Abstract: A panel may include at a substrate and a top layer provided on the substrate. The top layer may include a motif and a transparent or translucent synthetic material layer provided above the motif. The motif may be a print formed by digitally applying inks on the substrate with the intermediary of one or more primer layers extending underneath the print. The transparent or translucent synthetic material layer may include polypropylene and have a thickness of less than 1 millimeter.

Abstract: A method is provided for printing onto a décor paper and/or foil that may be suitable for being used in decorative panels. The method may involve providing a printable substrate. A pattern may be printed on the printable substrate by ejecting droplets of ink by means of at least one inkjet printing head that may include one or more nozzles. After a first predetermined time period, the printing operation may be interrupted for a second predetermined time period and/or a controlling frequency of the printhead may be changed for a second predetermined time period.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a panel having a substrate, a decorative layer that includes a digital print, and a translucent or transparent wear layer. The method may involve providing the substrate with the digital print by jetting one or more inks from a set of inks using a digital inkjet printer. The ink may include a binding agent and/or a primer or an adhesion layer may be provided between the digital print and the translucent or transparent wear layer. The panel may be a supple panel.

Abstract: A set of parts for installing a floor covering includes a plurality of floor panels and a plurality of profiles. The floor panels are provided for being installed over an underlying surface. In an installed condition, the bottom major surface of each of the floor panels is elevated from the underlying surface by means of the corresponding profile. The floor panels at least at their top major surface include a decor formed by a print, a wood veneer or a stone veneer.

Abstract: A decor paper or foil for application to panel shaped substrates may include a base layer, an inkjet receiving surface, and a digitally printed pattern. The digitally printed pattern may be obtained by printing with a single-pass printer. The digitally printed pattern may include a matrix of a plurality of printed ink dots per inch. The matrix, in the width direction of the paper or foil, may be uniformly made up with uniformly sized printed ink dots, with the exception of a minority of an area of the printed pattern, in which the matrix may be modified. The modification may include the presence of one or more printed dots in the matrix which have a smaller or a larger dot size.

Abstract: A decorative panel includes a substrate and a wear layer. The wear layer has a varnish coat that includes hard particles over its entire thickness. The hard particles have an S50 particle size determined from the cumulative particle size distribution according to volume measured by laser diffraction as the particle size at which 50% of the hard particles are smaller than this particle size S50. The varnish coat has a thickness T that is between 0.5*S50 and 2*S50.

Abstract: A thermosetting resin composition comprising a melamine-based resin and one or more modifiers, wherein the total content of said modifiers is below 10%, preferably below 7%, more preferably below 5%, even more preferably below 3% by weight of the thermosetting resin.

Abstract: A sheet includes a support layer and a coating layer on a side of the support layer. The coating layer is partially cured. The coating layer has carbon-carbon double bonds. The relative amount of carbon-carbon double bonds is higher at the surface of the coating layer than at the contact surface of the coating layer with the support layer. Methods are disclosed to manufacture such sheets; and to produce a decorative panel using such sheets.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a panel having a substrate, a decorative layer that includes a digital print, and a translucent or transparent wear layer. The method may involve providing the substrate with the digital print by jetting one or more inks from a set of inks using a digital inkjet printer. The ink may include a binding agent and/or a primer or an adhesion layer may be provided between the digital print and the translucent or transparent wear layer. The digital print may be performed directly on the substrate.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a decorative substrate for decorative panels may involve providing a master image. The master image may be printed on a first printable substrate using an inkjet printer, thereby obtaining a first decorative substrate. A printing defect may be evaluated in the first decorative substrate. An error correction operation may be performed on the master image on the basis of the evaluation. A corrected master image may be printed on a second printable substrate to obtain a second decorative substrate. The error correction operation may involve adding an intentional defect to the corrected master image.

Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing a printed décor sheet. The method may involve providing a first printable or printed substrate. At least one predetermined operation may be performed on the substrate, wherein the predetermined operation causes the deformation of the substrate in at least one direction. The deformation may be measured to obtain at least one deformation parameter. A first master image may be provided. An image processing operation may be performed on the first master image to obtain a second master image. The second master image may be printed on a second printable substrate to obtain the décor sheet. The image processing operation may involve at least modifying the first master image on the basis of the at least one deformation parameter.

Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing a product having a three dimensional surface layer. The method may involve applying a water based resin on an underlying surface of the product. The water based resin may be at least in part thermocurable. A UV-curable liquid may be provided onto at least one portion of the water based resin, when the water based resin is liquid or partially cured. The water based resin may be cured at least by heating. The UV-curable liquid may be optionally UV cured. The UV-curable liquid may be optionally removed. The surface layer and the underlaying surface may be optionally pressed together by a pressing device.

Abstract: A set of inks is provided for inkjet printing on a paper substrate, for example a paper sheet, for being used in laminated panel, preferably a floor, a wall, or furniture panels. The inks may be pigmented inks. The set of inks may include a cyan ink, a yellow ink, at least a red ink, and at least a black ink.

Abstract: A sheet includes a support layer and a coating layer on a side of the support layer. The coating layer is partially cured. The coating layer has carbon-carbon double bonds. The relative amount of carbon-carbon double bonds is higher at the surface of the coating layer than at the contact surface of the coating layer with the support layer. Methods are disclosed to manufacture such sheets; and to produce a decorative panel using such sheets.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a paper layer having a printed pattern, to be used in the manufacturing of panels may involve providing the paper layer with a treatment, including providing the paper layer with an ink receiving substance. The treated paper layer may be provided with at least a portion of the printed pattern. Providing the portion of the printed pattern may involve depositing pigment containing inks on the treated paper layer using a digital inkjet printer. The pigment containing inks may be water-based. The digital inkjet printer may include print heads with nozzles. The depositing may involve firing droplets of pigment containing inks from the nozzles onto the treated paper layer. The paper layer may be fed from a roll, printed upon, and rolled back up again.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing rectangular panels, wherein the panels have a substrate and a top layer. The panels are provided with a first pair of opposite edges, namely a first edge, and an opposite second edge. The method includes the steps of applying a liquid on at least a part of the first edge. The liquid penetrates the respective edge to a certain depth. The method further includes applying varnish on at least a part of the first edge while the liquid on the first edge is still wet.

Abstract: An inkjet receiver coating may be used in a method for manufacturing a paper or a thermoplastic foil that is printable with an inkjet printer. The paper or the foil may be used as a decor paper or a decor foil, respectively, in a laminate panel. The paper or the foil may be coated on at least one side with the inkjet receiver coating. The inkjet receiver coating may include at least a binder and an ink reactive compound.

Abstract: A décor paper for a decorative panel may include a base paper. An ink receiver coating may cover a surface of the base paper. A decorative pattern may be printed on the ink receiver coating. The décor paper may further have one or more of the following features: the ink receiver coating may be present in a dry weight amount below 2 g/sqm; the ink receiver coating may be free from pigment or water-absorbing particles; the decorative pattern may be formed by pigments, and it may be formed by a dry weight amount of pigment below 5 g/sqm; the base paper may be a colored paper; the base paper may have a mean air resistance, as expressed in Gurley value between 10 and 30 seconds and/or the mean air resistance of the base paper provided with the ink receiver coating may be between 10 and 25 seconds.

Abstract: A decorative panel includes a substrate, a top layer and a top coating. The top layer is located between the substrate and the top coating. The uppermost surface of the top coating includes a randomized relief.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing rectangular panels, wherein the panels have a substrate and a top layer. The panels are provided with a first pair of opposite edges, namely a first edge, and an opposite second edge. The method includes the steps of applying a liquid on at least a part of the first edge. The liquid penetrates the respective edge to a certain depth. The method further includes applying varnish on at least a part of the first edge while the liquid on the first edge is still wet.