| abstract |
A manufacturing method for decorating natural leather with a decorative image, the manufacturing method comprising: a base coat containing a pigment for providing a chromatic color or an achromatic color other than black on a crusted leather (45) ) (44); inkjet printing the color image 43 on the base coat 44 using one or more pigmented UV curable inkjet inks; optionally, applying a protective top coat (42) over the color image (43); and optionally, applying a heat pressing or embossing step; wherein the chromatic color of the base coat 44, or an achromatic color other than black, and the inkjet printed color image 43 include are used in combination to provide the decorative image. |