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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2016
Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd., Nagano, JP;
MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD., Nagano, JP;
Abstract
An inkjet forming method is provided and is a three-dimensional object forming method for forming a three-dimensional object in which a target object and a removable portion are integrally formed by vertically stacking a plurality of forming layers in a vertical direction. The inkjet forming method includes: forming the forming layer to include a target layer to be the target object after shaping and a removable layer to be the removable portion after shaping; with respect to the forming layers being vertically stacked in the vertical direction, forming the removable layer to be arranged at an outside of the target layer, and forming an outer contour of the removable layer disposed at a lower side outward than an outer contour of the removable layer disposed at an upper side; and during forming the forming layers, forming the target layer and the removable layer simultaneously with ink droplets ejected by an inkjet printing.