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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2012
Toyohiko Mitsuzawa, Shiojiri, JP;
Toyohiko Mitsuzawa, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a printing method that is performed by using a first nozzle ejecting color ink that is used for printing an image on a medium, a second nozzle ejecting a process solution that is used for processing the surface of the medium. The printing method includes printing an image constituted by color dots on the medium by ejecting the color ink from the first nozzle so as to form the color dots on the medium and forming process dots in areas other than the image on the medium by ejecting the process solution from the second nozzle, transporting the medium in a direction opposite to a transport direction after the color dots and the process dots are formed on the medium, and coating the color dots and the process dots with the process solution after the medium is transported in the direction opposite to the transport direction.