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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
May. 20, 2020
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shun Kudo, Shonai-machi, JP;
Kenji Otokita, Yamagata-mura, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus is provided in which at least one type of a printing medium is usable, the printing apparatus including a surface treatment unit configured to modify, by varying an output therefrom, a surface state of the printing medium to a plurality of modified states, a head configured to discharge at least one type of an ink of ultraviolet-curable type onto the printing medium having the surface state modified by the surface treatment unit thereby forming an image, an ultraviolet irradiation unit configured to irradiate with an ultraviolet ray the printing medium on which the image is formed by the head, thereby curing the ink, a storage unit configured to store a relationship between the output from the surface treatment unit and the modified state, and a control unit configured to control the output from the surface treatment unit, based on the relationship stored in the storage unit.
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