Patent ID: 9643402
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B32B,B41J,B41M,B42D,B44C,C09D

Claim:
1. A method for printing a metal-tone printed matter, comprising: jetting a metallic ink which includes metal particles dispersed in a UV-curable ink diluted with solvent onto a printing surface of a printing medium, using inkjet printing, to provide a metallic ink layer including an outer surface and a metal layer which is provided on a side of the smooth printing surface opposite to the outer surface and which includes the metal particles accumulated on the side of the printing surface, wherein the printing surface has wettability to ink, and wherein the jetting accumulates and arranges the metal particles on the printing surface; radiating UV light onto the metallic ink to cure the UV-curable ink after jetting; and providing the printing medium on a material such that the outer surface of the metallic ink layer is sandwiched between the material and the metal layer to transfer the metallic ink layer onto the material.