Patent ID: 9278884
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: B41J,B41M,B44F,C03C,C09D,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method of printing a decoration, comprising: applying an ink coating in a predetermined design on a surface of a substrate by inkjet printing; curing the ink coating to form a cured ink coating, wherein the ink coating has a thickness in a range from 1.5 μm to 5 μm after curing; laser engraving at least a portion of an edge of the cured ink coating by a laser having a wavelength to remove a saw edge inkjet printing defect of the cured ink coating that deviates from the predetermined design, wherein the ink coating absorbs the wavelength of the laser more than the substrate; wherein the laser engraving exposes at least a portion of the substrate that was covered by the cured ink coating; and wherein the strength, transparency or haze of the substrate is substantially the same after the laser engraving in comparison to prior to the laser engraving.