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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2015
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Kitada, Matsumoto, JP;
Takuya Miyakawa, Matsumoto, JP;
Takashi Saiba, Shiojiri, JP;
Kiyofumi Kitawada, Chino, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An ink jet printer includes a transportation mechanism that transports a medium in a first direction; a plasma irradiation mechanism that irradiates the medium with plasma; a head mechanism that ejects ink to a portion of the medium irradiated with the plasma and moves in a second direction intersecting the first direction; and a control section that controls whether to irradiate the medium with the plasma by the plasma irradiation mechanism, wherein the control section prohibits the irradiation of the medium with the plasma when a transportation speed of the medium is in a range of 0 m/min to 0.1 m/min, and irradiates the medium with the plasma when the transportation speed of the medium is greater than 0.1 m/min.