摘要 |
An optically embossed sheet ( 10 ) for a laminate ( 107 ) for decorative boards includes a base layer ( 12 ) having a print surface ( 14 ) and an opposed resin application surface ( 16 ), wherein the print surface ( 14 ) defines a decorative area ( 18 ). A small particle ink ( 20 ) overlies the decorative area ( 18 ), and a large particle ink ( 22 ) overlies the small particle ink ( 20 ) within a low-gloss region ( 24 ) defined within the decorative area ( 18 ). A thermosetting resin is applied only to the resin application surface so that more than fifty percent of the particles of the small particle ink ( 20 ) at the print surface ( 14 ) are coalesced by the thermosetting resin ( 26 ) into agglomerations ( 27 ), and less than about thirty percent of the particles of the large particle ink ( 22 ) are coalesced into agglomerations ( 27 ) giving rise to a substantial gloss differential at the print surface ( 14 ).
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