a subtractive primary colored semi-opaque ink onto a substrate and printing a subtractive primary colored semi-transparent ink over the semi-opaque ink. The method may be capable of achieving an entire cyan, magenta, yellow, key (CMYK) gamut of colors.

Implementations of methods of screen printing an image may include printing a subtractive primary colored semi-opaque ink onto a substrate and printing a subtractive primary colored semi-transparent ink over the semi-opaque ink. The method may be capable of achieving an entire cyan, magenta, yellow, key (CMYK) gamut of colors.

A method for printing a three-dimensional objet, layer by layer is provided. The method involves printing an inner region of a layer of the three-dimensional object and an outer circumference region. The inner region includes a white outline area and the outer circumference region surrounds the white outline area. The outer circumference region that forms an apparent colored surface includes colored voxels formed by depositing a transparent building material and at least one color additive material and is printed such that the resolution of the color additive is higher than the building material resolution.

The present invention provides a method for applying multiple ink and/or coating layers on a substrate. At least one of the ink and/or coating layers contains one or more photoinitiators, and at least one of the ink and/or coating layers does not contain any photoinitiators. In certain embodiments, all of the ink and/or coating layers are wet trapped and the entire print construct is cured by exposure to UV radiation after all of the ink and/or coating layers have been applied. In certain embodiments, the wet trapping method of the present invention can be used to prepare laminates.

Implementations of methods of screen printing an image may include printing a subtractive primary colored semi-opaque ink onto a substrate and printing a subtractive primary colored semi-transparent ink over the semi-opaque ink. The method may be capable of achieving an entire cyan, magenta, yellow, key (CMYK) gamut of colors.

Aspects are directed to a textile substrate with two or more ink layers and methods for printing a textile substrate. The two or more ink layers may include one or more visual components that form graphics or images that are visible to an observer when viewing the textile substrate from different angles.