摘要 |
A composite article includes a plurality of plies of composite material arranged atop one another to form a stack that is bonded together with a resin material. An image layer is integrally formed with the stack and visible on at least one outer surface of the stack. The image layer bears an image applied to the image layer by a conventional printing process prior to curing of the resin material in the stack of layers. The image layer includes a saturating cellulose material that is saturable with the resin material prior to curing of the composite article to incorporate the image layer into the stack of plies by surrounding and infiltrating the saturating cellulose material of the image layer with the resin material.
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