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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2003
Applicant:
Minoru Koyama, Matsumoto, JP;
Inventor:
Minoru Koyama, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a film forming method that improves throughput in a preliminary discharge. The film forming method according to the present invention can include a preliminary discharge step of preliminarily discharging liquid droplets from a head and a liquid droplet discharge step of relatively moving the head and the work to discharge the liquid droplets onto the surface of the work from the head. The preliminary discharge of the liquid droplets is carried out while the head and the work are moved relative to each other.