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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2016
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Kamibayashi, Matsumoto, JP;
Masako Fukuda, Shiojiri, JP;
Hironori Sato, Matsumoto, JP;
Takahiro Kanegae, Shiojiri, JP;
Hiroyuki Hagiwara, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a transport mechanism which transports a medium in a first direction; a pre-treatment liquid coating mechanism which coats a pre-treatment liquid on the medium; a liquid ejecting unit which includes a plurality of ink nozzles which eject ink; and a control unit which controls the pre-treatment liquid coating mechanism and the liquid ejecting unit, in which the pre-treatment liquid coating mechanism includes a first mechanism which is disposed in a first region A and a second mechanism which is disposed in a second region B positioned on an upstream side of the first region A in the first direction, and the plurality of ink nozzles has a portion which overlaps with respect to the first mechanism in a second direction which intersects with the first direction and a portion which does not overlap with respect to the second mechanism in the second direction.