Patent ID: 8655481

Claim:
An IMR (in-mold roller or in-mold release) making method, comprising the steps of: (1) using a computer to design a pattern form release layer and then operating a digital color laser printer or digital color inkjet printer being connected to said computer to print a designed release layer on one side of a substrate; (2) operating said computer to design a pattern for protective wear-resistance layer and then to control said digital color laser printer or digital color inkjet printer to print the designed protective wear-resistance layer on one side of said release layer opposite to said substrate; (3) operating said computer to design a pattern for ink pattern layer and then to control the connected digital color laser printer or digital color inkjet printer to print the designed ink pattern layer on one side of said protective wear-resistance layer opposite to said release layer; (4) forming a metal pattern layer on said ink pattern layer by means of using a digital color laser printer or digital color inkjet printer or screen printer to print a photoresist on the ink pattern layer and then depositing the metal pattern layer on said ink pattern layer by means of a semiconductor lithographic technique, and then removing said photoresist; (5) operating said computer to drive the connected digital color laser printer or digital color inkjet printer to print a bonding layer on said metal pattern layer, thereby obtaining an in-mold roller film; (6) shape-forming said in-mold roller film into a shaped in-mold roller film according to the shape of the product to be made; (7) molding said in-mold roller film on a material in a mold to form a molded product; and (8) releasing the molded product from the mold, and then removing said substrate and said release layer from the in-mold roller film of the molded product, obtaining a finished product that carries the in-mold roller film consisting of said protective wear-resistance layer, said ink pattern layer, said metal pattern layer and said bonding layer.