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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2019
Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd., Nagano, JP;
Kazuki Bando, Nagano, JP;
Hironori Hashizume, Nagano, JP;
MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD., Nagano, JP;
Abstract
To provide an inkjet printing apparatus that improves the smoothness of an ink surface and improves image quality. Provided is an inkjet printing apparatus for printing a UV curable ink onto a print medium. The inkjet printing apparatus including: an ejection unit configured to eject the UV curable ink; and a UV light source configured to irradiate, with ultraviolet light, the UV curable ink landed on the print medium, the print medium being formed from vinyl chloride. The inkjet printing apparatus further includes a heating unit configured to heat the print medium. The heating unit either heats the print medium to a temperature at which a solvent contained in the UV curable ink landed on the print medium does not volatilize or heats the print medium in a state in which the UV curable ink that lands on the print medium contains substantially no solvent.