Method for edge coating a plate-shaped substrate, preferably a plate-shaped wood and/or furniture part, in particular method for applying an edge coating to at least one edge of a plate-shaped substrate, preferably a plate-shaped wood and/or furniture part, wherein the method comprises the following method steps: (a) producing a heat-adhesive thermoplastic plastic strand, in particular a plastic profile strand or plastic film, preferably in the form of an edge band, preferably using extrusion, (b) applying and/or fixing, preferably material bonding and/or permanent fixing, of the thermoplastic plastic strand, in particular plastic profile strand or plastic film, to at least one edge of the plate-shaped substrate in such a way that an edge coating of the plate-shaped substrate results and/or that a bond of the plate-shaped substrate with the edge coating applied and/or fixed thereto results, (c) applying a printing onto the thermoplastic plastic strand, in particular plastic profile strand or plastic film, and/or to the edge coating; wherein in method step (c) the application of the printing is carried out by multicolor printing and/or using a plurality of printing inks of different colors and wherein the printing inks are applied in dot form and/or screen form onto the thermoplastic plastic strand and/or onto the edge coating, wherein the resulting coloring is produced by superpositioning and/or juxtapositioning the printing inks, wherein in method step (c) the application of the printing is controlled and/or carried out electronically and/or in a computer-based way using digital printing, wherein the print image to be produced in the course of the printing is configured and/or predetermined in an electronically-based way, wherein, at first, the dimensions of the area of the plate-shaped substrate to be equipped with the edge coating and/or the printing are determined electronically and/or in a computer-based way and, subsequently, the producing of the thermoplastic plastic strand and/or the applying and/or fixing of the thermoplastic plastic strand and/or the application of the printing is or are adapted to the determined dimensions and/or controlled electronically and/or in a computer-based way in dependence on the determined dimensions, and wherein, at first, before the application of the printing and/or before method step (c) the optical configuration of the plate-shaped substrate is electronically determined and/or analyzed and, subsequently, in method step (c) the printing is configured as and/or adapted to a function of the optical configuration. (a) producing a heat-adhesive thermoplastic plastic strand, in particular a plastic profile strand or plastic film, preferably in the form of an edge band, preferably using extrusion, (b) applying and/or fixing, preferably material bonding and/or permanent fixing, of the thermoplastic plastic strand, in particular plastic profile strand or plastic film, to at least one edge of the plate-shaped substrate in such a way that an edge coating of the plate-shaped substrate results and/or that a bond of the plate-shaped substrate with the edge coating applied and/or fixed thereto results, (c) applying a printing onto the thermoplastic plastic strand, in particular plastic profile strand or plastic film, and/or to the edge coating; wherein in method step (c) the application of the printing is carried out by multicolor printing and/or using a plurality of printing inks of different colors and wherein the printing inks are applied in dot form and/or screen form onto the thermoplastic plastic strand and/or onto the edge coating, wherein the resulting coloring is produced by superpositioning and/or juxtapositioning the printing inks, wherein in method step (c) the application of the printing is controlled and/or carried out electronically and/or in a computer-based way using digital printing, wherein the print image to be produced in the course of the printing is configured and/or predetermined in an electronically-based way, wherein, at first, the dimensions of the area of the plate-shaped substrate to be equipped with the edge coating and/or the printing are determined electronically and/or in a computer-based way and, subsequently, the producing of the thermoplastic plastic strand and/or the applying and/or fixing of the thermoplastic plastic strand and/or the application of the printing is or are adapted to the determined dimensions and/or controlled electronically and/or in a computer-based way in dependence on the determined dimensions, and wherein, at first, before the application of the printing and/or before method step (c) the optical configuration of the plate-shaped substrate is electronically determined and/or analyzed and, subsequently, in method step (c) the printing is configured as and/or adapted to a function of the optical configuration.