Patent ID: 8747596

Claim:
A method for manufacturing an elongate finishing profile, said finishing profile at least comprising a flange-shaped portion and an attachment portion, the flange-shaped portion extending on first and second opposed sides of the attachment portion to first and second edges, respectively, the flange-shaped portion having an upper side with an outer surface extending between the first and second edges, the outer surface sloping downwardly to at least one of the first and second edges and continuing over a laterally directed side of said finishing profile oriented substantially perpendicular to said upper side, said method comprising at least a step in which said finishing profile, either in completely finished form, or as a semi-finished product, is displaced relative to and along a unit that applies a hardening substance including ink and in the form of a pattern on at least substantially the entirety of said outer surface, including said downwardly sloping edge and said laterally directed side after which the substance is left to harden, such that a printed surface is retained after the hardening substance hardens and defines a wood pattern generally directed in a longitudinal direction of said finishing profile; wherein at least one of said finishing profile and said portion are formed from a basic material chosen from the list consisting of wood-based products, MDF, HDF and plywood; wherein said unit comprises an inkjet printer having an elongate printer head with a longitudinal dimension extending essentially parallel to said longitudinal direction of said finishing profile; wherein said step in which said finishing profile is displaced, includes performing a mutual displacement of the finishing profile and said unit in a transverse direction of said finishing profile, the mutual displacement being carried out during the printing operation and the unit concurrently printing over said longitudinal dimension while continuously moving in the transverse direction during the printing operation to cover the entire outer surface to be printed with said unit.