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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2021
Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd., Nagano, JP;
Takeaki Kazaana, Nagano, JP;
MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD., Nagano, JP;
Abstract
A shaping device shaping an object by forming and layering each layer based on slice images indicating cross-sectional shapes and color arrangements of the object include: a color ink ejection position determining means determining presence/absence of ejection of each ink of colors for coloring to each ejection position constituting the layer based on the slice image corresponding to the layer; a clear ink ejection position determining means determining necessity of ejection of a clear ink to each ejection position based on presence/absence of ejection of ink of each color for coloring to each ejection position determined in the color ink ejection position determining means; and a layer forming means causing a color ink head and the clear ink head to eject ink of each color and the clear ink to each ejection position as determined by the color ink ejection position and clear ink ejection position determining means.