Patent ID: 6123794
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: B41M,B44C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of fabricating a decorated porous substrate, the decorated porous substrate consisting essentially of:a porous substrate selected from the group consisting of plaster of Paris, lime plaster, gypsum, drywall mud, calcined gypsum plaster and concrete; anda digitized image at least partially absorbed onto the porous substrate, said image comprising a water-soluble ink;said method comprising:providing a paper having a non-image surface and a coated image-containing surface, wherein the coated image-containing surface is a surface having a water-soluble adhesive coating and a digitized image thereon;providing a porous substrate having a water-coated surface, wherein the porous substrate is selected from the group consisting of plaster of Paris, lime plaster, gypsum, drywall mud, calcined gypsum plaster and concrete;contacting the water-coated surface of the porous substrate with the coated image-containing surface of the paper, andapplying pressure to the non-image surface of the paper, thereby transferring at least a portion of the image-containing coated surface to the water-coated surface of the porous substrate to produce said decorated porous substrate.