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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2010
Hiroyuki Onishi, Matsumoto, JP;
Hiroyuki Onishi, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing device includes a plurality of heads ejecting ink cured by irradiation of light and arranged in a transport direction of a medium, a plurality of temporary curing light sources provided respectively corresponding to the plurality of heads and respectively irradiating light for temporary curing to dots formed on the medium by the respective heads, and a main curing light source irradiating light for main curing to the dots to which the plurality of temporary curing light sources have irradiated the light, wherein the printing device has a first printing mode where a clear ink is ejected from a head placed at the upper stream in the transport direction when seen from heads ejecting color inks, and a second printing mode where the clear ink is ejected from a head placed at the lower stream in the transport direction when seen from the heads ejecting the color inks.