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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2013
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masahisa Otake, Azumino, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus forming an image on a recording medium includes a head unit which includes an ejecting unit which ejects photo-curable color ink which is cured by being irradiated with light, an ejecting unit which ejects photo-curable transparent ink which is cured by being irradiated with light, and a light irradiation unit which radiates the light; a moving unit which moves the recording medium and the head unit relatively in reciprocating movements; and a controller which causes the transparent ink to be ejected toward the recording medium while causing the head unit to move in one direction in the reciprocating movements, and causes the transparent ink which is applied in the one direction to be irradiated with the light while causing the head unit to be moved in the other direction in the reciprocating movements.