Patent ID: 7255040

Claim:
A process for the manufacturing of panels having a decorative surface comprising printing on the decor of the panels with a printing cylinder, a plurality of different decor sections ( 1 n ) on a web ( 1 ), each decor section ( 1 n ) being intended to constitute the decor of a panel, each decor section ( 1 n ) having a beginning ( 1 B ) and an end ( 1 E ) wherein at least the end ( 1 E ) of a first decor section ( 1 1 ) is made to match the beginning ( 1 B ) of a second decor section ( 1 2 ) so that when the first decor section ( 1 1 ) and the second decor section ( 1 2 ) is arranged in a row, the decor of the first decor section ( 1 1 ) will give the impression of continuing on the second decor section ( 1 2 ), wherein predetermined fixed positions (P) extend over a matching tolerance distance (D) and the printing cylinder having a circumference corresponding to the sum of the lengths of the panels plus a matching tolerance distance.